Man To Sue Parents For Giving Birth To Him Without Consent

The parent-child dynamic will always be a tricky one to manoeuvre; aside from the usual minefield of unwashed dishes, puberty-driven petulance and feeling misunderstood by your mum and dad, there’s a constant rumbling battle between a child who is fighting for autonomy and independence from the very people who gave them the life needed to do so.

But there’s a small but determined movement fighting the literal people power of parental procreation. In simple terms, those who support the child-free movement do not want you to have kids.

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Report: U.S. birth rate too low to replace population

Americans are having fewer children.

One report says the number of births was so low in 2017 that it wasn't enough to keep the population levels steady.

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Getting Past the Barriers: When a Mother Is in Prison

Allowing incarcerated mothers to interact and play with their children during visits helps maintain a sense of family connection and may reduce the trauma of separation.

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Parents have primary responsibility of preventing radicalisation

In a bid to enforce parental responsibility, GPF-Kenya Executive Director Daniel Juma says there is need to make it punishable by law for any parent who abdicates the role on grounds that it is a threat to national security

Speaking when he appeared before the Senate National Security Committee public hearings on the Prevention of Terrorism Amendment Bill, Juma observed that the prevalence of homeless children provided fertile grounds for their recruitment into extremism and terrorist activities.

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Ivanka Trump slammed for posting family snap amid lost immigrant children scandal

THIS cute family snap should be totally uncontroversial. But instead, a photo of the US President’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, with her son has sparked rage online.

The problem with the softly lit photo, posted to Twitter and Instagram on Sunday with the caption “My ♥! #SundayMorning”, was all about timing. It appeared right when outrage was peaking over President Donald Trump’s policy to separate the children of undocumented migrants from their parents.

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State ranked 1st in count of kids of jailed parents

Arkansas surpasses all other states in the percentage of its children who have had a parent or guardian locked up, according to a new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

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The Mystery of the Missing Foster Kids of Kansas and Texas - LK Report for 10/12/17

The Mystery of the Missing Foster Kids of Kansas

More than 70 children are missing from the state foster care system, the contractors that operate the system said Tuesday.

More >> 3 sisters missing from Tonganoxie foster home raise concerns about state oversight

• DCF responds after report of 70-plus children missing from Kansas’ foster care system
• Kansas foster parents, lawmakers react to missing DCF kids
• 70-Plus Children Missing From Kansas' Foster Care System
• For Kansas Foster Care Task Force, Report Of Missing Children Latest Concern
• The Latest: Official says Kansas works to find foster kids
• Official says Kansas works to find missing foster kids
• How did 70-plus children go missing from the Kansas foster care system?
• More than 70 foster kids are missing in Kansas—and lawmakers just found out

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Foster Care $600 bucks a night!!!

It was close to 1:30 a.m., and two children who’d been taken from their homes by Washington Child Protective Services were still waiting in a Pierce County child welfare office for someone — anyone — to agree to take them in for a night. A worker posted a desperate plea on a Facebook page for foster parents that morning last June: “Insomnia anyone? Still up? The boys in Tacoma still need placement.”

Workers’ earlier posts had offered an “exceptional cost placement” for the teens. That’s code for payments that can top $600 a night — more than the base rate foster parents get for a whole month of care — as an incentive for foster parents to take a child.

More >> Short-term foster care costs taxpayers millions

• THE $600-A-NIGHT FOSTER CARE BED

Who says they don't do it for the money?

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Families in both Oregon and Kentucky are seeking to adopt a 4-year-old girl from southern Oregon, causing the states to dispute which has jurisdiction over her.

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The 60's Scoop

Eric Stewart's Nisga'a life was not just uprooted by the Sixties Scoop, it was nearly destroyed.

"I would lie to family and friends that I was okay," Stewart said.

More >> Sixties Scoop continues: Advocates say B.C.'s child welfare system plagued by racial inequity

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Tiahleigh Palmer's mother has welcomed a court's refusal to cut the sentence of the foster brother who sexually abused the slain schoolgirl, saying he needs to take responsibility for what he has done.

More >> Tiahleigh Palmer's foster brother denied appeal on incest and perjury offences

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A 10-week-old baby is on life support and Oklahoma City police are investigating possible child abuse or neglect. The baby was at a foster home when EMSA was called.

More >> Baby On Life Support, Foster Family Under Investigation

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The Mystery of the Missing Foster Kid from Texas

A three-year-old Indian girl with developmental issues has been missing in the US state of Texas after her foster father allegedly told her to stand outside alone late in the night as punishment for not finishing her milk, media reports said.

More >> Adopted Indian girl goes missing after late night punishment for not finishing milk

• Parents of missing 3-year-old Texas girl no longer cooperating with police 
• FBI raids Kochi man's house in US after 3-year-old foster daughter goes missing...
• FBI searches home of missing 3-year-old Indian girl in US
• Police Say Missing Girl’s Parents Being Uncooperative 
• CPS removes sister of missing 3-year-old, father released on bond

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SANDUSKY, Michigan -- A judge who granted a convicted rapist joint custody rights to a child born after his sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl on Tuesday issued a stay on his ruling, reports say.

More >> Michigan judge stays order giving rapist joint custody of child

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Late last month, the department of Health and Human Services published its 2018-2022 draft strategic plan, opening it up for comment through the end of October.

More >> The Trump Administration Just Officially Endorsed Anti-Contraception Junk Science

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Minutes after Andrew Sucher allegedly pummeled and kicked a state child welfare investigator outside his parents' western Illinois home, his mother telephoned 911 and said he had beaten the worker because he felt the agency was harassing him.

