Court Finds Valid Free Speech Claims in Lawsuit of Virginia Teacher Fired for Failure to Use Student’s Preferred Pronouns

One well-known problem in the child welfare field is that children who suffer abuse are at much higher risk of being victims of violence later in life. There are a myriad of theories about why that happens and very few evidence-based answers. A recently-published study from Australia offers a few helpful clues. The study looked…

October is National Bullying Prevention Month, so we will hear a lot of ideas about how to prevent school–based bullying.  Unfortunately, evidence about those ideas is hard to find. The Department of Justice evaluated 13 programs and found only 3 of them to be proven effective. Of the remaining, 7 are promising, but still lack…

Numerous mental health studies suggest that one of the best ways to help children develop resilience and recover from adverse childhood experiences is for them to have a trusted confidante outside the family. Yet we also are told that to protect children from sexual abuse, we need to stay alert to signs that a sexual…

Hot weather is coming, and with it we will hear more stories about kids left behind on busses and vans. It’s always a frightening event, and sometimes fatal. The greatest danger comes from sleeping or otherwise quiet children that the driver overlooks before locking up the bus. Now is a good time to review your…