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Virginia Mother Convicted and Placed on Child‑Abuse Registry After 5‑Year‑Old Walked Alone

Experts and parents are reexamining how communities and child‑welfare agencies decide when a child can be unsupervised.

Virginia Mother Convicted and Placed on Child‑Abuse Registry After Letting 5‑Year‑Old Walk Alone

Kansas Parents Booked on Aggravated Child Endangerment After Leaving Six Children in Hot Car

San Jose Daycare Owners Sentenced in Deaths of Two Toddlers

San Antonio Mother Released on Bond After Charge of Telling Child to Walk 19 Miles to School

OC Mom Freed on Bail After Viral Video Shows Toddler Fall From Moving SUV

Washington Court Declares Missing 5-Year-Old Oakley Carlson Legally Dead

Parents Plead Guilty in Independence Towers Death, Receive Five Years of Probation

Phoenix Father Charged After Police Rescue Four Children From 125°F Car