It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon. The kids are playing in the yard. Your husband is bbqing and you are enjoying your new couch with your girlfriend who’s visiting for the weekend. Sounds great. Until your 11 year old daughter tells you “Mom, I have blood in my pants”. Do you know how you’ll react?...
Continue readingWhat exactly IS the definition of child abuse and neglect?
If you are accused of child abuse, what does that mean? When I was a child, it was common practice to get a spanking, or whopping. It was called discipline. Now days, spanking your child can get your child taken away from you and suddenly you are labeled an abuser for trying to teach...
Continue readingChild Abuse and Neglect in the Armed Services
Relatively little research has been done on child maltreatment in the armed services: the Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps. However, some data does indicate that child abuse and neglect is a serious problem in the military just as in civilian life. According to NCANDS data, there were 16,673 reports of alleged child...
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Experts Say Parental Kidnapping Has The Most Deleterious Long Term Effects on a Child
Each year thousands of children are abducted by a parent, often as the consequences of a divorce, separation, or custody battle. Parental kidnapping, also referred to as “child snatching,” has existed for many years, but only in recent memory has it become widely seen as another form of child maltreatment. Parental kidnapping by a...
Continue readingCPS placed 18 month old child in his aunt’s care – now he’s dead
Read the original article here: STATE WILL EXAMINE CPS’S HANDLING OF A CASE AFTER TODDLER FOUND IN LANDFILL By: La Ventrick Smith and Marc Ramirez Two separate investigations will review Child Protective Services’ handling of a Dallas toddler’s case after the child was found dead Thursday in a landfill, a day after his aunt...
Continue readingParents whose rights were terminated can now petition courts: Champion/Moran bill restores parental rights
Every state should follow this lead. This is an awesome step forward in the fight for child welfare system reform. Good job Minnesota!!! Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed into law legislation allowing the reestablishment of the parent/child relationship. At left, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Sen. Bobby Champion, at right, Rep. Rena Moran and...
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