Christmas – 3 Years Stuck 14thdaymom, December 24, 2007 If you haven’t read my story, you can find it here –Its Almost Tuesday, The True Story. This is my 4th Christmas without my son. The first was Christmas 2004; but it is as devastating for me today as then… if not more. It just doesn’t show as much. I… Continue Reading
Hostile? Leave the kids out of it… 14thdaymom, December 24, 2007 “Brainwashing” is a concept “too narrow” (Gardner, 1989) to capture the psychological manipulation involved in turning a child against his/her non-residential parent. Continue Reading
How to Bond With Your (Foster) Child 14thdaymom, December 24, 2007 Top 10 Five Minute Bonding Activities From Carrie Craft, Your Guide to Adoption / Foster Care. FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! These activities are not for every foster/adoptive parent or every foster/adoptive child. Only do what is comfortable for you and your foster/adopted child. Keep in mind: Child’s Age –… Continue Reading
Online Privacy and our Children 14thdaymom, December 23, 2007 I recently had a situation in my own life come about with my 17 year old daughter and her use of the internet. To respect her privacy, I won’t go into it, but suffice it to say, I had some grave concerns with what she was doing, who she was… Continue Reading
Caseworkers changed, destroyed records in starvation case 14thdaymom, December 23, 2007 Documents: Counties changed, destroyed records in starvation case (AP) Caseworkers from two neighboring counties and a state agency doctored or destroyed records pertaining to a 4-year-old girl whose starved body was found stuffed into a picnic cooler, according to a newspaper’s review of court documents. One caseworker testified in… Continue Reading
Department of Social and Health Services settles for $1.52 million 14thdaymom, December 18, 2007 14 different foster homes, 10 different schools its worth something I suppose – in Seattle, it awarded $1.52 million to two ex-foster children; but is it worth it at all? Of course not. One of the two ex-foster children wouldn’t say its worth it those cold nights he lived on… Continue Reading
Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Filed After 2-Year-Old’s Death 14thdaymom, December 18, 2007 A photo of Whitney Williams, who was only 2-years-old when she died after being physically abused. 09/27/2005 PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP)– The Somerset County Department of Social Services on Monday settled a suit brought by the father of a fatally abused child for $50,000. The father, Clark Bell, sued Somerset… Continue Reading
Register Your Case Against the Department of Social and Health Services 14thdaymom, December 18, 2007 A lawsuit has been filed and is seeking class action status against the department alleging violations of constitutional rights. Nine Latina child care workers claim the state came into their homes and seized personal records in search of ‘phantom children’. The lawsuit also alleges discrimination against child care workers on… Continue Reading
YakimA County, Washington: FOSTER ABUSE 14thdaymom, December 18, 2007 Yakima County, WA Yakima County, WA: (May-26-07) Tim Farris, a Bellingham, WA lawyer and critic of Washington’s foster-care system, has been known to repeatedly file lawsuits against the State Department of Social and Health Services. He filed one more lawsuit against the department recently, on behalf of injured children, accusing… Continue Reading
Mattel Toy Recall 14thdaymom, December 18, 2007 Washington, DC: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that Mattel has received more than 400 reports of magnets coming loose in products such as Polly Pocket, Doggie Day Care, Barbie & Tanner, Batman and “Sarge” Die Cast toy cars. Unfortunately, under the Bush administration, the US Consumer Product Safety… Continue Reading
Foster Care Brain Damage — Settlements and Verdicts 14thdaymom, December 18, 2007 Baltimore, MD: (Dec-13-07) A lawsuit was brought against the state by the mother of a 6-year-old, alleging violation of rights. The suit claimed that Brandon, the severely brain-damaged boy lives in a hospital bed in the front room of his Southwest Baltimore home, being fed through a tube and undergoing… Continue Reading
Schaefer: Trial by jury needed to remove child 14thdaymom, December 2, 2007 Sunday, December 2, 2007 Last modified Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:03 AM EST Schaefer: Trial by jury needed to remove child By Tom Law Source: The Toccoa Record State Sen. Nancy Schaefer last week called for an overhaul of the state’s child protection services provided through the Department of Family… Continue Reading
Letters from Foster Care 14thdaymom, December 2, 2007 “In total, I have been to at least five or six or even seven foster homes because my mother would not quit looking for me.” by Gabrielle, age 11 Fostering Perspectives tries to reflect the voices of people involved in North Carolina’s child welfare system. * * * * *… Continue Reading