For some East Valley parents, a new cell phone service offered by Sprint represents peace of mind for them and independence for their children. But others see it as a potential breach of trust.

A former East Valley lawmaker is challenging a demand by Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard to testify in a lawsuit that seeks to punish Child Protective Services for its treatment of a Gilbert mother and her young son.

Most of us have learned as we’ve gotten older that life doesn’t always turn out the way we planned. That may be good or bad depending upon the situation, but the one positive is that most of us eventually find a way to rebound; and it never hurts to have someone in our corner to help us get back on track as we experience life’s ups and downs.

Most of us have learned as we’ve gotten older that life doesn’t always turn out the way we planned. That may be good or bad depending upon the situation, but the one positive is that most of us eventually find a way to rebound; and it never hurts to have someone in our corner to help us get back on track as we experience life’s ups and downs.

RIGHT TO KNOW: Your child comes home and tells you about a fight on his high school campus that afternoon — and you want to know what happened.

APACHE JUNCTION: Bread of Life Christian Fellowship Church, 32 N. 114th St., will present a Christmas concert at 6 p.m. today, led by Shirley Colvin, a member of the church’s praise and worship team.

A voter-initiated program to enhance life for children from birth through 5 years of age has announced creation of new child-care standards. The First Things First (FTF) board recently approved a package detailing a system of standards, technical assistance and incentives aimed at helping Arizona’s child-care providers — public, nonprofit and for-profit programs — improve the quality of education services. The program is formally known as Quality First.

Knowing all the while that it’s impossible to prevent child abuse and neglect, hundreds of the state’s top child welfare experts have spent the better part of four months trying.

A 27-year-old Chandler man who teaches at a Scottsdale charter school has been charged with one count of felony child abuse after police say he knocked the head of his roommate’s 6-year-old daughter into the wall because she woke him up from a nap.

A 42-year-old Chandler woman running a child care facility out of her home has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse in connection with a 17-month-old boy injured in her care, police said.

A 42-year-old Chandler woman running a child care facility out of her home has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse in connection with a 17-month-old boy injured in her care, police said.

April is National Childhood Abuse Awareness Month and thinking about childhood abuse makes my blood pressure rise. I am a mother of two boys and even on days when they drive me absolutely crazy, I can’t imagine ever striking them. Seeing their reaction after raising my voice is enough for me to realize the impact I have on them as a mother.

February 22, 2005

Moderate House Republicans are beating back a proposal from East Valley legislative leaders to cut the state child care subsidy program and leave more than 16,000 children of the working poor without care.

September 26, 2004

As a parent of a gifted child, you may have noticed that your son is a quick learner. You may have observed that he is more emotionally sensitive than some of his playmates. Your gifted daughter may find it easy to carry on a conversation with adults. She may get frustrated when things don’t go “just right.”

Hayley Elliot, 3, sat on a large leather couch Friday morning at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, coloring in a sticker book.

Stuffy head, mild aches, a low-grade fever, thunderous sneezes. Think you’re sick now? Wait until flu season arrives.

With semester exams just around the corner, students can expect to have some long hours of studying ahead of them this month. But while students are expected to know the same material, the way they study it can vary from student to student.

In June, a Scottsdale men’s group dedicated to making a positive impact on the community through children will celebrate its 20th anniversary.

The East Valley Institute of Technology’s Early Childhood Education Program has received accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

A child-molesting Catholic priest from Ahwatukee Foothills has been arrested three years after fleeing Arizona against the terms of his punishment.

Fewer children died last year, 862, than in 2009 (947), the Arizona Department of Health Services reported this week. Pediatricians, social workers, attorneys, advocates, law enforcement and others volunteered more than 5,700 hours to investigate the 862 child deaths. It’s 26 percent fewer than died in 2005 (1,148).