Investigation reveals that 270 children in Norfolk were suspended or excluded from school last year.

(THE CONVERSATION/AP) - The conditions within a person’s home, family and community affect their ability to stay healthy. Scientists studying these social determinants of health are trying to ...

A new systematic review has found that parents and other child caregivers who have alcohol-related diagnoses are twice as likely to maltreat children in their care than parents and caregivers with no ...

Child health and mental health experts have warned that children exposed to alcohol consumption are at risk of addiction and substance use. They noted that early exposure could disrupt normal ...

UPDATE (May 22, 7:29 p.m.): The parents of a 4-year-old Mobile County Public Schools student are speaking out the day after deputies arrested the child’s teacher, who is accused of giving the child ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile County Public School System teacher accused of giving alcohol to a four-year-old was in court on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Tracy Walker, 56, is charged with aggravated child ...

“Alcohol-based harm” is an all-encompassing term that relates to the physical, verbal, emotional, sexual, and mental harm that can come from alcohol consumption (and especially overconsumption). These ...

North Carolina law prohibits parents from allowing minors to drink at home. Parents face charges like child neglect or aiding and abetting if they allow it. Minor exceptions include religious rites, ...

The conditions within a person's home, family and community affect their ability to stay healthy. Scientists studying these social determinants of health are trying to understand whether nature or ...