➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: Italy: In Italy, a Narrow Definition of Family Means Same-Sex Couples Still Can't Adopt Slate - May 12, 2016 Crucially, these laws generally recognized the couples' rights qua couple only, not their legal right to parent. Bans on same-sex adoptions … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Why This New Child Care Proposal Is a Huge Deal (Opinion) Glamour - May 11, 2016 Yesterday afternoon at a campaign stop in Kentucky, Hillary Clinton rolled out two new policy initiatives aimed at improving child care across America--an industry … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Teen Birth Rate Drops Dramatically, Still Huge Issue for Foster Kids (Includes video) Youth Today - May 11, 2016 The most recent estimates of pregnancy among foster teens come from the continuing California Youth Transitions to Adulthood study, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Julia Steiny: Only America Refuses to Sign the Children's Rights Treaty (Opinion) Education News - May 11, 2016 To be sure, some dangerous people, including youth, need to be kept out of the mainstream until we can trust them. But even here, in … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Is Transracial Adoption Harmful to Kids? Psychology Today - May 11, 2016 A recent study adds to substantial evidence that concerns about transracial placement have been overblown and that, in fact, children are capable of developing a solid sense … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: Work-Family Issues for Same-Sex Couples (Opinion) The Huffington Post - May 12, 2016 We're approaching the one-year anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision that made same-sex marriage a standard across the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: 8 Misconceptions About What It's Like To Be A Foster Parent, Debunked (Opinion) Elite Daily - May 12, 2016 To help dispel some of the misconceptions, here are some basic truths about what it's like to be a foster … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Children of depressed parents at high risk of adverse consequences into adulthood Medical News Today - May 13, 2016 The latest report from a 30-year study of families at high- and low-risk for depression reveals that the offspring of depressed … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NJ: Owing lunch money is child abuse? NJ school district threatens to report parents Associated Press - May 12, 2016 School officials in this Bergen County district have threatened to report parents who don't pay off their school-lunch debts as … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: United Kingdom: Why do we keep giving children back to mothers who mistreat them? Adoption expert who hears heartbreaking stories daily says lives are being put at risk (Opinion) Daily Mail - May 11, 2016 This obsession with keeping the family … [Read more...]