Naomi Schaefer Riley
@NaomiSRiley
Author, "No Way to Treat a Child." Senior Fellow, @AEI. Senior Fellow @IWF, Contributor @Deseret, Co-lead @Livescut
Do babies belong with drug-addicted mothers? New Mexico has a change of heart. My latest in @Deseret deseret.com/opinion/2025/0… @AEI @IWF
"Just as a wise parent sets boundaries, so too should the government." Read Tori Hope Peterson on why foster youth need "work integrity" not more generous government benefits. @AEI @IWF @Rafa_Mangual imprintnews.org/opinion/empowe…
"Child protection and out-of-home care are essential safeguards regardless of the size or scope of the safety net." Read this piece by 2 of my favorite scholars. imprintnews.org/opinion/povert…
Is it good for kids to ‘rot’ at home over the summer? Depends on their lives the rest of the year. @aei @iwf deseret.com/opinion/2025/0…
Indiana claims that kids are still safe despite a 50% drop in foster care entries, with no additional services being provided and no drop in CPS reports from the public. We're skeptical... indystar.com/story/opinion/…
Wonderful to see this well-deserved victory for common sense and empowering loving parents to adopt vulnerable children. @NaomiSRiley and I discussed the Jessica Bates case with Jonathan Scruggs, Senior Counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, and his effort to compel the state…
HUGE WIN at the 9th Circuit for our client Jessica Bates! This widowed Oregon mom was categorically barred from adopting a foster child—regardless of the child’s age or beliefs—because she wouldn’t promise to affirm gender ideology. The 9th Circuit ruled that Oregon’s policy…
A new community in LA County aims to give large sibling groups in foster care the opportunity to stay together. My article in @nypost nypost.com/2025/07/19/us-… @AEI @IWF
When you hire someone for her ideological commitments, you shouldn’t be surprised if she is bad at her job. My latest in @CityJournal city-journal.org/article/casa-l… @AEI @IWF
A child-welfare group has fired its executive director, who believed that the “foster care system unfortunately reflects the history of slavery and the deterioration of the family.” bit.ly/40gjIg1 via @NaomiSRiley
Rowe asks a question that many journalists and academics avoid: If children have been abused for years and are then removed, how do we know what caused them to be angry or disturbed or violent? Was it foster care or what came before it? wsj.com/arts-culture/b… via @WSJBooks @AEI
The state has fallen far short of its legal requirement to move kids out of shelter placements and into a home or residential facility within 30 days. detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…
No, anonymous reports to child abuse hotlines are not just a way to harass families. My piece in this morning's @nypost nypost.com/2025/07/07/opi… @AEI @IWF
This is HORRIBLE advice. Swaminathan: Before reporting families to the child welfare system, educators should ask how to support their needs better. the74million.org/article/were-n… @The74 @NaomiSRiley @JoanneLeeJacobs
"There is simply no way to attribute a 50% foster care reduction to Indiana’s prevention services." Important article in @childwelmonitor by @putnamhornstein, Sarah Font, and Brett Drake. childwelfaremonitor.org/2025/05/29/a-r…
7-year-old Mi’Laziah Raelynn Thill-Jackson was left in a family with chronic homelessness, severe domestic violence, and abuse. She was left there after a sibling died due to parental negligence. She was left there after 19 CALLS to @waDCYF. She was left there despite no one…
New York’s Child Services Says It’s Saving Lives—Count Us Skeptical. My article with Sarah Font in City Journal. city-journal.org/article/new-yo… @AEI @IWF @LivesCut
