More than 1 in 3 Florida foster kids over 13 is taking psychotropic medications, but the state often doesn't follow rules requiring it to keep records of prescriptions.
"These policies are motivated by good intentions. But that doesn't mean that the consequences of these policies will turn out well."
"Doesn't matter," says the officer. "She's still making porn."
Shielding children from “harm” shouldn’t come at the expense of speech protected by the First Amendment.
This progress has been widely shared, to the great benefit of the people at the bottom of the distribution.
Who cares if Americans can't answer basic civics questions?
The city wanted to bring in more money, in part for early childhood education. But such taxes are disproportionately paid by the poor.
A surveillance authority in the country’s troubling Online Safety Bill won’t be enforced, officials say. But for how long?
The Colorado governor finds common ground with many libertarians. But does he really stand for more freedom?
Plus: A listener question concerning porn verification laws.
Giving schools more money doesn't make them better.
The district is still censoring the Gadsden flag patch as well as Second Amendment advocacy, according to FIRE.
There are already people responsible for regulating children’s online activity: parents and guardians.
This could be just the tip of the (m)iceberg.
The 12-year-old boy kicked out of class for sporting a Gadsden flag patch is back in school.
People should be free to choose how cautious to be. Mask mandates, lockdowns, and closing schools won't stop the virus.
"This is literally a playground that's for 2- to 5-year-olds," says former preschool teacher Katie Courtney.
While schoolchildren go without needed medication, government agencies shirk responsibility by blaming manufacturers.
No one knows exactly how to get them back.
The Kids Online Safety Act imposes an amorphous "duty of care" that would compromise anonymous speech and restrict access to constitutionally protected content.
Is sending kids into the wilderness really the best way to keep them off Pornhub?
"You don't have to punish me because I am already punishing myself," says Tabitha Frank.
Plus: court strikes down Arizona law against filming cops, GOP candidates want to cut Social Security for young people, and more...
Foster parents face state regulations that go far beyond preventing abuse and neglect.
The Center has gotten rich in part thanks to its "hate map," which smears many good people.
"Nobody is abducting 1- and 4-year-old kids into sex trafficking," says the director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center.
New reasonable childhood independence laws in these states will make it easier for parents to let children enjoy the holiday.
Plus: Snapchat cleared in sex crime case, New Hampshire embraces universal licensing reciprocity, and more...
Global warming is an issue. But there are other pressing problems that deserve the world's attention.
The ruling is the latest in a series of legal defeats for anti-drag laws.
While intended to keep Native families together, the ICWA subjects American Indian children to a lower level of protection than is enjoyed by non-Native kids.
It should be obvious that drag performances are protected by the First Amendment, but that hasn't kept government officials from trying to ban them.
Nearly two years after most children returned to the classroom, educational losses continue to grow.
We once ranked No. 4 in the world, according to the Heritage Foundation. Now we're 25th.
In the U.S., we arrest parents who let their 8-year-olds walk half a mile.
Plus: New rules limit asylum applications, the bad math behind economic doomerism, and more...
"I don't know this kid, I don't know his mom, I don't know where he lives," she said in a viral video.
The state seems to think kids don't like the taste of peach.
A new study has found that the more schools kept kids online, the worse their pass rates on state standardized tests were.
Drug tests for new moms are "unnecessary and nonconsensual," argues the ACLU.
Parents of disabled children say the schools filed false neglect reports against them.
"All I've been able to see for a little while was this trial," says Amy Lovato.
Plus: A listener question considers the pros and cons of the libertarian focus on political processes rather than political results.
A bill advancing the New York State Assembly would require child welfare agents to inform parents of their legal rights when beginning an investigation of child abuse or neglect.
But there were still 47,573 more births last year than there were in 2020.
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