We were just parents until the system took everything. This is the beginning of our voice, our truth, and our refusal to be silent. We never meant to be here. But now that we are, we are not going anywhere.

Sunday Spotlight There is a particular kind of silence that settles over a family when the system takes a child and then leaves nothing behind. No updates. No court date. No word. Just silence. It is...

Even though Juneteenth has passed, its meaning still echoes. Freedom was delayed then, and for many families today it is still being denied. The right to parent your own children is a fundamental liberty, and yet families across America are losing that right without cause, without fairness, and without justice.

A chilling tragedy in Philadelphia reveals how systemic overload and ignored warnings can lead to preventable loss. On April 15, 19-month-old Sy’vir Hill was found unresponsive in a bathtub at his foster home in the...

By Families vs. DHR Editorial Team In courtrooms across America, there exists a belief that has been passed down through generations, codified into oaths, and echoed through marble halls. Judges are seen as the guardians...

Across the nation, families are rising up to expose a hidden crisis. June is being declared Stolen Children’s Month, a bold call to confront the injustice of family separation through the child welfare system. This movement is not just a campaign. It is a reckoning. And it starts now.

Journalist Kim Richards shares a powerful personal story of how Alabama’s DHR system devastated her family after a teenage mistake turned into a full-blown crisis. A call for truth, reform, and accountability.

A teenager’s outburst. A rushed investigation. A family torn apart. This article explores how child welfare systems like DHR are increasingly responding to adolescent rebellion with state intervention—believing emotion over evidence, and leaving families fractured in the process.