Category: family

  • To My Mother: Betrayal I Learned Best From You

    What Is Betrayal Trauma? many thanks to the original source article: verywellmind.com – 3 days ago What Is Betrayal Trauma? You may feel betrayed when someone hurts you or breaks your trust. However, the betrayal can be traumatic if it’s someone close to you, or someone you depend on to care for you. “This type of…

  • Appellate record shows Dallas County family law judge has long history of reversals

    Thank you David Yates for this piece, click here to view original article. DALLAS – For nearly a decade, Judge Andrea Plumlee has presided over the 330th Judicial District Court in Dallas County. And in that time, the family court judge has racked up quite a few reversals at the appellate level, with justices frequently…

  • Scientists have found that the brain actually changes when a woman becomes a mother…

    September 20, 2018 — 9:11 AM Nesting, baby showers, and those sweet ultrasound pics might seem like the most exciting, dynamic way to prepare for the birth of your sweet little one. But internally, your brain is making massive and exciting changes, too, as a way to support your new role as a mom. The…

  • Backlash Against Parental Alienation: Denial and Skepticism About Psychological Abuse

    By Richard A Warshack, Psychologist and expert on P.A.S. @richardwarshack This post is in honor of Parental Alienation Awareness Day—April 25. A boy wrote a letter to his mother telling her that she belonged in a mental institution, that she was nothing to him, that she was nothing but a screw-up, that she was sick,…

  • This is why Trump’s recommendation to replace SNAP FOOD STAMPS with food boxes is a bad idea… and its not really about the food or the money.

    And when it was my turn, there was nobody left to speak up for me… I know this isn’t normally in line with my blog topic of Foster Care but it does relate to the interest of families all across our country. So, please take a moment and help me get this message out. I…

  • The Last Wind

    I wanted to run to you that day, In May.. … to follow you into the last wind. But I knew It wasn’t time for me to go… yet. It was YOUR name that was called into a new beginning…not mine.. So I wait…. Remembering.. another time, once before… when I would run to you.…

  • A Family Needs Your Help – Please Help If You Can.

    Its Almost Tuesday will rarely, if ever, ask its readers for help monetarily. This situation is different. A family needs your help after a sudden and tragic loss. In July 2011 , after a very trying time, I found myself homeless. I had no place to go and somehow transplanted to fort worth, Texas and one…

  • A Bridge (a poem about parental alienation)

    Her teardrops sting her face as the wind splashes them from her eyes across her cheeks. His lips tells lies each time he smiles. She is the shell of a woman, his mother, inconsolably weeping. He was her child, interrupted. Both of them have stood alone on an empty dock for almost two decades -separated-…

  • MURDERED TWO YEAR OLD  WAS BEING “PROTECTED” BY CPS FROM HER POT-SMOKING (“Midnight Toking”) DAD

    MURDERED TWO YEAR OLD WAS BEING “PROTECTED” BY CPS FROM HER POT-SMOKING (“Midnight Toking”) DAD

    … Another baby protected to death while in the governments’ care… A loving father lost custody of his little girl last November in Austin, Tx, after he admitted to.smoking marijuana at night after he put his child down for bedtime. The precious little girl was not ill, or harmed by her fathers nightcap, nor was…

  • East Texas Toddler Death Update:What CPS’s Latest Action

    (source: KETK News) Aug 27, 2012 6:48 p.m.    We continue our coverage of the 2-year-old, Jacob Kimbley’s death. Investigation is still underway, as of now… autopsy results are still pending. Justice of the Peace, Mitch Shamburger, tells KETK autopsy results will be in soon and that lab work is being done. KETK follows up…

  • 10 Things To Remember If A Social Worker Comes To Your Home

    1. Ask for the social workers business card. Have your attorney contact the worker on your behalf if the situation is hostile. 2. Find out the allegations before allowing the social worker access to your home or child. 3. Do not waive your rights to be protected from illegal search and seizures by allowing anyone…

  • Mother Kills Child Before Turning Gun on Herself

    Police say apparent murder-suicide occurred after judge awarded custody to father By Frank Heinz |  Saturday, Oct 22, 2011  |  Updated 6:32 PM CDT View Comments (14) Ellen Goldberg, NBC 5 News Police say the apparent murder-suicide occurred shortly after a judge awarded custody to the boy’s father. A woman shot and killed her 7-year-old son…

  • When CPS Workers Confuse Poverty w/Neglect..They Live Forever…

    A single mother has  fallen on hard times with the sudden departure of her husband. He has recently abandoned her and her son for a woman, his mistress from a love affair. This mother is distraught & undoubtedly depressed.  She was caught off guard and was left without a job after having been a housewife for…

  • Parental Alienation Do’s and Don’ts

    What you do and don’t do when as a loving parent you are confronted with a severe case of Parental Alienation Syndrome in your child? PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME – DO’S DO…start to immediately educate yourself, your lawyer, your Judge, your psychologist and your child, if possible, about PAS. This is one of the most widespread…

  • 9 Year Old Cold Case in Tampa Ends with Sex Offender As Murderer!

    My “Homesick News” from my beloved Florida: Ahhh. The beautiful Clearwater Beach. Just west of Tampa, about halfway down the State of Florida, on the Gulf Coast. Its Paradise….(for most) But a family in Tampa probably doesn’t think much of their home as paradise much these days now that an old wound has been re-opened,…

  • Help! I fell in love with the boogeyman!

    (c) Forever May, 2009 The boogeyman. Everybody knows the boogeyman isn’t real. Right? Well, to some, the boogeyman is very real and he is the one you love.  How does someone fall in love with the boogeyman?  What makes the boogeyman become what or who he is? A monster – an abuser… Abuse at its…

  • CPS v. Home Schoolers… FAQ on Dealing With School District

    HOME SCHOOLING PARENTS v. CPS Truancy laws are very often used by CPS so its a good idea to be familiar with what could happen. If you are homeschooling in Texas, it might be a good idea to be familiar with what you could be up against when it comes to CPS and your child’s…

  • An 8 year old’s childhood deferred… what happened?

    I have a serious problem with an 8 year old murdering anyone – 8 year olds aren’t generally of a disposition to shoot anyone with a rifle execution style; i don’t even think i KNEW what a rifle was at that age.  I am not in a position to say what i think might have…

  • Breaking The Silence – Moms Losing Child Custody To Their Batterers?

    This is the program that aired on Public Television in October of 2005. The documentary tells the stories of children who are taken away from their protective mothers. October is domestic violence awareness month This October – Listen. Breaking The Silence: Children’s Stories (BTS) chronicles the impact of domestic violence on children and the recurring…

  • Dizzy in the DV Cycle – Literally

    October is Domestic Violence awareness month. So Its Almost Tuesday wants to bring attention to the issue of Domestic Violence… something that affects our children – bringing them into foster care – teaching them violence – and killing them…. Domestic violence is considered child abuse by law in many states, even if the child only…

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