Cruel words can leave a mark on a child –– and may have as much of an impact as physical abuse, new research has found . People who experienced physical abuse as a child were at a 50% increased risk ...

Verbal abuse of children could be as damaging to their mental health in adulthood as physical abuse, according to researchers in Britain. A study of more than 20,000 adults in England and Wales found ...

Parents of special needs children who were abused by a Littleton Public Schools bus aide have filed a lawsuit claiming mandatory reporters failed their duty.

In the past year the region saw a number of cases of young children being severely injured, and in some cases killed, as a result of physical abuse from a caretaker. More recently in Washington County ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cuyahoga County is getting a board-certified child abuse pediatrician to help spot signs of physical abuse. University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital has hired Dr.

A major new study has found that verbal abuse in childhood may be just as damaging to long-term mental well-being as physical abuse, if not more so. This groundbreaking research highlights the need to ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The non-profit Friends of the Children's Justice Center of Oahu provided an update and advice Sunday as part of April's National Child Abuse Awareness & Prevention Month & ...