Category: neglect

Rates of Australian Indigenous Children Put Into Protective Care a ‘National Shame’

New figures show indigenous children form a disproportionately large number of kids who have received child protection services, including for substantiated child abuse and neglect, children on care and protection orders, and children in out-of-home care. A report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), titled “Child protection Australia 2019–20”, shows one in every 18…


Couple Who Fostered 2 Neglected Toddler Siblings Adopt Them As ‘Forever Sons’

When a couple from Florida who already had three children of their own attended an adoption seminar almost a decade ago, they were sparked by the idea of fostering. However, little did they know that two toddler siblings whom they would come to foster a few years later would end up becoming their “forever sons.”…