It's a story whose elements are all too familiar. It's easy to deem it another indictment of our failing child welfare system: A drug addict who has already lost six children to the foster care system is jailed after her two little boys wander into a...
What it’s about: This article presents a bird’s-eye view of homeless youth and family statistics so that pediatricians can better understand and serve those populations. Why read it: While the paper is addressed to pediatricians, certain...
Building a strong connection to a social group helps clinically depressed patients recover and helps prevent relapse, according to a new study. While past research has looked at the importance of social connections for preventing and treating...
Here's an article showing the proactive, protective stance being taken in Pennsylvania (a State which has learned a thing or two about how child sexual abuse destroys community trust and erodes child safety). The bill rightly stresses that...
In previous posts, I have discussed the importance of positive emotions in child development and offered some suggestions for how we can strengthen positive feelings in our children's lives -- how we can engage children's interests, nurture a spirit...
Addictive behavior such as drug and alcohol abuse could be associated with poor development of the so-called "love hormone" system in our bodies during early childhood, according to researchers. The groundbreaking idea has resulted from a review of...
The chaotic conditions described as dangerous for teachers characterize the very places we expect our children to learn. Daily stressors inherent in inequality, racism and crime interrupt the learning process. In many cases, these stressors are...
Scientists have presented the most conclusive evidence yet that genes play a significant role in parenting. The study sheds light on another misconception: that parenting is solely a top-down process from parent to child. While parents certainly seem...
People lie—we know this. People lie to kids—we know this, too. But what happens next? Do children who've been lied to lie more themselves? Surprisingly, the question had not been asked experimentally until Chelsea Hays, then an...
Whether you live downtown or in the suburbs could have a surprising effect on your bodyweight and your health, with roots running deeper than income differences, says a recent study carried out on data gathered in the canton of Geneva. Instead of...
Victims of domestic abuse cases could be handed an exemption from having to give their safe addresses in open court after a change in the law was backed by Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister. The Liberal Democrat leader said his party supported...
Clarissa Dickson Wright, or "Krakatoa", as she was called by some because of her temper and dare I say shape, I can't imagine was a fan of the Guardian. She was a hunting, shooting and fishing Tory toff with attitude, who got done for...
NEW YORK — Jafar Abbas knows more than he’d like about recidivism – and its cruel costs. It robbed him of his youth, many prime years, too; more than a quarter century. It started out with skipping school and petty theft. That landed...
Please welcome Rebecca Ruiz, the final member of the ACEs Connection Network team we've put together as a result of receiving a major grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . Rebecca is taking on the position of part-time community...
In his work with troubled youth, Functional Family Therapy co-founder James Alexander found that his efforts that didn’t include a child’s family often weren’t successful. And work with parents that didn’t include the...