Should Grandparents' Rights Trump A Parent's Wishes?:
Even the healthiest families may wind up squabbling a bit over the holidays, but in the coming weeks the Supreme Court may reconsider how we should handle family conflicts so bad that the generations will only gather together if the court schedules a hearing. Eleven years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that when grandparents sue for visitation with their grandchildren, competent parents' wishes must get top priority. Now grandparents across the country are pushing lawmakers across the country to recognize their right to see their grandkids.
Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Lesbian couple jailed for life over girl's murder
Lesbian couple jailed for life over girl's murder:
A lesbian couple collapsed on a court room floor as they learned they would both serve life sentences for the brutal murder of a three-year-old girl.
A lesbian couple collapsed on a court room floor as they learned they would both serve life sentences for the brutal murder of a three-year-old girl.
Government encroaching on parental rights
CONFER: Government encroaching on parental rights » Opinion » Niagara Gazette:
November 7, 2011
CONFER: Government encroaching on parental rights
By Bob Confer
Niagara Gazette
Column by Bob Confer — Once the government has its foot in the door through the federally sponsored Home Visiting Program, it will have carte blanche to manage all facets of child care. Failure to comply with the “suggestions” provided will likely result in intervention by family courts and other publically provided social functions under the guise of child protection, ultimately inducing the destruction of that family unit. That’s a heady outcome from a program sold to Congress — and the people — as being voluntary.
One of the goals of the program is to improve parenting skills and child development. That, in itself, is a purposely nebulous endeavor: What exactly defines good parenting and a well-developed child and who sets the criteria? Looking at the social engineering that is foisted upon kids these days, some of the desired outcomes are obvious.
First and foremost will be the degradation of traditional morality. Mindsets based in religious mores will definitely be targeted. There are many parents adamant about educating their children in home and church about what they and their beliefs determine to be right and wrong. Those hard-and-fast rules don’t necessarily fit with what society determines to be normative today, and just as many people frown upon those character lessons as appreciate them. Some reverse engineering may be required by the government to make sure a kid’s belief system is compliant with what’s supposedly acceptable.
Related to that will be an adherence to a behavioral system that demands conformity. If a parent, like I do, believes in objectivism as the guiding light to human development — that it’s the individual’s purpose and responsibility to lead a life that he or she sees fit and the pursuit thereof is the basis for happiness and advancement of self (and, ultimately, society by others doing the same) — his parenting skills will be viewed with a critical eye. In secondary and collegiate academia, there is an overwhelming promotion of teamwork (although it’s certainly anything but) and the importance of the collective that demeans self-importance, self-determination and responsibility. The government would love to eliminate individualism at an early age and demand that the parents retool their approach and aid the government in making conformists (and dependents) out of the masses.
Next, consider the goal of “school readiness” proposed by this component of Obamacare. School readiness alludes to a belief that a child is fine only if he or she is ready for the government’s accepted standard of education. That means the Home Visiting Program could, in the supposed best interests of the youth, demand that one be removed from home schooling or private schools and be put into public schools.
School readiness is also the motivator behind Head Start, and it’s likely that the Visitation Program would mandate participation in it, which actually strips parents of their roles and has proven to be completely useless to the children in it. Numerous studies have shown that Head Start is a non-starter, including one released by the Department of Health and Human Services in 2010 that indicated marginal improvement in only two of 44 cognitive tests. Realize that since 1965, the federal government has blown $166 billion on Head Start. How much more will be thrown away when many more kids are determined eligible by their parents being deemed inadequate?
Another requirement of the Home Visitation Program is “student achievement,” holding parents accountable to children’s grades. In this day and age, low achievement doesn’t have to be attributable to bad parenting. Thirty years ago, I’d say parenting was a major contributing factor. But since the Department of Education gained a stranglehold on public schools in 1980, the achievement of all students has dropped considerably (the U.S. is rated poorly among developed nations), a direct result of federal intervention in activities best left to teachers, local school districts, and parents. How can the government blame parents — and then tear apart homes — for a mess it created?
These are just a few of the countless ways that the federal government will meddle in home affairs — and wrongly accuse parents of impropriety — once the Home Visitation Program takes root. It’s just too bad that Fox News, CNN and the like didn’t live up to the standard of the news outlets of days gone by, and hold the government accountable by analyzing all aspects of Obamacare, not just the insurance mandates. Horrors like this get passed and repealing them becomes nearly impossible.
