Indictment Accuses White Couple of Forcing Adopted Black Children to Work as 'Slaves,' Says Judge The couple's trial began on Tuesday, Jan. 14 in Kanawha County Circuit Court, before Whitefeather ...

Children's book author Jennifer Wolfthal and her husband, Joseph Wolfthal were jailed for severe abuse of their adopted kids A Florida-based children’s book author and her husband have been ...

An adoptive mom is going viral for revealing how children adopted at birth can still experience trauma. Lora Rose Buth, who works as an occupational therapist based in Kentucky, explained in a ...

A West Virginia mother denied forcing two of their adopted children to stay in a shed despite police finding them there behind a locked door. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather testified Tuesday in the ...

A woman in West Virginia has denied locking her and her husband's adopted Black children in a shed amid their ongoing trial, a court has heard. Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather ...

A woman in West Virginia has denied locking her and her husband's adopted Black children in a shed amid their ongoing trial, a court has heard. Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, who are ...

Older children often lived in foster care or an orphanage (if adopted internationally) before being adopted. There is a strong possibility in these settings for a child to have experienced trauma ...

After lunch on Thursday, jurors saw the final day of surveillance video from inside a Sissonville couple's shed and home that monitored four of their adopted children, including when deputies ...

A Florida couple — including a woman who authored children's books — has pleaded guilty to abusing their adopted children inclduing spanking them until they bled and making them sleep on wet beds.

Together, they shared exciting details about the upcoming Child Adoption Education Day, an event designed to demystify the adoption process and connect prospective parents with the resources and ...

Tekulve said the investigation into the couple began after Charles Edmonson was convicted in a separate case of sexually abusing another adopted child, who was an adult at the time. That ...

Adoption has unique influences on identity formation as a child grows up and may require that children confront loss and feelings of rejection; it may also present distinct challenges in adulthood ...