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Childstats.gov

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive data, including an annual report that looks at the state of children's well-being in the United States. It examines such issues as family environment, health care, poverty, welfare and how the government is reacting overall to...
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U.s. Department of Health and Human Services: Child Welfare Information Gateway

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Information on topics of interest to child welfare providers and researchers, and on trends in child abuse and neglect, Also includes a comprehensive assortment of resources for families and educators designed to inform and instruct....
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Children We Abandon: Religious Exemption to Child Welfare and Education Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
The article, written for the North Carolina Law Review, takes the position that the government overlooks what parents deny their children in the name of their religious convictions. Children are denied schooling as well as medical care...
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An Introduction to Child Abuse

For Students 9th - 10th
This short article looks at the topic of child abuse, beginning in 1962 with the mention of the term "battered child syndrome."