WASHINGTON -- Rates of physical and sexual abuse of children have declined over the last 20 years, but for reasons not fully understood, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Yet, reports ...

Mar. 11—NORRISTOWN — A former East Greenville man accused of physically abusing his infant daughter in 2020 was back in a Montgomery County courtroom on Wednesday for his retrial that was ordered by a ...

(CNN) — Cruel words can leave a mark on a child –– and may have as much of an impact as physical abuse, new research has found. People who experienced physical abuse as a child were at a 50% ...

A Chattooga County man received a life sentence for the repeated physical and sexual abuse of three children.

Ashley Cardona, Lori Cardona and Michael Cardona face a total of 40 charges from a case into abuse and neglect of two children.

report card Releasing report cards on Fridays may increase the rate of child physical abuse on the following Saturday. Releasing report cards on Fridays may increase the rate of child physical abuse ...

The responsibility to prevent child sexual abuse is on adults, so here's how to identify potentially dangerous behaviors and ways to prevent abuse.

New York State suspended the license for YMCA Bright Beginnings on Thursday. The Office of Children and Family Services said it found several violations.

Ashley Cardona, 31, Lori Cardona, 53, and Michael Cardona, 29, are all facing multiple felonies in connection to the alleged abuse of Ashley Cardona's two children.

Experiencing childhood verbal abuse shows a similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse, suggests a large intergenerational study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. While ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three people are jailed on charges in what investigators described as an extreme case of child abuse and neglect in Newberry ...