February’s National Parent Leadership Month offers an opportunity to pause and reflect on the essential role parents and caregivers play in protecting children and strengthening families. Parent leadership is not defined by position or visibility, but by the daily choices caregivers make to create safe, nurturing, and stable environments where children can grow and thrive. […]
PennLive: Opinion – The price of unchecked AI innovation: our kids
No child should be collateral damage in the ongoing race to develop artificial intelligence programs and services. Yet that is the risk we face as the federal government has moved to weaken state-level protection to expedite the growth of a powerful industry that is largely unregulated. President Trump recently signed an executive order that undermines […]
Philly Burbs: School employees have a legal duty to report child abuse. But what happens when they don’t?
Pennsylvania law requires school employees to report suspected child abuse, but criminal charges for failing to do so are rare. Central Bucks School District officials cited failure to report child abuse in discipline proceedings earlier this year against three administrators terminated over the handling of allegations that nonverbal students in an autism support classroom were […]
Protecting Children in the Age of AI: Reflections on S.B. 1050’s Senate Passage
Artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every part of daily life — and unfortunately, those who seek to exploit and harm children are using it, too. AI-generated and digitally manipulated child sexual abuse images have emerged as a fast-growing threat, often blurring the line between what is real and what is fabricated. This new reality leaves […]
Bucks County Courier Times: School employees have a legal duty to report child abuse. But what happens when they don’t?
Pennsylvania law requires anyone who works in a school to report suspected child abuse. But employees who ignore this duty don’t always face criminal charges. Central Bucks School District officials cited failure to report child abuse in discipline proceedings earlier this year against three administrators terminated over the handling of allegations that nonverbal students in […]
Government Technology: Pennsylvania Lawmakers Consider AI Deepfake Reporting Bill
The notorious 2024 case involving the use of artificial intelligence software to create nude images of Lancaster Country Day students was cited during a Nov. 10 state Senate Committee hearing on legislation to strengthen Pennsylvania’s mandatory reporting law. Over the course of a two-hour hearing in a Montgomery County firehouse, experts in law, child welfare […]
Lancaster Online: ‘Artificial intelligence is here’: Lancaster Country Day School referenced in Pa. Senate hearing on deepfake legislation
The notorious 2024 case involving the use of artificial intelligence software to create nude images of Lancaster Country Day students was cited during a Nov. 10 state Senate Committee hearing on legislation to strengthen Pennsylvania’s mandatory reporting law. Over the course of a two-hour hearing in a Montgomery County firehouse, experts in law, child welfare […]
Law Enforcement, Child Safety Advocates Call for Stronger Response to AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Law enforcement officials and child advocacy organizations shared their support for strengthening laws and education about the harm artificial intelligence (AI) can bring to children during a public hearing of the Senate Majority Policy Committee hosted by Sen. Tracy Pennycuick. Testifiers praised Senate Bill 1050, sponsored by Pennycuick, Sen. Scott Martin (R-13) and Sen. Lisa […]
PA Senate Republicans: Law Enforcement, Child Safety Advocates Call for Stronger Response to AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Law enforcement officials and child advocacy organizations shared their support for strengthening laws and education about the harm artificial intelligence (AI) can bring to children during a public hearing of the Senate Majority Policy Committee hosted by Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-24) today. Testifiers praised Senate Bill 1050, sponsored by Pennycuick, Sen. Scott Martin (R-13) and […]
Prominent Harrisburg Attorney Named to Pa Family Support Alliance Board
Tina Laudermilch joins statewide board to #ProtectPAKids from abuse HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pa Family Support Alliance (PFSA), the commonwealth’s leader in child abuse and neglect prevention, has appointed Tina M. Laudermilch, Esq., Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Daley Zucker, LLC, to its governing board of directors. “Tina’s deep expertise in family law and […]
