Jun 03, 2023 Podcast About Stepparenting By Debbie Ausburn I was recently interviewed on the D-Shift Podcast with Mardi Winder-Adams. In this episode, we discussed the importance of being there...
May 31, 2023 The Problem of Kids Aging Out of Foster Care By Debbie Ausburn The last day of this month, which has focused on foster care, very appropriately is National Aging Out of Foster Care Awareness Day. ...
May 22, 2023 New Study About Disclosure of Child Abuse By Debbie Ausburn Researchers recently published an interesting longitudinal study of disclosures of child sexual abuse (CSA). They reviewed records of...
May 20, 2023 More Young People Opting Out of College By Debbie Ausburn Recent news stories fret about the deep drop in college enrollment over the past few years. Even after the pandemic and the resumption of...
May 17, 2023 Is Childhood Anxiety Caused by Too Much Supervision? By Debbie Ausburn The Journal of Pediatrics recently published an article arguing persuasively that a major cause of the current epidemic in childhood...
May 15, 2023 Report of Verbal Abuse Leads to Charges for Mandated Reporter By Debbie Ausburn Police have charged an elementary school teacher in Pennsylvania with violating the mandated reporter law. A child’s grandfather told her...
May 13, 2023 Four Reasons to Become a Foster Parent By Debbie Ausburn May is National Foster Care Month, and a good time for me to answer a question I hear a lot, namely why anyone should become a foster...
May 10, 2023 Administrators Must Face First Amendment Suit By Debbie Ausburn A federal trial court in Illinois ruled a few weeks ago that university administrators must face a free speech claim from a former...
May 08, 2023 Celebrate ChildCare Providers By Debbie Ausburn May 12 is Provider Appreciation Day, created to celebrate the many professionals who provide essential childcare services. COVID had a...
May 06, 2023 Mural Planned to Honor First All-Black Girl Scout Troop in Atlanta By Debbie Ausburn The Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta are honoring the 80th anniversary of the first all-black Girl Scout troop in the Atlanta area. The...
May 03, 2023 7th-Grader Stops School Bus in Emergency By Debbie Ausburn One story that has been all over the Internet recently is the 7th-grader who safely stopped a school bus when his bus driver passed out....
May 01, 2023 Suicide Attempts Among Children Rose During Pandemic By Debbie Ausburn The CDC recently updated its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report with statistics from its various Poison Control centers. This...