AltWeeklies Wire
Raising a Lost Generationnew
The Price of Privilege author Madeline Levine discusses how parental pressure robs kids of their humanity.
Pacific Sun |
Jill Kramer |
08-24-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Family Feudnew
No one has sympathy for deadbeat dads -- but what about the growing number of responsible fathers who are stuck fighting a mom-friendly legal system for equal parenting rights?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
08-17-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Inner-City Cinemanew
Kids from one of Nashville's toughest 'hoods make their own movie -- with help from a hot Hollywood director.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
07-26-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Still Life with Street Kidsnew
With its mild climate and generous citizenry, Missoula provides relative abundance this time of year, and so as the weather warms, the street kids come into season.
Missoula Independent |
John S. Adams |
07-06-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Throwaway Kidsnew
Thousands of foster children leave county care for a dangerous and desperate life on the streets.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
06-27-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Rough Lovenew
Kids from South Florida and beyond are sent to Jamaica to straighten up -- or else.
Miami New Times |
Joanne Green |
06-27-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: bay, Tranquility
The Parent Trapnew
Cherokees step in to break up an adoptive family over race.
Dallas Observer |
Andrea Grimes |
06-20-2006 |
Children & Families
Within These Wallsnew
Richmond's Child Advocacy Center is working to change.
Style Weekly |
Brandon Reynolds |
05-25-2006 |
Children & Families
The Case of the Two Abigailsnew
One infant dies with her head in a noose, another dies inside a toy chest -- each was in a father's care, and homicide cops want answers.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
05-23-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Big Love, Texas-Stylenew
Polygamists live in a compound on the dry western plains of Texas.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
05-02-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Her Right to Be Obnoxiousnew
Dyandria Darel claims that the New York City Administration for Children's Services botched the abuse case against her ex-husband and eventually took her daughter away from her.
The Village Voice |
Kristen Lombardi |
04-12-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
In the Mouth of Madnessnew
Between 400 and 700 kids are coming of age on Los Angeles' Skid Row.
L.A. Weekly |
Sam Slovick |
03-09-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Marry, Marry Quite Contrarynew
Bush has finally secured millions to promote marriage in "at-risk" communities.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tali Woodward |
03-02-2006 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Driving While Young: Why a City's Curfew Isn't All Thatnew
When she got up the morning of July 10, 2003, Leslie Berryhill did not know she was going to face the "scariest thing" of her short life. But the Jackson, Miss., youth curfew had landed the 17-year-old in jail -- and no one called to tell her frightened parents anything about it.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
10-13-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
Losing Hanna: Lost in a Bureaucratic Mazenew
In spite of her family's pleas, 15-year-old Hanna Montessori never had her profile entered in the national missing children's database. When her photo finally appeared on the Internet, it was marked "Deceased." Second of two parts; see Part 1.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
08-04-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
