AltWeeklies Wire
Overdue Foster Care Reform Coming Soonnew
Gov. Phil Bryant has started advocating for a Children’s Cabinet to help run the state’s foster-care system since his administration was forced to act on a seven-year lawsuit.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
07-30-2015 |
Children & Families
Why Justin Harris Got Rid of Kids He Applied Pressure to Adoptnew
U.S. Rep. Justin Harris blames DHS for the fallout related to his adoption of three young girls, but sources familiar with the situation contradict his story and paint a troubling picture of the adoption process and the girls' time in the Harris household.
Arkansas Times |
Benjamin Hardy |
03-13-2015 |
Children & Families
Teen Pregnancy, Misunderstoodnew
The real things that cause teens to get pregnant are the exact problems he doesn't want to address— poverty, underfunded education and lack of access to quality, nonjudgmental health care.
Jackson Free Press |
Laurie Bertram Roberts |
05-16-2014 |
Children & Families
The Amazing Toughness of Kidsnew
All kids need is love and attention, and they'll grow into amazing people.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L Nave |
04-25-2014 |
Children & Families
A Summer Camp Sexual Abuse Nightmarenew
An 11-year-old sent to summer camp returns to his family with a horrible secret. Things only got worse when the camp tried to cover the incident up.
Houston Press |
Dianna Wray |
02-20-2014 |
Children & Families
Louisiana's Domestic Violence Problemnew
How New Orleans is combating one of the nation's highest rates of domestic violence.
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
11-19-2013 |
Children & Families
Can police prevent domestic violence simply by telling offenders to stop?new
“We recently started something called the Offender-Focused Domestic Violence Initiative. Too many guys were beatin’ on women."
INDY Week |
John H. Tucker |
11-15-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: domestic violence
Focus on the Family unveils a lab dedicated to finding people in crisis on Facebook, Twitternew
‘God is using this’
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
11-01-2013 |
Children & Families
Saving Veronicanew
Baby Veronica is no longer a baby. She's not even a toddler. The smiley, curly-haired little girl last seen in Charleston draped over her dad's shoulder, trailed by a flock of reporters and photographers on her way to meet and go home with her other dad, is back in Charleston.
Charleston City Paper |
Sam Spence |
10-02-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: Baby Veronica
Raising Kids Au Naturalenew
Mayes Lake is a great place to unplug with kids. It offers proximity to Jackson and relative quiet.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
09-06-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: kids
Taking a New Look at Shaken Baby Syndromenew
Assumptions about shaken baby syndrome are now being questioned.
Phoenix New Times |
Monica Alonzo |
08-19-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: shaken baby syndrome
The Mathis family fights a first-grade battle close to homenew
Elementary education
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
04-18-2013 |
Children & Families
Necessary or Intrusive?new
Examinations on children taken from parents is questioned on civil-rights grounds.
San Diego CityBeat |
David Taube |
04-16-2013 |
Children & Families
Tags: Camreta v. Greene, Child Welfare
So Who Gets the Car?new
Alberta could benefit from British Columbia's clearly-defined common-law property rules.
VUE Weekly |
Josh Marcellin |
04-01-2013 |
Children & Families
Profitus Maxiumusnew
A private corporation by the name of Maximus is in charge of child support enforcement in Tennessee's Hamilton County, and its performance has some parents angry, confused and looking to their county and state government for answers.
The Pulse |
John Lasker |
03-14-2013 |
Children & Families
