Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, emotional and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child...

Child labour is the exploitation of children through any form of work that interferes with their ability to attend regular school, or is mentally, physically...

Child marriage is one of the main forms of child sexual abuse; UNICEF has stated that child marriage "represents perhaps the most prevalent form of sexual...

"Child Support Guidelines Worksheet" which local courts and state Child Support Enforcement Offices use for determining the "standard calculation" of child...

Differences include the definition of "child" under the laws, which can vary with the age of sexual consent; the definition of "child pornography" itself...

A child (pl. children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The term may...

East Asia. The United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child and others have called for an end to the recruitment of children by state armed forces...

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (commonly abbreviated as the CRC or UNCRC) is an international human rights treaty which sets...

Child support (or child maintenance) is an ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child (state or parent, caregiver...

The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction or Hague Abduction Convention is a multilateral treaty that provides an expeditious...

Destiny's Child was an American girl group whose final lineup comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. The group began their musical...

Child protective services (CPS) is the name of an agency responsible for providing child protection, which includes responding to reports of child abuse...

The Penn State child sex abuse scandal concerned allegations and subsequent convictions of child sexual abuse committed by Jerry Sandusky, an assistant...

elected by Loudwire as the 27th best rock/metal album of 2021. In August 2022, he released his first single since Child of the State titled "Filthy". Ayron...

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was a 2002 U.S. Act of Congress promoted by the presidency of George W. Bush. It reauthorized the Elementary...

Child protection (also called child welfare) is the safeguarding of children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect. It involves identifying...

Child abduction or child theft is the unauthorized removal of a minor (a child under the age of legal adulthood) from the custody of the child's natural...

Child abandonment is the practice of relinquishing interests and claims over one's offspring in an illegal way, with the intent of never resuming or reasserting...

Child pornography (also abbreviated as CP, also called child porn, or kiddie porn and child sexual abuse material known by the acronym CSAM, underscoring...

In the United States, child pornography is illegal under federal law and in all states and is punishable by up to life imprisonment and fines of up to...

child and an adult, but can also be between a child and another child. Although the age of majority (legal adulthood) and marriage age are typically 18 years...

Pedicide, child murder, child manslaughter, or child homicide is the homicide of an individual who is a minor. In many legal jurisdictions it is considered...

investigation of Jackson and Gavin. In a confidential report based on interviews with the Arvizos, which leaked to the media, child welfare officials stated that...

Child labor in the United States was a common phenomenon across the economy in the 19th century. Outside agriculture, it gradually declined in the early...

Nebraska political and business figures were accused of involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. The allegations attracted significant public and political...

restricting child labor in factories and setting the number of hours a child could work, although a child labour law was passed was in 1836 in the state of Massachusetts...

member state that has not yet ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Its Committee on the Rights of the Child "reaffirms that the minimum...

"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). In the United...

depending on country and nature of the material involved. Laws against production, distribution, and consumption of child pornography generally separate...

The one-child policy (Chinese: 一孩政策; pinyin: yī hái zhèngcè) was a population planning initiative in China implemented between 1979 and 2015 to curb the...