Luz Garcia and her husband have been fostering children since 2018. But nothing could have prepared her for the moment her son, 9-year-old Xeius, met his newborn foster baby brother, Benny— a bond ...

I've spent over four decades in courtrooms watching an American tragedy continue to unfold. Children—some barely old enough to speak—face the traumas of abuse, neglect, removal from their natural ...

The chaperone assigned to monitor the teenager had worked a 40-hour shift before the Maryland teen’s death by suicide, according to an investigation.

Videos that circulated on social media in June 2025 claimed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was removing undocumented children from their foster homes for deportation. One of the earliest ...

Erin Foster, creator of Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This,” admitted that she was hesitant to hire a baby nurse initially. Foster, who welcomed her first daughter with husband Simon Tikhman in May, ...

A foster mother who took in Armenta and Lemke's other children is speaking out about the steps they took to help prevent the 12-day-old baby's death.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –A bill that would change the circumstances for when a foster child may be removed from a foster home passed the house Wednesday. Adam Burkhammer HB 2027, which aims to reduce the ...

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The 'Nobody Wants This' creator shares her daughter with husband Simon Tikhman Erin Foster is opening up about her decision to hire a baby nurse. Appearing on the Ladygang podcast, the Nobody Wants ...

Katrina White remembers just how determined her parents were to see her, and all her siblings, go to college. That never happened. She lost her father when she was nine years older. Then, she lost her ...

RennerVation currently serves about 500 foster youth but has about 1,000 foster clients including the families. Services are ...