Veronica’s tears

WORLD | Veronica’s tears | Les Sillars | June 19, 2013:

SUPREME COURT | Should ‘best interest’ or the Indian Child Welfare Act determine the custody of a toddler who is 3/256 parts Cherokee?

Note:YES! The Indian Child Welfare Act should ALWAYS be abided by, but most times never is. Why have this Act in place if the States can't follow their own laws? Children with Native American heritage from all over the Country are being torn from their families by the States and no-one steps in to stop it.

Veronica belongs with her REAL Father!

Ohio woman accused of drugging children at a daycare

Ohio woman accused of drugging children at a daycare - KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana:

WESTERVILLE, OHIO (CNN) - An Ohio woman who operated a daycare out of her home is accused of drugging the children in her care to make them sleep.

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Judge Admits Wrongdoing In Child Welfare Rulings

Judge Admits Wrongdoing In Child Welfare Rulings « CBS Connecticut:

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ A state judge has admitted taking too long to issue child welfare rulings and is asking a disciplinary panel to approve a negotiated suspension of 30 business days.

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes bill to increase foster kid adoptions, defends birth parents

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes bill to increase foster kid adoptions, defends birth parents:

My kind of Governor!

PHOENIX — Republican Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have allowed foster children to be adopted while their birth parents were still fighting to keep them.

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Brewer signs bill making changes at CPS into law

Brewer signs bill making changes at CPS into law:

Gov. Jan Brewer signed legislation Wednesday requiring the state’s child-welfare agency to create a new system for handling abuse and neglect reports and vetoed a measure that would have loosened licensing requirements for foster parents while making it easier for them to adopt foster kids.

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Obama's parental initiative may do more harm than good

Obama's parental initiative may do more harm than good - The Hill's Congress Blog:

President Obama sometimes takes the opportunity on Father’s Day to draw attention to the problem of absent fathers.  The president’s recently proposed FY’14 budget includes a new Child Support and Fatherhood Initiative.  The initiative would require states to seek child custody and visitation orders in court for fathers who must pay child support to the state. The initiative’s goals are admirable.  If fathers pay child support more regularly, childhood poverty may be reduced.  If fathers participate more actively in their children’s lives, children may less often suffer poor educational performance, incarceration, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, and other problems more often experienced by children raised by single parents. But the initiative’s proposed solution poses serious problems.
To understand how this works, all states require parents who receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) benefits for their children (often mothers) to sign over their rights to collect child support to the states.  States then file child support cases against the children’s other parent (often fathers) to reimburse the state for TANF payments.  The initiative would require states to seek visitation orders in every case where the state files for child support.  It is hoped that this will encourage fathers to engage with their children, and thereby encourage fathers to pay child support.

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Parental Alienation and Hostile Aggressive Parenting Awareness - Emotional and mental child abuse

Parental Alienation and Hostile Aggressive Parenting Awareness - Emotional and mental child abuse:

Did You Know That...
Parental Alienation is a form of Child Abuse? 

Parental alienation (or Hostile Aggressive Parenting) is a group of behaviors that are damaging to children's mental and emotional well-being, and can interfere with a relationship of a child and either parent. These behaviors most often accompany high conflict marriages, separation or divorce. 

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