The tragic deaths of two small children in an overheated car in Queensland in 2019 highlight just how flawed our child protection system has become. Darcey and Chloe Conley were known to the child ...

The legacy of racial injustice is evident in all aspects of our society, including rates of child abuse and neglect. As communities seek to remedy disparities, activists are demanding that we “abolish ...

"Tough questions need to be asked" about oversight, use of Family Assessment and funding for case workers. Gov. Tim Walz will propose extra funding to hire more child protection workers and state ...

In June 2017, at a family picnic in a park in Aurora, Colorado, Vanessa Peoples noticed that one of her young sons had slipped away. Peoples, who was studying to be a nurse, is not the first parent to ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Shortly after Christmas, Kyeesha Lamb’s baby boy fell out of ...

In the three weeks since the alleged murder of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby in Alice Springs, the NT's child protection system has come under intense scrutiny. Now, former child protection ...

The sun had just begun to rise over Manhattan on an August morning in 2013. Angeline Montauban was whispering into the phone as she crouched in the bathroom of her apartment. As her partner and their ...

Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm faces a race against time to overhaul Queensland’s embattled child protection system – with ...