Explore the legal battles across the US as states debate gender identity affirmation in child custody laws, highlighting cases from Indiana, California, and Colorado.

The Michigan Senate Housing and Human Services Committee considered a bipartisan set of bills that would specify the definitions of child neglect and abuse, specifically excluding “independent ...

Utah lawmakers back off AI transparency bill after Trump administration opposition.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Two Republican state lawmakers have proposed a new bill to establish that refusing to recognize a child’s preferred gender identity cannot be a reason for child protective ...

Ashley Cardona, 31, Lori Cardona, 53, and Michael Cardona, 29, are all facing multiple felonies in connection to the alleged abuse of Ashley Cardona's two children.

A measure that would have amplified one school district’s efforts to eradicate child predators from campuses there and ...

Miami mom arrested after alleged beating of her autistic 7‑year‑old; authorities say the child was injured and removed from the home.

Consent is rarely collected once. It is fragmented across systems and often embedded within lengthy forms. This fragmentation ...

You stumble into a story that feels impossible: two young children allegedly kept restrained for years in a car seat and a makeshift crib-cage inside their own home. The details are chilling, and you ...

Madison police have referred a charge to the Dane County District Attorney’s Office after investigating how a photo of a naked child inside an elementary school was ...

The department again reported few uses slated for increased risk management practices, and demoted several systems it previously determined could have significant impact on the public.