The challenge of trying to balance the competing demands of work and childcare means many parents may be considering leaving ...

Kids are often ready to stay home alone around age 11 or 12, the Observer previously reported, but parents should weigh ...

If you're wondering whether your child is old enough to be left unsupervised, and the legal age for doing so, the NSPCC has ...

Wimbledon is nearing the end and the weather is heating up - but for many children summer will truly arrive with the school holidays.

While the law is vague, the NSPCC does not recommend leaving any child under the age of 12 home alone, even for a short time, ...

Almost 500 NSPCC referrals were made to police or children's services over kids being left home alone or unsupervised in the ...

Letters: Phonics alone won’t get California’s kids reading Also: Jobs of 2030 | Forgotten message | Glorifying consumption | Life of privation | Safeguard bees. Mercury News reader letters to ...

A hearing for the Oakland County mom who is accused of abandoning her three children for years is expected to happen Thursday afternoon.

Aiden Martinez, 5, was found dead after being left in a hot car on San Antonio’s West Side. Police identified him and are ...

I'm raising six kids and some days I still feel like I'm failing. Now I'm starting to see that this just means I care.

Dr. Nancy Harper is a leading child abuse pediatrician. She testifies in criminal trials across the Midwest. Defense attorneys and judges have called her testimony into question.