Suicide 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 readingWhen 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...
Continue readingParental 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...
Continue readingCollin County Father Talks to Its Almost Tuesday
I received an email from the Collin County father asking me to let you all know that they have a full feature film coming out, all proceeds go to their children in a trust fund. He says they are still fighting to get them back thru the court system in Collin County Texas. They...
Continue readingHigh court ruling is victory for victims of child abuse in Hawaii
The state Supreme Court has upheld an award to be paid by the state to a Maui girl whose previous injury was under investigation by Child Protective Services. Child Protective Services has been told by the state Supreme Court that it is responsible for the welfare of children subject to abuse. A $1.1 million...
Continue readingLet Sex Offenders Walk & They Prey On Our Kids
Sex offenders speak out JEREMY PHILLIPS The Ellis County Press ELLIS COUNTY – Last week, a controversial series by The Ellis County Press exposed the problems of sex offenders on probation in Ellis County versus those who were sentenced to prison.The numbers revealed more than 75 percent of registered sex offenders in Ellis County...
Continue readingLet Sex Offenders Walk & They Prey On Our Kids
Sex offenders speak out JEREMY PHILLIPS The Ellis County Press ELLIS COUNTY – Last week, a controversial series by The Ellis County Press exposed the problems of sex offenders on probation in Ellis County versus those who were sentenced to prison.The numbers revealed more than 75 percent of registered sex offenders in Ellis County...
Continue readingHow many more in Collin County Texas? Let us know…
I would like to comment on the article I posted Disgusted with the system: cbs11tv.com – North Texas Man Fighting For Custody Of His Kids and thank the blogger who originally posted it, Louise, whose blog Disgusted With The System, is one of my favorites. Collin County, Texas seems to have a trend in...
Continue readingChildren in Foster and Kinship Care at Risk
Children in Foster and Kinship Care at Risk for Inadequate Health Care Coverage and Access Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization — findings brief .pdf file Historically, federal child welfare policy has overlooked the role of kinship caregivers, and, if states provided assistance, it was done through income-assistance programs. Now, children are preferentially channeled...
Continue readingFLORIDA Child Protection Agency spokesman faces child-porn charges
Article published Feb 5, 2008 DCF to review personnel records Agency spokesman faces child-porn charges By Bill Cotterell FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU POLITICAL EDITOR The head of the Department of Children and Families, “horrified and shocked” by the arrest of his agency spokesman on child-pornography charges, Monday ordered a review of personnel records for all...
Continue readingHostile? Leave the kids out of it…
"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 readingHow to Bond With Your (Foster) Child
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 – Chronological and Emotional Child’s...
Continue readingRegister Your Case Against the Department of Social and Health Services
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 the basis of ethnicity...
Continue readingFoster Care Brain Damage — Settlements and Verdicts
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 daily dialysis because of...
Continue readingSchaefer: Trial by jury needed to remove child
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 and Children’s Services (DFCS)....
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Continue readingGovernment Advisers: Don’t Use Cold Medicines in Children Under 6
FDA Says Over-the-Counter Med Need Further Study Concentrated Tylenol Infants’ Drops Plus Cold & Cough, right, and Pedia Care Infant Drops Long-Acting Cough, left, is shown in a medicine cabinet of the home of Carol Uyeno in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007. Cold Drug makers voluntarily pulled cold medicines targeted for babies...
Continue readingChild agency touts progress
Foster kid adoption rate has improved in S.A. region, but much wor Web Posted: 10/03/2007 12:00 AM CDT Nancy Martinez Express-News Child Protective Services has in the past 21/2 years seen a higher turnover among caseworkers, taken on more cases, removed more children that it can place and seen a large gap in the...
Continue readingDo you hate wearing shoes ?
Well, so do I. I found this site, Parents For Barefoot Children It is so cute, its got health information about going barefoot, activities to do with your barefoot children, and all kinds of neat information for families. So kick off your shoes and go surf it out!!!...
Continue readingHow Do We Forgive Our Fathers? By Dick Lourie
How do we forgive our fathers? Maybe in a dream? Do we forgive our fathers for leaving us too often? Or forever? When we were little? Maybe for scarin’ us with unexpected rage… or makin’ us nervous because there seemed never to be any rage there at all.Do we forgive our fathers for marryin’...
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