Md. Lawmakers Seek Foster Care Reform After Toddler’s Death

Md. Lawmakers Seek Foster Care Reform After Toddler’s Death « CBS Baltimore:

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The death last year of a Frederick toddler has inspired bills in the General Assembly aimed at preventing children in foster care from being returned to abusive biological parents.

Questions raised about foster care process after girl, 12, reports sexual abuse

Questions raised about foster care process after girl, 12,... | www.wftv.com:

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — 

A case of alleged child sex abuse in Marion County is raising questions about the Department of Children and Families and the foster care process.

A 12-year-old girl told investigators she was sexually abused for years by a man while she was in DCF custody.

U.S. Media Blackout: Italian Courts Rule Vaccines Cause Autism

U.S. Media Blackout: Italian Courts Rule Vaccines Cause Autism | Global Research:

On September 23, 2014, an Italian court in Milan awarded compensation to a boy for vaccine-induced autism. (See the Italian document here.) A childhood vaccine against six childhood diseases caused the boy’s permanent autism and brain damage.

While the Italian press has devoted considerable attention to this decision and its public health implications, the U.S. press has been silent.

Single mum gets child back from caretaker who 'adopted' the girl

Single mum gets child back from caretaker who 'adopted' the girl, AsiaOne Malaysia News:

GEORGE TOWN - It will be a sweet Chinese New Year reunion for single mother Lee Xie Li as the Children's Court here has granted her custody of her five-year-old daughter after a three-year ordeal. 

Foster Mom Has Her Kids Drink Bleach To Pass Drug Test

Foster Mom Has Her Kids Drink Bleach To Pass Drug Test | Dabs Magazine:

54 year old Pam from Bunker Hill, Kansas is being charged with felony aggravated endangerment of a child and several other charges after she forced her foster children to drink a mixed solution of bleach and milk, according to KSNT in Topeka. She knew her children had marijuana in their system and used the diluted bleach to try to beat the social workers’ drug test.

Child protection division under scrutiny after Phoebe’s death

Child protection division under scrutiny after Phoebe’s death | TBO.com and The Tampa Tribune:

TAMPA — Gov. Rick Scott stopped by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Child Protective Investigations Division last March to announce an additional $1.8 million in state money was coming to hire more investigators and boost resources.

GOP's revival of parental-rights measure passes Senate

GOP's revival of parental-rights measure passes Senate:

DENVER — A bill giving parents broad authority over their children's school curriculum and medical treatment won initial approval Wednesday in the Colorado Senate, where Republicans said parents are sometimes trampled by overbearing school authorities.