Judge: "There is nothing in the record which would lead this court to believe that the mother is unwilling to provide the appropriate care for the child."
Those tykes are worth big bucks to institutional educators, so if you don't hand 'em over, you might be slapped with fines or even incarceration.
"I am still trying to work out how he figured it out."
"No child under the age of 10 in the United States that has ever been snatched from a parent in public and trafficked for sex."
"We want to investigate…because you just don't know."
These days, kids are heading back to increasingly varied learning experiences that might or might not include anything recognizable as a traditional school.
"An anonymous troll has weaponized New York's Department of Child Services against my whole family."
When we overestimate danger, we treat everyone like they are fragile and in need of supervision.
Convicted of a sex crime with an 18-year-old female, he isn't allowed contact with any minors.
"When it comes to kids' safety, feelings are facts."
Slides were designed for kids 5 and up, and these tots are only 4.
"The number of children separated from their parents at the border since April is almost equal to the number taken by CPS every three days."
'They already had a foster parent in the room, to remove my son... before they ever proved there was an emergency situation.'
A mom says her daughter was almost abducted at a rest stop. That's a stretch.
New York appellate court reverses a judgment (likely prompted by one of the parents' religious beliefs) that bars either parent from feeding the child "fish, meat, or poultry" without the other's consent.
An NPR report on "three-parent babies" in Ukraine provokes bioethical handwringing.
The presumption applies even when one or more of the parents is opposed.
I'd suggest granting "Gold Bouncy Star" ratings for houses secured with particularly long, particularly strong spikes.
Naomi Schaefer Riley on religious liberty, foster care, privacy, parenting, and how to help kids who need a home
"Student safety in any activity is our primary focus."
The percentage of young adults saying abortion should be legal in all or most cases has risen 10 percentage points since 2015.
"They call it 'free-range parenting.' I call it 'the rights of parents.'"
An interesting Arizona appellate decision rejecting a court's assignment of a treating therapist, and rejecting a gag order that limited parents' discussions with the child.
"My son has to pay for something I did."
"So basically it's now legal to go outside and play like when I was a kid."
And your state could be next.
"A judge will make the determination are they guilty."
"The rise of the Nordic welfare state has been a double-edged sword" for women's professional progress.
"This right here is just old-school, simple parenting. This ain't killing nobody."
"I never in my life wanted to crawl out of my own body. That is how I felt. I couldn't sleep or eat. I had no idea where my daughter was."
"It only takes one student, one piece of grit, one stone in a snowball in an eye, with an injury and we change our view."
But it doesn't have to be this way.
"The change in the child's relationship with the father based on the child's fear of his displeasure if she were not a 'true Muslim,' and her belief that he threatened to abscond with her to Morocco, also contributed to the change in circumstances warranting modification" of the custody arrangement.
"The parents of special needs children are especially vulnerable to state intervention."
Victim's parents don't want charges, say the couple is in love.
The next stage of the safety hysteria cycle
"Why ask anyone in New York what they think of Tom Brady? Who doesn't hate Tom Brady here?"
Parents aren't neglecting to keep their kids safe from laundry detergent. If anything, teens are overprotected.
A social worker took three little girls from their home without a court order because she thought the pictures were "sexually explicit."
While putting parents at ease
The quest to fix our messy, meddlesome foster care bureaucracies
The misguided quest to protect children from any and all emotional harm
No accusations of abuse or neglect, just low I.Q.s.
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