SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — According to the Florida Department of Children and Families, more than 1 million children are victims of child abuse and neglect each year, but one Seminole County ...

Child development expert Siggie Cohen, who has worked with over 5,000 families, shares one communication mistake she sees ...

Caro Claire Burke's new novel sends an Instagram-famous trad wife back to the 1850s, but the real story is about a woman who ...

Laredo attorney Michael Lezcano was named Best Attorney in the 2026 Laredo Morning Times Readers’ Choice Awards.

With the Fourth of July and America’s 250th birthday just around the corner, how should we talk to children about patriotism ...

The Tennessee Department of Health required families to verify the legal immigration status of children in a state health program. The department threatened to share information with immigration ...

D onald Trump has a new nemesis, with a name worthy of a supervillain: Scenedesmus.

A new Tennessee law drafted with Trump policy advisor Stephen Miller requires the state to report the immigration status of about 400 disabled and chronically ill children to ICE. The children get ...

A new state law goes into effect on Aug. 1 in Minnesota, which will no longer allow 10-, 11- and 12-year-old children to be criminally prosecuted. The law, passed two years ago by state legislators, ...

Advocacy groups are criticizing a new Tennessee law, House Bill 1665, signed in April by Gov. Bill Lee (R), which prohibits doctors from asking minor patients questions about gender. The law takes ...

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