New child labor laws went into effect in Virginia at the start of the year, but some advocates say more can be done. House Bill 100 took effect in January, raising the maximum financial penalty to ...

The Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ lesson opt-outs has sparked national debate over inclusion, parental rights and classroom ...

Ask a Therapist A psychologist explains how a new in-law can tear a family apart As a psychologist, I often hear about how a once-close son or daughter became distant from or even ceased contact ...

How a law made to stop child abduction is being weaponised against mothers fleeing abuse Award-winning barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman has spent her career advocating for vulnerable women in ...

It's a controversial form of discipline, but it's not illegal in Alabama. Here's what the state law says about corporal punishment ...

On the last day of its term, the United States Supreme Court issued a sweeping decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, finding that ...

The Supreme Court sided in a Friday ruling with a group of Maryland parents seeking to opt their children out of school ...

Child abduction laws are meant to protect domestic abuse survivors – but put them in danger For many women, leaving a partner to escape abuse isn’t the end of the story, writes Charlotte Proudman.

Arkansas's highest court [has concluded] that a broad interpretation [of "harmful to minors"]—which swept in books that would be considered harmful to the youngest of minors—was what the ...

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along party lines in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a dispute over the school district in Montgomery County, ...