Bob Confer is a Gasport resident and vice president of Confer Plastics Inc. in North Tonawanda. His column is published on Mondays. Email him at bobconfer@juno.com.
November 7, 2011
CONFER: Government encroaching on parental rights
By Bob Confer
Niagara Gazette
Column by Bob Confer — Once the government has its foot in the door through the federally sponsored Home Visiting Program, it will have carte blanche to manage all facets of child care. Failure to comply with the “suggestions” provided will likely result in intervention by family courts and other publically provided social functions under the guise of child protection, ultimately inducing the destruction of that family unit. That’s a heady outcome from a program sold to Congress — and the people — as being voluntary.
One of the goals of the program is to improve parenting skills and child development. That, in itself, is a purposely nebulous endeavor: What exactly defines good parenting and a well-developed child and who sets the criteria? Looking at the social engineering that is foisted upon kids these days, some of the desired outcomes are obvious.
First and foremost will be the degradation of traditional morality. Mindsets based in religious mores will definitely be targeted. There are many parents adamant about educating their children in home and church about what they and their beliefs determine to be right and wrong. Those hard-and-fast rules don’t necessarily fit with what society determines to be normative today, and just as many people frown upon those character lessons as appreciate them. Some reverse engineering may be required by the government to make sure a kid’s belief system is compliant with what’s supposedly acceptable.
Related to that will be an adherence to a behavioral system that demands conformity. If a parent, like I do, believes in objectivism as the guiding light to human development — that it’s the individual’s purpose and responsibility to lead a life that he or she sees fit and the pursuit thereof is the basis for happiness and advancement of self (and, ultimately, society by others doing the same) — his parenting skills will be viewed with a critical eye. In secondary and collegiate academia, there is an overwhelming promotion of teamwork (although it’s certainly anything but) and the importance of the collective that demeans self-importance, self-determination and responsibility. The government would love to eliminate individualism at an early age and demand that the parents retool their approach and aid the government in making conformists (and dependents) out of the masses.
Next, consider the goal of “school readiness” proposed by this component of Obamacare. School readiness alludes to a belief that a child is fine only if he or she is ready for the government’s accepted standard of education. That means the Home Visiting Program could, in the supposed best interests of the youth, demand that one be removed from home schooling or private schools and be put into public schools.
School readiness is also the motivator behind Head Start, and it’s likely that the Visitation Program would mandate participation in it, which actually strips parents of their roles and has proven to be completely useless to the children in it. Numerous studies have shown that Head Start is a non-starter, including one released by the Department of Health and Human Services in 2010 that indicated marginal improvement in only two of 44 cognitive tests. Realize that since 1965, the federal government has blown $166 billion on Head Start. How much more will be thrown away when many more kids are determined eligible by their parents being deemed inadequate?
Another requirement of the Home Visitation Program is “student achievement,” holding parents accountable to children’s grades. In this day and age, low achievement doesn’t have to be attributable to bad parenting. Thirty years ago, I’d say parenting was a major contributing factor. But since the Department of Education gained a stranglehold on public schools in 1980, the achievement of all students has dropped considerably (the U.S. is rated poorly among developed nations), a direct result of federal intervention in activities best left to teachers, local school districts, and parents. How can the government blame parents — and then tear apart homes — for a mess it created?
These are just a few of the countless ways that the federal government will meddle in home affairs — and wrongly accuse parents of impropriety — once the Home Visitation Program takes root. It’s just too bad that Fox News, CNN and the like didn’t live up to the standard of the news outlets of days gone by, and hold the government accountable by analyzing all aspects of Obamacare, not just the insurance mandates. Horrors like this get passed and repealing them becomes nearly impossible.
Bob Confer is a Gasport resident and vice president of Confer Plastics Inc. in North Tonawanda. His column is published on Mondays. Email him at bobconfer@juno.com.
