Family

Underage children caught drinking alcohol won’t rack up a permanent charge on their record under a bill that passed the legislature last week.

Twelve years ago Laura Ingham took in her younger siblings and everything had to change. She had to learn to open up.

Multiple studies have found that rice-based foods contain traces of arsenic. Now a study finds babies fed rice cereals and other rice-based snacks have higher concentrations of arsenic in their urine.

For most children who enter foster care, the ultimate goal is to reunite them with their families. But getting to that point takes a lot of work.

Eric Walton was 13 when the Sandy Hook massacre happened. His mother feared he might grow up to be another Adam Lanza. Now Walton and his mother tell of finding the right diagnosis and treatment.

Nearly 3,000 children are in out of home care in Alaska – an all-time high – and as a result, caseworkers are overburdened and can’t give foster kids or foster families the attention they need.