KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A couple found guilty of human trafficking and child neglect has received the maximum prison sentence. “You brought these kids to West Virginia, a place as I know as ...

When we think of neglectful parents, our minds might drift to someone who doesn't provide food or clothing—perhaps someone who leaves a child home alone before it's developmentally appropriate.

Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel issues plan to enhance response to neglect, including by reviewing definition, examining evidence base for practice tools and providing guidance to ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Fractured ribs, head injuries, accidental drownings and gunshot wounds. This is a glimpse at how 56 children died from abuse and neglect in 2023. The Indiana Department of Child ...

The lesson from this research is not that parents must be perfectly responsive. In fact, Tronick’s later work emphasizes that ...

CHARLESTON – A federal audit of West Virginia’s child welfare system during former Gov. Jim Justice’s final year in office found that 91% of 100 reviewed reports did not follow requirements for child ...

Casey is tired of coming home to her apartment every day. She feels like her home drains her energy more than her job does. Not because it’s not a nice place, and not because of anyone else who lives ...

You've likely heard about "neglect," but is "over neglect" a term invented by social media? While over-neglect is not a clinical or legal term, it is an experience you may have lived out in ...