In this New York Times opinion piece, Kristof discusses one family’s story about the abuses they experienced while living in Honduras. His article highlights the dangers families are facing in Central America.  He discusses how President Obama’s deportation policies are forcing families to stay in countries where their lives are at risk, and he argues that U.S. policies need to change in order to provide a safe haven for children and families at risk.

This opinion piece from the Post and Courier, a South-Carolina, USA-based periodical, highlights the need to better regulate “re-homing” practices in South Carolina. “Re-homing” is the process by which adoptive parents seek to relinquish their adopted children and find new guardians who will take those children in. 

In this article from Brain Pickings, the author, Maria Popova, reviews the book ‘Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection,’ by Deborah Blum, which details the work of researcher Harry Harlow to identify and underscore the importance of parental/caregiver affection on children’s development. 

This Op-Ed piece from the New York Times offers harsh criticism of the U.S. and Mexican policy that sends young refugees back to the communities they are risking their lives to escape.

In the article, the author argues that more openness in foster care arrangements is beneficial to children’s wellbeing as well as to their foster and biological families.

This six-part video series from the BBC highlights the discrimination and challenges that poor women of color face in the child welfare system in New York City. 

A new US federal rule, to be enacted this December, will require judges presiding over foster and adoption proceedings in every state in the country to ask about the child’s status as a tribal member, according the article.

This editorial from the Toronto Star highlights the racial disproportionality in Toronto’s child welfare system and in child welfare systems across Canada. 

This consultancy project consists of a 3 month period to further research and develop plans for a youth-led media campaign in the UK, USA, and Australia.

A small town in Quebec, Canada called Kangiqsualujjuaq - a primarily Inuit town with a population of 900 people - has instituted a new program called the Qarmaapik Family House. The program was developed in response to news that the town had more children in foster care than any other community in Nunavik.