The Truth Bites "NH"-Timothy Horrigan State Rep or State MENACE
The Truth Bites "NH":
HORRIGAN is a menace that needs to be ousted... the link attached is an uncalled for slight at family/children's rights activist Denise McIntosh. For the facts of that case you need to check her own site at: http://dmvc-results.blogspot.com/2011/11/suing-state-of-new-hampshire-department.html
This lady has been in Concord on numerous occasion's advocating for family and children rights; up against the Department of Children Youth and Families who nation wide violate parents rights.
It was made plain to everyone at the hearing she attended that she withdrew her petition because it was contrary to what Miss McIntosh originally submitted something Horrigan omitted and/or changed. While Horrigan the sloth; is entitled to an opinion it would appear he thrives on rudeness unfitting for his office, his public displays against people voicing their concerns in at legislative hearings creates apprehensions on the part of constituents. This oaf merely sits on a committee to deter constituents from a voice and the people of Durham have been deceived.
Horrigan maybe covered on floor of the house for immunity in his vain utterances; but he is not covered outside that house and the public should demand he is removed for conduct unfitting a political figure, we have had enough. He should at least be removed from the Redress Committee for his direct assault's on the integrity of the people who include not only McIntosh, but Katz-Grodman, Brewster, Clarkson, and Dionne for bringing their concerns forward for legislative consideration.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CONSTITUENTS IS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES DIRECTED BY MAGGIE BISHOP!
Mr. Horrigan does not stand for family rights; and his record is sketchy across the board check out his facebook page where did he graduate from and when or was IT why did he have to change schools 3 times in high school? http://www.facebook.com/timothy.horrigan#!/timothy.horrigan?sk=info
Moreover, check his voting record here: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/membervotingrecord.aspx?member=376826
HORRIGAN is a menace that needs to be ousted... the link attached is an uncalled for slight at family/children's rights activist Denise McIntosh. For the facts of that case you need to check her own site at: http://dmvc-results.blogspot.com/2011/11/suing-state-of-new-hampshire-department.html
This lady has been in Concord on numerous occasion's advocating for family and children rights; up against the Department of Children Youth and Families who nation wide violate parents rights.
It was made plain to everyone at the hearing she attended that she withdrew her petition because it was contrary to what Miss McIntosh originally submitted something Horrigan omitted and/or changed. While Horrigan the sloth; is entitled to an opinion it would appear he thrives on rudeness unfitting for his office, his public displays against people voicing their concerns in at legislative hearings creates apprehensions on the part of constituents. This oaf merely sits on a committee to deter constituents from a voice and the people of Durham have been deceived.
Horrigan maybe covered on floor of the house for immunity in his vain utterances; but he is not covered outside that house and the public should demand he is removed for conduct unfitting a political figure, we have had enough. He should at least be removed from the Redress Committee for his direct assault's on the integrity of the people who include not only McIntosh, but Katz-Grodman, Brewster, Clarkson, and Dionne for bringing their concerns forward for legislative consideration.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CONSTITUENTS IS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES DIRECTED BY MAGGIE BISHOP!
Mr. Horrigan does not stand for family rights; and his record is sketchy across the board check out his facebook page where did he graduate from and when or was IT why did he have to change schools 3 times in high school? http://www.facebook.com/timothy.horrigan#!/timothy.horrigan?sk=info
Moreover, check his voting record here: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/membervotingrecord.aspx?member=376826
ATTENION: NH Families with Indian Heritage-Children Removed by NH DCYF?
ATTENION: NH Families with Indian Heritage-Children Removed by NH DCYF?
Sent to unhappygrammy by a Concerned citizen
Looking for NH Families with Indian heritage whose children were removed by NH DCYF without contacting the NH/Maine Indian Counsel, even after being told of the family's Indian ethnicity and placed the children in foster care, not abiding by the Indian Child Welfare Act.
The Indian Child Welfare Act specifically states relative placement preference for Native American children. We are well aware NH DCYF does NOT follow Federal Government mandates in seeking or even considering relatives in the placement of the children they remove. The Indian Counsel will not stand for the illegal placement of these children with Indian ethnicity, nor will they stand for NH DCYF's failure to contact the Indian Counsel when a child is taken into state custody.
If you believe your family has an Indian heritage, or are sure you have an Indian heritage and NH DCYF was informed, please contact unhappygrammy and she will contact me. We must band together to make sure The Indian Child Welfare Act is adhered to.
Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C.§1901 et seq.:) Passed by Congress in 1978, this Act is aimed at preserving Native American families and tribes. The Act:
· establishes legal standards for removal of Native American children from their families,
· represents a placement preference for Native American children who are placed outside their parents' home, giving priority to relatives and members of the child's tribe; and
· requires notification to the parent or Native American custodian and the Native American child's tribe when a Native American child is placed involuntarily into out-of-home care, including foster care or adoption placement.
Sent to unhappygrammy by a Concerned citizen
Looking for NH Families with Indian heritage whose children were removed by NH DCYF without contacting the NH/Maine Indian Counsel, even after being told of the family's Indian ethnicity and placed the children in foster care, not abiding by the Indian Child Welfare Act.
The Indian Child Welfare Act specifically states relative placement preference for Native American children. We are well aware NH DCYF does NOT follow Federal Government mandates in seeking or even considering relatives in the placement of the children they remove. The Indian Counsel will not stand for the illegal placement of these children with Indian ethnicity, nor will they stand for NH DCYF's failure to contact the Indian Counsel when a child is taken into state custody.
If you believe your family has an Indian heritage, or are sure you have an Indian heritage and NH DCYF was informed, please contact unhappygrammy and she will contact me. We must band together to make sure The Indian Child Welfare Act is adhered to.
Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C.§1901 et seq.:) Passed by Congress in 1978, this Act is aimed at preserving Native American families and tribes. The Act:
· establishes legal standards for removal of Native American children from their families,
· represents a placement preference for Native American children who are placed outside their parents' home, giving priority to relatives and members of the child's tribe; and
· requires notification to the parent or Native American custodian and the Native American child's tribe when a Native American child is placed involuntarily into out-of-home care, including foster care or adoption placement.
Union Thugs Want Your Children
Union Thugs Want Your Children | Godfather Politics:
There’s an old saying, “As the tree is bent, so grows the tree.” The deplorable state of our nation, culturally, morally, politically, and economically, is the result of an education system that teaches children to see in government a high degree of competence and benevolence. This shouldn’t surprise us since public schools are government schools.
Many conservatives no longer send their children to public schools. While you and I are not compelled to send our children to public schools, we are compelled to pay for public schools. Parents that do not send their children to public schools pay a double tax — the required tuition payments. In addition, we are still impacted by 90 percent of the student population that still go to public schools. One day they will vote. Today, they make up the majority of the Occupy movement.
A story that has not gotten much attention is the student participation that took place during Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s battle with the unions and legislation that dismantled public sector employee collective bargaining rights. Union people are still at the capitol in Madison protesting.
Now we’re learning that fourth-grader were bused to the state capitol. You can see the young people marching with the union protestors singing a unionized version of ‘This Land Is Your Land’ as they marched around the Capitol Rotunda. This is how WMTV in Madison reported the story:
When you send your kids off to school, you expect them to learn all about the “three r’s”: reading, writing and recall efforts? That doesn’t seem right, and it didn’t seem right to FOX6 Investigator Bryan Polcyn either. It is common practice for elementary schools to take students on a tour of the Wisconsin State Capitol, but how would you feel if your child went on just such a field trip, and ended up being led, quite literally, into the middle of a political protest?
One superintendent refused to watch video of this very thing occurring, and his elementary school principal waited 22 days to tell parents what happened.
The story has gotten very little attention. You and I know that if fourth graders had been bused to a Tea Party event by a conservative, anti-union teacher, without the consent of the parents, that teacher would have been fired on the spot.
Not every public school teacher is a socialist. Many public school teachers don’t want to be in a union. They are conservatives. Even so, schools in the United States keep getting more liberal.
It’s been said that as California goes, so goes the nation. California and Texas, because of their size, determine what goes into textbooks. We might dismiss the “fruits and nuts” on the Left Coast as being too far away to affect us, but one day public school kids in states across the nation will be reading textbooks that were developed by textbook writers in California.
The battle for the hearts and minds of our children goes on everyday in America. “Get them young” is the tried and true tactic of the Left. “A young tree is easier twisted than an old tree.” That’s one of the reasons that these fourth graders were being propagandized by these union thugs.
