On Feb. 20, 2003, a fire ripped through The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island, leaving 100 people dead and more than 200 ...

Six months ago, Anne Ndarua’s only son went to Russia on the promise of a job as an electrical engineer. She says he was forced into military training and she no longer knows if he’s alive.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Half of parents say their children have never spoken to them about harmful online content, polling suggests - with around a quarter unaware of what they are seeing on their smartphones. The research ...

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever for bad actors to create child sexual abuse ...

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Review says trauma-informed support could help interrupt ‘destructive cycles’ and reduce risk of harm to future babies Parents whose children are taken into care should receive trauma-informed support ...

Recently, someone said to me, “Everything that happens to a child is the parent’s fault.” As a parent, that statement immediately carried weight. It suggested that I was responsible not only for how ...

The way parents speak to their children significantly shapes their emotional development and future relationships. Words used in everyday moments gradually become the inner voice that guides a child ...

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Authorities in New Mexico carried out an undercover investigation in their efforts to show that Meta was failing to protect ...