CNN

America’s child care problem is about to get a lot worse. Here’s why

Sarah Morgan was looking forward to enrolling her 1-year-old son Lucas at the Skagit Valley Family YMCA’s early learning center in Anacortes, Washington, this fall. Her older son Jameson, 5, had a ...
Psychology Today

Parenting Programs Can Help Prevent Child Abuse

Child abuse remains a serious problem: Nearly 700,000 children are abused in the U.S annually. No one needs an academic study to understand that abuse and neglect take a terrible toll on young people, ...
WSAW

New 4K program options create difficult decisions for some child care providers

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - Parents of 4-year-olds will have more free 4K program options as the Department of Children and Families launches a new program putting child care providers in charge. In ...
Los Angeles Times

The dangerous myth that poverty is the cause of child abuse

Why does child abuse happen? A new public service announcement says most people think it’s a “bad parent problem,” but the ad suggests “the root causes may be different than you think.” This message ...
The Conversation

State spending on anti‑poverty programs could substantially reduce child abuse and neglect

States’ financial investments in public benefit programs for low-income families are associated with less child abuse and neglect, also known as maltreatment. These investments are also associated ...
The Conversation

Programs to prevent child sexual abuse increase knowledge and skills but do they reduce risks?

Children who undertook school-based sexual abuse prevention programs were more likely to know where to turn if they were harmed. from www.shutterstock.com.au Child sexual abuse can have a profound ...
The Post-Crescent

Wisconsin Democrats talk a lot about Child Care Counts. But what is it?

As lawmakers continue to debate how — and whether — the state should step in to relieve families of child care struggles, Democrats continue to champion Child Care Counts. Since its inception in ...