Think about it. Schools used to be controlled locally. Then state governments got into the act. Then the unthinkable happened. Under Jimmy Carter, a Federal Department of Education was established. The No Child Left Behind legislation, a boondoggle of a program that received bipartisan support, made local control of education almost impossible. You can see the late Senator Edward Kennedy and John Boehner, two of the bill’s co-authors, standing behind President Bush as he signed the legislation.
Conservatives believe that they can save public schools by this type of legislation while liberals believe they can control them. Who do you think is winning?
As if this wasn’t enough control, now there is a move to develop a national curriculum. There is concern “about Democrat-driven plans in the U.S. Senate to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, a massive federal program last reauthorized in 2001 as the No Child Left Behind Act.” The 868-page bill . . . will 1) increase the federal role in education at the expense of state, local and parental control, and 2) will greatly increase the pressure on states to align their curriculum and standards, resulting in de facto national education standards,” said the report published by the Home School Legal Defense Association.
Good trees grow straight, but not when they’re bent by some outside force.
Read more:
There’s an old saying, “As the tree is bent, so grows the tree.” The deplorable state of our nation, culturally, morally, politically, and economically, is the result of an education system that teaches children to see in government a high degree of competence and benevolence. This shouldn’t surprise us since public schools are government schools.
Many conservatives no longer send their children to public schools. While you and I are not compelled to send our children to public schools, we are compelled to pay for public schools. Parents that do not send their children to public schools pay a double tax — the required tuition payments. In addition, we are still impacted by 90 percent of the student population that still go to public schools. One day they will vote. Today, they make up the majority of the Occupy movement.
A story that has not gotten much attention is the student participation that took place during Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s battle with the unions and legislation that dismantled public sector employee collective bargaining rights. Union people are still at the capitol in Madison protesting.
Now we’re learning that fourth-grader were bused to the state capitol. You can see the young people marching with the union protestors singing a unionized version of ‘This Land Is Your Land’ as they marched around the Capitol Rotunda. This is how WMTV in Madison reported the story:
When you send your kids off to school, you expect them to learn all about the “three r’s”: reading, writing and recall efforts? That doesn’t seem right, and it didn’t seem right to FOX6 Investigator Bryan Polcyn either. It is common practice for elementary schools to take students on a tour of the Wisconsin State Capitol, but how would you feel if your child went on just such a field trip, and ended up being led, quite literally, into the middle of a political protest?
One superintendent refused to watch video of this very thing occurring, and his elementary school principal waited 22 days to tell parents what happened.
The story has gotten very little attention. You and I know that if fourth graders had been bused to a Tea Party event by a conservative, anti-union teacher, without the consent of the parents, that teacher would have been fired on the spot.
Not every public school teacher is a socialist. Many public school teachers don’t want to be in a union. They are conservatives. Even so, schools in the United States keep getting more liberal.
It’s been said that as California goes, so goes the nation. California and Texas, because of their size, determine what goes into textbooks. We might dismiss the “fruits and nuts” on the Left Coast as being too far away to affect us, but one day public school kids in states across the nation will be reading textbooks that were developed by textbook writers in California.
The battle for the hearts and minds of our children goes on everyday in America. “Get them young” is the tried and true tactic of the Left. “A young tree is easier twisted than an old tree.” That’s one of the reasons that these fourth graders were being propagandized by these union thugs.
Think about it. Schools used to be controlled locally. Then state governments got into the act. Then the unthinkable happened. Under Jimmy Carter, a Federal Department of Education was established. The No Child Left Behind legislation, a boondoggle of a program that received bipartisan support, made local control of education almost impossible. You can see the late Senator Edward Kennedy and John Boehner, two of the bill’s co-authors, standing behind President Bush as he signed the legislation.
Conservatives believe that they can save public schools by this type of legislation while liberals believe they can control them. Who do you think is winning?
As if this wasn’t enough control, now there is a move to develop a national curriculum. There is concern “about Democrat-driven plans in the U.S. Senate to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, a massive federal program last reauthorized in 2001 as the No Child Left Behind Act.” The 868-page bill . . . will 1) increase the federal role in education at the expense of state, local and parental control, and 2) will greatly increase the pressure on states to align their curriculum and standards, resulting in de facto national education standards,” said the report published by the Home School Legal Defense Association.
Good trees grow straight, but not when they’re bent by some outside force.
Read more:
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