Social workers considered sending boy to the Congo for exorcism

Social workers considered sending boy to the Congo for exorcism - Telegraph:

Council chiefs have been criticised for considering sending a boy in their care for exorcism

Sorry for 30-year adoption policy

Sorry for 30-year adoption policy | Herald Sun:

• Attorney-General Nicola Roxon announces apology
• Similar to that made over Stolen Generations
• About 150,000 forced adoptions from '50s to '70s

THE Federal Government will formally apologise to families torn apart by forced adoptions.

The apology, similar to that made to Indigenous Australians and the Stolen Generations, follows a recent parliamentary inquiry that detailed the horrific impact the policy of forced adoption had on mothers and their children

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Are Foster Children Overmedicated? Government Seeks Improved Guidelines

OpEdNews - Article: Are Foster Children Overmedicated? Government Seeks Improved Guidelines:

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It is no secret that foster children can be dangerously overmedicated. Three years ago, Mirko and Regina Ceska of Crawfordville, FLA told former Gov. Charlie Crist their two adopted 12-year-olds had been prescribed 11 pills a day, including the powerful antipsychotic Seroquel, reported the Tampa Bay Times.

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DNA test proves Indiana man is father of Hancock County boy

DNA test proves Indiana man is father of Hancock County boy — Hancock — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine:

ELLSWORTH, Maine — A DNA test has confirmed what many people involved in a child custody case have suspected.


Now will he get custody? Will Justice prevail?


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Obese father's only ‘crime’ is that he isn’t the best possible parent

Obese father's only ‘crime’ is that he isn’t the best possible parent: Marni Soupcoff | Full Comment | National Post:

On Wednesday, an obese Ottawa man learned that his worst fears had come true: He is being denied custody of his two sons, in part because of his weight.


The very strong presumption in all other cases, however, must be that children belong with their biological parents. Not the parents that would do the best job at meeting their needs if selected from the entire pool of parents available in the whole wide world. The humble and imperfect parents they were born to, no matter how fat or messy or impolitic those parents might be. The courts have no business trying to engineer perfect families.

SUGGESTIBILITY OF THE CHILD WITNESS

NCJRS Abstract - National Criminal Justice Reference Service:

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NCJ Number:	NCJ 147432
Title:	SUGGESTIBILITY OF THE CHILD WITNESS: A HISTORICAL REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS
Journal:	Psychological Bulletin  Volume:113  Issue:3  Dated:(1993)  Pages:403-439
Author(s):	S J Ceci ; M Bruck
Sponsoring Agency:	National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) United States
Publication Date:	1993
Pages:	37
Type:	Issue overviews
Origin:	United States
Language:	English
Grant No.:	RO1 HD 25775
Annotation:	This article puts in historical context the field of children's testimony and describes psychological and legal views of child witnesses held by scholars since the turn of the 20th Century.
Abstract:	Although there has been consistent interest in children's suggestibility over the past century, the last 15' years have been the most active in terms of the number of published studies and novel theorizing about the causal mechanisms that underpin the observed findings. A synthesis of this research posits three families of factors--cognitive, social, and biological--that must be considered if one is to understand seemingly contradictory interpretations of the findings. The authors conclude that there are reliable age differences in suggestibility but that even very young children are capable of recalling much that is forensically relevant. Findings are discussed in terms of the role of expert witnesses. The article describes two court cases--the Wee Care Nursery School and the Country Walk Babysitting Service--in which child witnesses provided critical eyewitness testimony. These cases are windows through which to view the authors' points: How accurate are children's recollections of everyday events? How suggestible is the child witness? How much difficulty does the child have distinguishing reality from fantasy? How honest are children? Footnotes, references
Main Term(s):	Victims
Index Term(s):	Juveniles ; Theory/ ; Criminology ; Juvenile witnesses
	To cite this abstract, use the following link: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=147432

Chesterfield man charged with firing at child custody lawyer

Chesterfield man charged with firing at child custody lawyer - dailypress.com:

CHESTERFIELD -- A Chesterfield County man faces attempted murder and other charges after police say he shot at the opposing attorney in his child custody case yesterday.