Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect Staggering
An economic impact analysis released today estimates the costs of child abuse and neglect to the United States were nearly $104 billion last year, and a companion report highlights the unavailability of federal child welfare funding for programs and services known to...Study Urges Efforts to Target Fathers in Child-Abuse Education
A new study published in Child Abuse and Neglect has found that fathers are far more likely than mothers to break or fracture their children’s bones, and that young infants are often the target of this type of abuse. According to Suzanne Starling, a forensic...What Is All That Crying About?
This month’s edition of the Bulletin of the Centre of Excellence For Early Childhood Development focuses on crying behavior of infants at various developmental stages. Entitled "What Is All That Crying About" by Ronald G. Barr, Canada Research...Effective parenting programs, home visiting evaluated
In a recent report reviewing 150 studies of parenting programs for at-risk parents, home visiting programs held the most promise for parents of young children. The study, conducted at the University of California at Berkeley Center for the Study of Social...Who is the typical school-age meth user?
Jamie Myers (Prevention Consultants of Missouri) points us to interesting data that clearly shows that teen meth users are primarily part of a group that is also abusing other substances such as marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco. It is also interesting to see that...Donate Now
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