On Sunday, a 17-year-old escaped from a home where she and 12 siblings had been held captive by their parents in Perris, Calif. Both parents were arrested for torture and child endangerment. At a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Deposit Photos. Have you ever considered the lasting effects of childhood trauma and how they extend into adulthood?

Even though it feels like so long ago, the emotional scars we accumulate during our childhoods can have a lasting impact on our adult lives. Perhaps certain phrases you heard when you were young cause ...

Bobby was known for being extremely self-reliant, even to the point where he rejected support from friends when he was in bed with the flu. This hyper-independence was often taken as a form of ...

The issue of whether parents whose children are obese should be charged with neglect has fueled debate and generated controversial court cases, but, according to an article published this week in BMJ, ...

You'll want to know how a family reached a point where a father is accused of giving his teenage daughter to her uncle as a "common law wife," and how that decision left four children living in severe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new report from the Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate reveals critical gaps in child protection practices following the ...