1,000 children “wrongly” adopted every year « Researching Reform:
John Hemming MP, who recently gave evidence in Parliament with Martin Narey over child protection issues, has told the BBC that he believes up to 1,000 children a year are being adopted for the wrong reasons; in other words, children are being taken into care when they shouldn’t be. You can view the meeting, in full (both audio and video), here.
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, December 13, 2011
Parents Victimized by Child Protective Services
Parents Victimized by Child Protective Services Law Firm | Stolar & Associates | Los Angeles, California:
Teachers, doctors and a number of other professionals are legally obligated to report to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), also known as the CPS, what they interpret as signs of child abuse. A number of these reports are based on misinterpretations of stories as related by young children or common elements of childhood such as bruising from roughhousing.
Teachers, doctors and a number of other professionals are legally obligated to report to the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), also known as the CPS, what they interpret as signs of child abuse. A number of these reports are based on misinterpretations of stories as related by young children or common elements of childhood such as bruising from roughhousing.
Study: Child abuse on decline in U.S.
Study: Child abuse on decline in U.S. - CBS News:
Yet they continue to STEAL our children!
(AP) NEW YORK - Fears that persisting economic woes would increase child abuse in the U.S. have proved unfounded, according to the latest federal data.
A comprehensive new report, to be formally unveiled Wednesday, shows overall abuse and neglect figures declining slightly between 2008 and 2010, and child fatalities dropping by 8.5 percent during that span.
Yet they continue to STEAL our children!
(AP) NEW YORK - Fears that persisting economic woes would increase child abuse in the U.S. have proved unfounded, according to the latest federal data.
A comprehensive new report, to be formally unveiled Wednesday, shows overall abuse and neglect figures declining slightly between 2008 and 2010, and child fatalities dropping by 8.5 percent during that span.
Monday, December 12, 2011
No Mandatory Mental Health Screening for Children!
No Mandatory Mental Health Screening for Children! | The Moral Liberal:
Maryanne Godboldo, a mother in Michigan, noticed that pills prescribed by her daughter’s doctor were making her condition worse, not better. So Mrs. Godboldo stopped giving them to her. That’s when the trouble began. When Child Protective Services (CPS) bureaucrats became aware that the girl was not receiving her prescribed medication, they decided the child should be taken away from her mother’s custody on grounds of medical neglect.
Maryanne Godboldo, a mother in Michigan, noticed that pills prescribed by her daughter’s doctor were making her condition worse, not better. So Mrs. Godboldo stopped giving them to her. That’s when the trouble began. When Child Protective Services (CPS) bureaucrats became aware that the girl was not receiving her prescribed medication, they decided the child should be taken away from her mother’s custody on grounds of medical neglect.
Former Foster Father on Trial for Death of Foster child
Former Foster Father on Trial - KATV Channel 7 - The Spirit of Arkansas::
Russellville -
By the time Dale Young Junior was five years old he and his siblings had already lived in about six foster homes.
3101 Black Oak court in Russellville would be Dale's last stop.
A jury will work this week to determine if the boy's new foster father was responsible for his death.
Russellville -
By the time Dale Young Junior was five years old he and his siblings had already lived in about six foster homes.
3101 Black Oak court in Russellville would be Dale's last stop.
A jury will work this week to determine if the boy's new foster father was responsible for his death.
What Babies Learn in the Womb
FRC Blog » What Babies Learn in the Womb:
What Babies Learn in the Womb
by Cathy Ruse
December 12, 2011
In a recent column on CNN online, science writer Annie Murphy Paul discusses her astonishment at finding myriad studies about what babies can learn in the womb.
Once considered a mundane field for the researcher, “[n]ow the nine months of gestation are the focus of intense interest and excitement,” she writes, “pregnancy is not a nine-month wait for the big event of birth, but a crucial period unto itself.”
Researchers are learning that much of what a mother experiences in her daily life is communicated to developing child, from the air she breathes and the food and drink she consumes even to the emotions she feels. Paul likens it to “biological postcards from the world outside.”
“The fetus, we now know, is not an inert blob, but an active and dynamic creature, responding and adapting as it readies itself for life in the particular world it will soon enter.” Amen to that.
The findings won’t shock the pro-lifer, but the fact that they’re gaining attention in the scientific community and are being reported in places like CNN online should cheer the pro-life soul. “The recognition that learning actually begins before birth leads us to a striking new conception of the fetus, the pregnant woman and the relationship between them.”
Some of Paul’s conclusions, though, seem to be a stretch. “By attending to such messages,” she writes, “the fetus learns the answers to questions critical to its survival: Will it be born into a world of abundance, or scarcity? Will it be safe and protected, or will it face constant dangers and threats? Will it live a long, fruitful life, or a short, harried one?” A bit deterministic, if you ask me, but I welcome her acknowledgment of the growing child’s sentience.
What Babies Learn in the Womb
by Cathy Ruse
December 12, 2011
In a recent column on CNN online, science writer Annie Murphy Paul discusses her astonishment at finding myriad studies about what babies can learn in the womb.
Once considered a mundane field for the researcher, “[n]ow the nine months of gestation are the focus of intense interest and excitement,” she writes, “pregnancy is not a nine-month wait for the big event of birth, but a crucial period unto itself.”
Researchers are learning that much of what a mother experiences in her daily life is communicated to developing child, from the air she breathes and the food and drink she consumes even to the emotions she feels. Paul likens it to “biological postcards from the world outside.”
“The fetus, we now know, is not an inert blob, but an active and dynamic creature, responding and adapting as it readies itself for life in the particular world it will soon enter.” Amen to that.
The findings won’t shock the pro-lifer, but the fact that they’re gaining attention in the scientific community and are being reported in places like CNN online should cheer the pro-life soul. “The recognition that learning actually begins before birth leads us to a striking new conception of the fetus, the pregnant woman and the relationship between them.”
Some of Paul’s conclusions, though, seem to be a stretch. “By attending to such messages,” she writes, “the fetus learns the answers to questions critical to its survival: Will it be born into a world of abundance, or scarcity? Will it be safe and protected, or will it face constant dangers and threats? Will it live a long, fruitful life, or a short, harried one?” A bit deterministic, if you ask me, but I welcome her acknowledgment of the growing child’s sentience.
Social workers fired in Marlboro County CPS case
Social workers fired in Marlboro County CPS case : News : CarolinaLive.com:
NewsChannel 15 has learned two Marlboro County Department of Social Services employees were fired in connection with the child abuse case of Edna Hunt.
NewsChannel 15 has learned two Marlboro County Department of Social Services employees were fired in connection with the child abuse case of Edna Hunt.
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