Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Children in Grandparent Care

Identifying and Addressing the Needs of Children in Grandparent Care:

Regardless of how the arrangement came about, all children living with grandparents have experienced a separation from a parent, which can be traumatic (Bowlby 1980). Yet research suggests that living with a relative, rather than with a nonrelative or in an institution, may minimize this trauma by providing the child with a sense of family support (Dubowitz et al. 1994). Furthermore, many grandparents find meaning and satisfaction in being able to provide stability and security for a grandchild (Waldrop and Weber 2001). However, taking care of a grandchild may create or exacerbate a number of health and financial hardships for a grandparent caretaker.

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Congressional Testimony: Ron Branson to Bill Windsor of Lawless America

Adoptive Parents Collected $175K on Foster Children Abused + Missing Over 10 Years

Call My Mommy-Baby LK

Threatened Attorney Files Police Complaint Against CPS

Threatened Attorney Files Police Complaint - WKBN - 27 First News - Local News - Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana, Ohio - Sharon, Pennsylvania:

An attorney who said he was sent a threatening message on his blog has filed a complaint with Canfield police.
Attorney David Engler said he filed a menacing complaint Wednesday morning. An employee at Trumbull County Children Services has admitted to sending the post. 

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Now sick babies go on death pathway: Doctor's haunting testimony reveals how children are put on end-of-life plan

Now sick babies go on death pathway: Doctor's haunting testimony reveals how children are put on end-of-life plan | Mail Online:

Practice of withdrawing food and fluid by tube being used on young patients

Doctor admits starving and dehydrating ten babies to death in neonatal unit

Liverpool Care Pathway subject of independent inquiry ordered by ministers

Investigation, including child patients, will look at whether cash payments to hospitals to hit death pathway targets have influenced doctors' decisions

Sick children are being discharged from NHS hospitals to die at home or in hospices on controversial ‘death pathways’.

Until now, end of life regime the Liverpool Care Pathway was thought to have involved only elderly and terminally-ill adults.

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Speak Up! - Guest Michael Volpe about the Trials of Gerard Beloin

Host Kevin Avard sits and talks with author, investigative reporter, Michael Volpe from Chicago about the the trials of Gerard Beloin here in NH. Find out how this whistle blower is treated by the powers to be here in NH, such as the local prosecutor, and the State Attorney General's office run at the time by Kelly Ayotte. Michael Volpe is the author of "Prosecutors Gone Wild: The Inside Story of the Trial of Chuck Panici, John Gliottoni, and Louise Marshall.