istockphoto A spoonful of sugar might help the medicine go down, but a spoonful of cinnamon is an entirely different story. It sounds like something you’d see on the television show, “Iron Chef”, only the innocent-sounding “cinnamon challenge” poses an alarming number of risks for kids and teens who take it on. Over the past...Read More

The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) said on Tuesday that banning the online gaming platform Roblox—currently facing child safety concerns—is the last option Philippine authorities want to take. “Let me state for the record that the last thing that we want to do is ban a platform and punish the legitimate users of that...Read More

Worrying about your kids is one of the defining traits of being a parent. But the nature of that worrying varies considerably across demographic groups, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. Low-income parents, for instance, are more concerned about teen pregnancy and their kids getting in trouble with the law than are higher-income parents....Read More

Americans are having a few regrets about their approach to child safety in the care of drug-using parents. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico said last month that she never should have signed the state’s 2019 Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act. “We were releasing, after they were well enough to go home, infants in the...Read More

The United States has one of the highest teen birth rates among developed nations, even after three decades of improvement. And Arkansas has the highest teen birth rate in the U.S., roughly tied with Mississippi. Nathan Bilow/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nathan Bilow/Getty Images The United States has one of the highest teen birth...Read More

OREGON – The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) has released its fourth-quarter report, showcasing progress in the child welfare system. The report details improvements in child safety assessments and foster care placements. ODHS highlights a significant increase in the timely completion of child safety assessments. The percentage of assessments completed within 60 days rose...Read More

We can all help prevent teen dating violence by setting a good example of what healthy, communicative, and respectful relationships look like. We can call out abuse when we see it on television, in music, or on the big screen.   “Reducing stigma around abuse is so important to preventing it and helping someone escape it,”...Read More

In recognition of National Poison Prevention Week, the West Virginia Poison Center is launching its statewide awareness campaign “Little Hands, Big Curiosities” to help West Virginia families protect children from poison exposures. As part of the campaign, the poison center will provide community outreach events and social media resources designed specifically for West Virginia families...Read More

October is National Bullying Prevention Month and it is also National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It is an ideal month to bring awareness to cyberbullying and the potential dangers associated with it. According to Stobbullying.gov, cyberbullying is using technology to harass, threaten, embarrass or target another person through technology. Examples could be impersonating someone online or posting personal...Read More

A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found that Meta violated the state’s consumer protection law by failing to disclose risks its platforms pose to children and by misleading the public about safety on services that include Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The verdict capped a nearly seven-week trial in Santa Fe and is among the first...Read More