When your feelings were ignored as a child, the effects do not fade. They shape your sense of self, your choices, and how much of your inner light you show.

Child neglect is the most common form of maltreatment, involving failure to provide basic needs or proper supervision, often difficult to define precisely. Originating from Latin meaning “not to heed, ...

Your parents may have been well-intentioned and yet still unknowingly created an environment of emotional neglect. According to the University of Florida Health, signs of emotional neglect in your ...

Kansas lawmakers are considering a bill that would change the definition of neglect in the foster care system to prevent children from being removed from homes solely due to poverty. Concerns ...

While I was teaching a literacy class inside the male prison in the Cayman Islands one of the men asked to speak. His voice was steady, but his words carried the weight of a story that had waited a ...

Maine lawmakers are suggesting the state move forward with a proposal to update the state’s definition of child abuse and neglect that legal experts have argued is easy to conflate with poverty. The ...

Renee Shaw and panelists examine high rates of child abuse and neglect in Kentucky. This special report, hosted by Renee Shaw, examines the difficult topic of child abuse and neglect in Kentucky. The ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A statewide task force created to reform Colorado’s mandatory reporting laws cannot do so without first asking lawmakers to change the state’s definition of ...