An interview with Anne Cohn Donnelly, former Executive Director of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse.

Senior Editor Richard Louv describes how neighborhoods are succombing to the fear of "stranger danger," and how it affects such childhood traditions as Halloween.

Of all the trends in child welfare, perhaps none has been more troubling than the increase in cases of child abuse and neglect resulting from parental abuse of alcohol and drugs. Find out more about this trend, including substance abuse by pregnant women and among youths in foster care.

Over 1,000 studies confirm the link between media violence and aggressive behavior in children. Learn more from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) fact sheet.

This program is designed to help children set goals for themselves, resist pressures, learn how to resolve conflicts without violence and understand how gangs and youth violence affect the quality of their lives.

Nine out of ten police chiefs agree that Americans could sharply reduce crime by fully investing in our nation's children. This organization is a national anti-crime organization led by police chiefs, prosecutors and crime survivors.