They Took the Kids Last Night is the title and opening line of my just-published book (Praeger, October 31, 2018), drawn from over 30 years of helping families navigate a treacherous and error-prone Child Protective Services system (CPS).

After first profiling the case of the Cradys, a local family who says they spent 693 days trying to prove their innocence after being accused of child abuse, we wanted to share two other stories we came across, all involving the same local doctor.

At 3 and a half, Chandler Crady is a boisterous, bright little boy who brings laughter and joy to his parents and little sister. But there was a time in the not-so-distant past when his family was in danger of being ripped apart.

Salisbury, Md. – The trial by judge of a Salisbury father, accused of attempting to murder his eight-month old daughter back in 2016, is over and the jury delivered its verdict on Wednesday.

OROVILLE — Murder and child abuse charges have been dropped against a Chico doctor and nurse stemming from the 2012 death of their adopted son.

MISSOULA - A man who has served almost ten years in prison for the death of his infant son is a free man Monday after a Ravalli County judge overturned his conviction.

JEFFERSON — A majority of the members of a jury that never had an opportunity to deliberate on the fate of a 31-year-old Lake Mills woman accused of child abuse likely would have acquitted her had the presiding judge not have dismissed the charge.

How discredited experts and fields of forensics keep sneaking into courtrooms.

A TEDx talk by pediaric neuropathologist Dr. Waney Squier, March 2018

"My son and daughter were taken away from me when I did nothing wrong. I lost five months’ bonding during a formative time in their lives. I can never get that back."