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The parents of a trans, non-binary teen tell their story as lawmakers in Jefferson City work to pass a slew of anti-trans bills.

Nancy Fowler almost lost custody of her kids 24 years ago, because Missouri laws considered her sexual orientation as evidence she was an unfit parent. Now she worries the country is moving backward.

The policy says corporal punishment will be used only when other forms of discipline have failed and then only with the superintendent's permission. The district had dropped the practice in 2001.

With almost 900 kids in foster care and just 19 social workers, Jackson County's Children’s Division is short hundreds of workers and has the worst case-overload problem in the state.

Facing a budget shortfall in 2020, Missouri cut 200 jobs at the Department of Social Services including positions in the division overseeing abused and neglected children.

Black children are overrepresented in the foster care system, and that has created a demand for more Black foster parents to give kids a more familiar environment after being taken from their biological families.

Voicemails left on The New York Times' hotline exemplify the pressure of balancing home and career during the coronavirus pandemic.

The criticisms laid against journalists regarding their coverage of President Donald Trump and the toll the pandemic has taken on working mothers.

With community spread of the coronavirus remaining high in Kansas City, rules parents once thought would be short-lived now account for a huge chunk of kids' formative years. Can the lessons be unlearned?

Critically important brain development occurs in the first three years of a child's life. It's also when states invest the fewest resources.

Some parents might be able to get at least part of their paycheck if their kids' classes via Zoom are preventing them from working.

KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross hosts a panel discussion about how Kansas City parents can best take care of their children during summer break amid the coronavirus pandemic.