So I ran across this documentary called No Tomorrow and just watched it. Although it’s graphic and difficult to watch at times, its riveting and thought provoking to say the least Watch it for free here- let me know what your thoughts are. I’m still speechless at the moment. No Tomorrow : https://link.tubi.tv/IhOIA6MDZxb...
Continue readingi can think of only one event more traffic than being falsely accused and having your child taken into foster care and a result- and that is being falsely accused and your child being taken into foster care, wrongly, and then finding out your child is missing!! What a horrific thought. It happens. It...
Continue readingSource: view original content here Some children don’t have loving homes that they can call their own. For whatever reason, the parents of these children are not able to provide for them and neither is their extended family. When this occurs, the child will be placed into the foster care system. More than 250,000...
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… 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...
Continue readingSuicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents world wide. TODAY 6 children will commit suicide due to child abuse. In Los Angeles, a 9 year old foster child hung himself while taking psychotropic medications that were not FDA approved for children . His mother that lost him to foster care had...
Continue readingPosted: Dec 7, 2012 11:42 AM by NBC News (KPRC) Updated: Dec 7, 2012 12:16 PM HOUSTON (KPRC)- Grainy cellphone video supposedly depicting two teenage girls fighting is now at the center of an investigation by Texas Child Protective Services. One of the girls in the video is in CPS custody and her latest caregiver, according...
Continue reading(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...
Continue readingFrom The Texas DFPS Website, here is a list of Involuntarily Suspended or Revoked Child Care Operations in the State of Texas – (I have listed only page 1 of the 34 pages of names on here. You can view the next pages of the list by clicking here or on the Next Page link...
Continue readingAmerica’s child death shame Every five hours a child dies from abuse or neglect in the US. The latest government figures show an estimated 1,770 children were killed as a result of maltreatment in 2009. A recent congressional report concludes the real number could be nearer 2,500. In fact, America has the worst child...
Continue readingMy Questionn is: What side effects did this drug have on the children and what long term risks will they possibly suffer? How was it not approved? Was it unsafe? Or just not tested? Shouldn’t they be compensated for the abuse they suffered by the child welfare system knowingly using them as test subjects? This...
Continue readingMy Questionn is: What side effects did this drug have on the children and what long term risks will they possibly suffer? How was it not approved? Was it unsafe? Or just not tested? Shouldn’t they be compensated for the abuse they suffered by the child welfare system knowingly using them as test subjects? This...
Continue readingHOME 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...
Continue readingThis 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...
Continue readingLegal Ethics Posted Jun 23, 2008, 07:16 am CDT By Debra Cassens Weiss The daughter of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has told her attorney ad litem in an e-mail to step aside. She sent a copy of the missive to the Salt Lake Tribune. The teen, 16-year-old Teresa Jeffs, told the newspaper in...
Continue readingClick Here to view the 1385 Online Petition Signatures to Impeach Texas District Judge Barbara Walther Over FLDS Fiasco Published by Daniel T. Weaver on Jun 01, 2008 Category: Government/Law Region: United States of America Target: State of Texas Web site: http://upstreamzine.wordpress.com Description/History: Texas Judge Barbara Walther authorized the removal of more than 400 children...
Continue readingThis ruling is an awesome show of the law and how it works. CPS is rarely overturned. In particular, to have the Third District Court of Appeals rule so specifically on the terms of what they can constitute “imminent danger” requiring the removal of a child, and also implementing the requirement to make every...
Continue readinghttp://www.kxan.com/global/story.asp?s=8365745 AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — The Third Court of Appeals has ruled that Child Protective Services did not have the right to remove children from the Yearning for Zion ranch last month. The ruling comes as a result of a document filed by Texas RioGrande Legal Aid last month. The TRLA is the largest...
Continue readingI am disgusted by CPS – again. I am disgusted by the Media – again. I miss my children… again… So, the saga continues… FLDS, CPS, ElDorado, Media, Rocky, Bullwinkle…. hrrrrm? My day started out a little emotional with this post as I read the Dallas Morning News Opinion Blog – where Sharon Grigsby...
Continue readingBelow I have compiled a sample of real violations within the foster care system in Texas. These facilities are in major metropolitan areas (ie Dallas/Ft.Worth, Austin, San Antonio areas) and they are listed here exactly as they are reported here by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. While we talk about foster...
Continue readingSome, but not enough, experience the challenges and joys of opening homes and hearts. By Corrie MacLaggan AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Monday, May 07, 2007MANOR — Yolanda and Michael Gobert tell friends, business associates and fellow members of Little Zion Baptist Church about something they’ve been doing for four years, something they think others should consider:...
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