A teenager’s first car is a serious consideration. Whether you’re a biological parent, step parent, adoptive parent, foster parent or caring adult, when it comes to young people getting behind the wheel, it’s important to keep safety in mind. Rather than automatically handing off an older-model family car for your child to use, or letting …
April has been designated as Autism Awareness Month. From blue lights to puzzle pieces, public initiatives and events ensure more people than ever know about autism. Awareness also can be attributed to increased incidence. For decades, the best estimate for the prevalence of autism was 4 to 5 per 10,000 children. Today, the CDC reports …
It’s the unthinkable. An unsafe family in which a child is neglected or worse, abused. It’s more common than you think and often leaves children in some form of temporary out-of-home care such as foster care. More often than not, an abused or neglected child is unable to safely return to their family. April is …
