The New Hampshire Senate voted to pass a bill Jan. 29 that would allow retired grandparents to receive funds from the Child Care Scholarship Program without having to re-enter the workforce. The ...

A Pasco County family is thankful their 13-year-old is alive after sudden cardiac arrest, which experts said is rare, and that only one in ten children survive. Now, the family is encouraging others ...

I have an adult child with mental illness complicated by drug addiction. This 23-year-old son has cycled through multiple treatment programs, only to get sick again. He can be erratic — and dangerous.

David Lammy announces mandatory support and mentoring plan in wake of two stabbings at a school in Brent, north-west London Children who carry knives will be given earlier and more targeted support in ...

The Teamsters demanded Monday that California suspend Waymo taxis indefinitely after one of the self-driving cars hit a 5-year-old near a Santa Monica elementary school. The largest union in the state ...

A new report from Congress has raised the alarm about children with mental health conditions being held in juvenile detention, rather than getting treatment. "Prolonged Incarceration of Children Due ...

A Super Bowl TV ad tells parents to expect “free money” from the federal government to help their children achieve their dreams. Invest America, a nonprofit advocacy group, created the 30-second ad, ...

Review says trauma-informed support could help interrupt ‘destructive cycles’ and reduce risk of harm to future babies Parents whose children are taken into care should receive trauma-informed support ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The parents of a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl who were found decapitated at the family’s home in Lancaster were sentenced Monday, Feb. 2, to life in prison without the possibility of parole ...