The Problem With Saying 'Black Babies Cost Less to Adopt' - Stacia L. Brown - The Atlantic:
Can you really put a price on a child's life?
Every year, I teach writer Elna Baker's essay, "Babies Buying Babies" to my freshman composition classes as an introduction to narrative and critical thinking. We listen to her This American Life recording and I watch the students cringe, chuckle, and scoff as she recounts her former job at FAO Schwartz, where white Upper East Side moms refused to buy certain dolls because of their skin color. In the end, as non-black minority dolls gradually begin to be "adopted," Baker admits, "What were left were incubator upon incubator of black baby dolls."
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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, July 2, 2013
Protests Continue at the Department of Child Protective Services
Protests Continue at the Department of Child Protective Services:
D. MARTINEZ
Protestors turned their signs upward toward the many employees who watched the demonstration from their office windows at the DCFS. They shouted out to them to "Get Back to Work and Do your Jobs!" Protestors later signed an impromptu petition which they delivered to the agency's security staff to complain that DCFS workers were laughing and taunting them.
D. MARTINEZ
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Monday, July 1, 2013
Did Ritalin Make Kids in Quebec Dumber?
Did Ritalin Make Kids in Quebec Dumber? | New Republic:
ADHD meds like Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta, and Vyvanse have been called "smart pills" for their ability to bestow superhuman powers of concentration. In the U.S. especially, where about 11 percent of schoolchildren have an ADHD diagnosis, parents and teachers embrace the drugs as a way to get kids to sit still and pay attention.
ADHD meds like Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta, and Vyvanse have been called "smart pills" for their ability to bestow superhuman powers of concentration. In the U.S. especially, where about 11 percent of schoolchildren have an ADHD diagnosis, parents and teachers embrace the drugs as a way to get kids to sit still and pay attention.
Children sue Department of Human Services for failing to stop brutal beatings by stepdad
Children sue Department of Human Services for failing to stop brutal beatings by stepdad | Herald Sun:
TWO children who suffered abuse at the hands of their stepfather are suing the Department of Human Services for failing to protect them.
TWO children who suffered abuse at the hands of their stepfather are suing the Department of Human Services for failing to protect them.
Woman's kids taken away after landlord leaves her without bathroom
WPEC-TV CBS12 News :: News - Top Stories - Woman's kids taken away after landlord leaves her without bathroom:
BELL GLADE, Fla. -- A horrifying story for a local woman who says her landlord left her without a bathroom. The Belle Glade mom is disabled and waiting for a cornea transplant. Now she's turning to CBS 12 for help.
BELL GLADE, Fla. -- A horrifying story for a local woman who says her landlord left her without a bathroom. The Belle Glade mom is disabled and waiting for a cornea transplant. Now she's turning to CBS 12 for help.
Number of children given drugs for ADHD up ninefold with patients as young as THREE being prescribed Ritalin
Number of children given drugs for ADHD up ninefold with patients as young as THREE being prescribed Ritalin | Mail Online:
Nearly 800,000 children were given ADHD medication last year, says the NHS
Doctors are prescribing drugs instead of more expensive treatments
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