Articles related to "Child Maltreatment"

America's children are abused and killed at an alarming rate. Public awareness, a call to action, and advocates for child protection are required to fix this atrocity!

Sexual abuse that occurs within the family is called incest or intrafamilial sexual abuse. Incestuous relationships occur between blood relatives and damages lives.

How many children suffer each year from abuse or neglect? The number may be greater than you think.

What can be done to help enhance the learning of students who have suffered child abuse?

A mistreated child, concerned neighbours, and a compassionate social worker were the catalysts for child protection service beginnings.

Parental alcohol misuse damages and disrupts a child from having a contented life. It blights the lives of entire families and harms the healthy development of children.

Children in foster care who endure repeated placements in foster homes are at emotional and developmental risk, and are less likely to form significant relationships.

Child protection agencies serve an important and crucial function in protecting society's most precious resource. However, critics say many agencies overstep their bounds