Teen In Custody For Shooting Foster Parent | WREG.com:
(Earle, AR) A manhunt has ended in Crittenden County, Arkansas for a teenager who police say shot his foster-father.
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
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
What Foster Care Feels Like
What Foster Care Feels Like:
It is often asked to me by those not familiar with foster care: “What’s It Like?” I am asked because I spent eighteen years in the Michigan foster care system back in the 1950’s & 1960’s.Rather than share my personal story which I have shared in many ways in the past I wish to answer this question drawing on my experience as well as the experience of others not only from
the same time frame as myself but also from those who have experienced it in the past 50 years; including within the past five to ten years. I do it using present tense words.
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It is often asked to me by those not familiar with foster care: “What’s It Like?” I am asked because I spent eighteen years in the Michigan foster care system back in the 1950’s & 1960’s.Rather than share my personal story which I have shared in many ways in the past I wish to answer this question drawing on my experience as well as the experience of others not only from
the same time frame as myself but also from those who have experienced it in the past 50 years; including within the past five to ten years. I do it using present tense words.
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COLUMBIA, S.C.: Family court judge again holds SC adoption hearing
COLUMBIA, S.C.: Family court judge again holds SC adoption hearing | National Politics | NewsObserver.com:
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A family court judge is holding another hearing concerning a South Carolina couple's adoption of a Cherokee child.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A family court judge is holding another hearing concerning a South Carolina couple's adoption of a Cherokee child.
Who Is Looking Out for Baby Veronica's Best Interest?
An Adoptive Mom Speaks: Who Is Looking Out for Baby Veronica's Best Interest? | BlogHer:
Perhaps this is why it has been so hard for me to understand why Veronica's hopeful adoptive parents have taken things as far as they have. At what point do you do what is in a child's best interest and sacrifice your own heart? As an adoptive parent I understand their pain. I know what it's like to wait... and wait. To long for a child in your home. To literally ache waiting for someone to fill the tiny crib you've so painstakingly assembled. I too, know what it's like to love a child not born to you. I know that my heart, even if not pumping with blood laced with the same DNA as my children's, is all theirs. I wouldn't stop from running in front of a million bullets or ten million charging bulls to keep them safe and happy.
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Perhaps this is why it has been so hard for me to understand why Veronica's hopeful adoptive parents have taken things as far as they have. At what point do you do what is in a child's best interest and sacrifice your own heart? As an adoptive parent I understand their pain. I know what it's like to wait... and wait. To long for a child in your home. To literally ache waiting for someone to fill the tiny crib you've so painstakingly assembled. I too, know what it's like to love a child not born to you. I know that my heart, even if not pumping with blood laced with the same DNA as my children's, is all theirs. I wouldn't stop from running in front of a million bullets or ten million charging bulls to keep them safe and happy.
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"Baby" Veronica Is Growing Up: ICWA, 2 Families, & Now an Arrest
"Baby" Veronica Is Growing Up: ICWA, 2 Families, & Now an Arrest | BlogHer:
After the Supreme Court decided against a biological father in the so-called “Baby Veronica” case two months ago, I found myself worried not just for the family in the case, but for adoption in general. Adoption is riddled with misunderstanding and the mainstream media tends to exacerbate the problem rather than clarifying.
After the Supreme Court decided against a biological father in the so-called “Baby Veronica” case two months ago, I found myself worried not just for the family in the case, but for adoption in general. Adoption is riddled with misunderstanding and the mainstream media tends to exacerbate the problem rather than clarifying.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
PURPOSE VS. POWER: PARENSPATRIAE AND AGENCY SELF-INTEREST
PURPOSE VS. POWER: PARENSPATRIAE AND
AGENCY SELF-INTEREST
Agencies that exist to serve also seek to exist. The purpose of state
human service agencies to serve vulnerable populations such as abused
and neglected children derives from the common law doctrine of parens
palriae. embodying the inherent role of the state as parent of the country? The doctrine provides the foundation for the very existence of agencies that serve vulnerable children and underlies the core purpose of the
agencies to promote and protect children's welfare and best interests:'
"In the end, it is not complicated. Agencies created with the sole purpose of serving the best interests of vulnerable children should only use their power to serve that goal."
AGENCY SELF-INTEREST
Agencies that exist to serve also seek to exist. The purpose of state
human service agencies to serve vulnerable populations such as abused
and neglected children derives from the common law doctrine of parens
palriae. embodying the inherent role of the state as parent of the country? The doctrine provides the foundation for the very existence of agencies that serve vulnerable children and underlies the core purpose of the
agencies to promote and protect children's welfare and best interests:'
"In the end, it is not complicated. Agencies created with the sole purpose of serving the best interests of vulnerable children should only use their power to serve that goal."
Monday, August 12, 2013
Grandparents and grandchildren can protect each other's mental health
FOX News - Health - Top Headlines - Grandparents and grandchildren can protect each other's mental health:
Grandparents and their grown up grandchildren play important roles in each others health, a new study finds. The two-decade study found the quality of relationships between the two generations has measurable consequences on the mental well-being of both.
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Thank you Fox News!
Grandparents and their grown up grandchildren play important roles in each others health, a new study finds. The two-decade study found the quality of relationships between the two generations has measurable consequences on the mental well-being of both.
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