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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.

Businesses across the metro are reopening, but schools remain closed, and many summer activities have been canceled. That is putting parents in a bind.

Foster families have faced extra challenges during the pandemic.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson are responding differently to the coronavirus threat, and Kansas City child care providers are scrambling resources to meet the needs of essential workers and their kids.

Not sure how to talk to your kids about the novel coronavirus?You’re not alone, says Christina Low Kapalu, a pediatric psychologist at Children’s Mercy.…