More >> 911 calls add to details about attack on DCFS investigator

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DEVINE, Texas - A Medina County foster parent was arrested Wednesday on charges of sexually assaulting multiple children in his care.

Miguel Briseno, 58, faces three counts of sexual assault of a child.

More >> Foster parent accused of sexually assaulting children in Bexar, Medina counties

• BCSO: 58-year-old man sexually assaulted multiple foster children
• Investigators digging deeper into allegations of foster parent sexually abusing kids
• Foster parent accused of sexually assaulting children in Bexar, Medina counties

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DOMESTIC worker Anna Mahlangu, 62, cried bitterly in the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, after she was found guilty of murdering her 13-year-old foster child by setting her alight.

More >> Foster mom convicted of killing girl, 13

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Paying for the 60's Scoop - LK Report for 10/9/17

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Canada has described a deal to compensate thousands of indigenous victims of forced adoptions as a step forward. But some have criticized the move, saying the amount is "disappointing" after decades of forced removals.

More >> 'Sixties Scoop': Canada agrees to compensate forcibly-adopted indigenous people

• Ontario Children's Aid Societies working to avoid repeat of Sixties Scoop
• Canada pays indigenous people taken from their homes
• Survivors of ’60s Scoop share stories of loss as Ottawa announces compensation
• 'All I wanted was to go home': What the Sixties Scoop settlement means to Marcia Brown Martel
• 'Years of lost family moments': '60s Scoop survivors say $750M deal isn't enough
• Regina ‘60s Scoop victims share their stories
• ‘It’s a good first step’: Saskatoon ’60s Scoop survivor reacts to federal settlement
• '60s Scoop survivors hope deal stops removal of Indigenous children

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Dr. Lanre Falusi knows firsthand the anxiety families face when the future of their child’s health insurance is in jeopardy. A pediatrician at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Dr. Falusi recently had a routine visit from a seven-year-old patient with asthma. For the last few months this little girl has been fairly stable thanks to her daily controller and rescue medication covered through D.C.’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). But she often has tough winters and her mother was trying to plan ahead having heard CHIP’s future funding was uncertain. “That was her question: ‘If I don’t know if she’s going to have insurance, can I get a prescription for extra medication and save it just in case?’ . . . She was in crisis planning mode for her daughter’s health and she wanted to stockpile the medication. It was really disconcerting to me that that’s what we’re asking parents to start doing. States are dealing with an incredible amount of uncertainty about their funding – and maybe they are used to doing that – but the fact that we’re asking families now to do that around their children’s health is inappropriate and unconscionable to me.”

More >> Congress Is Holding CHIP And Children Hostage

• Trump rolls back access to free birth control

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A five year old Christian girl who was removed from her Muslim foster family was in “warm and appropriate care”, a court heard on Monday.

Known as AB in court, the child was placed into the care of a Muslim family, attracting media attention amid allegations that she was made to speak Arabic and remove her crucifix.

More >> Christian foster child “misses” foster carers, new report claims

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The Board of Supervisors voted this week to formally appoint a new director to run Los Angeles County’s child welfare agency.

Bobby Cagle, the director of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, will take office Dec. 1.

More >> Shakeup at County DCFS

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PETALING JAYA: When Nizha (not her real name) was assigned to live with foster parents after spending most of her 18 years at welfare department homes, she thought that her life would change for the better.

However, she found it had become worse as she spent two years being abused and treated like a slave by the couple, who were both medical doctors.

“Living with my foster family after coming out of the welfare home turned out to be more painful than being thrown out by my original family when I was young,” she said.

More >> Former welfare child recalls slave-like abuse at foster home

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Rochester, N.Y. — We are now hearing from a former Monroe County Child Protective Services worker who said she resigned in part because of the death of Brook Stagles.

More >> CPS worker says she resigned in light of Brook Stagles' death

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The union representing social workers in Nova Scotia says employees are being overworked and facing burnout on the job.

According to the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU), child protection social workers are dealing with unmanageable workloads.

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GRAFTON—One woman is behind bars, following an investigation the past week.

Jaymi McIe, 34, of Grafton, has been charged with felony concealment of a minor child from a custodian, following an investigation and search on October 3.

More >> Woman arrested after concealing minor in state’s care

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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A employee with the Department of Children and Families is facing charges of falsifying records in a child abuse investigation.

More >> DCF worker accused of falsifying records in child abuse probe

• DCF worker terminated, charged with falsifying records after FDLE investigation
• DCF worker charged with two counts of falsifying records

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Authorities are investigating after a child died in hospital after drowning at a Jay foster care nonprofit's property.

Four-year-old Isabella Lee Gamez died Oct. 1, three days after she was found at the bottom of the pool at My Father's Arrows.

More >> DCF investigating after child drowns at Jay foster care nonprofit

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Delta Employee Threatens To Arrest Parents And Put Child In Foster Care

After the United PR disaster in which footage of a doctor being forcefully removed from an overbooked plane went viral, you'd think airlines would realize that they're always being filmed. But now, footage from a Delta flight in which an employee tells a husband and wife that they'll be arrested and their infant son placed in foster care if they don't vacate their seats is hitting the internet.

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Birth Mom Whose Parental Rights Were Terminated Expresses Surprise At Being Invited Back Into Her Son’s Life

Jerica, who says she’s a recovering drug addict, claims her parental rights to her son with (now) ex-husband, Kody were terminated four years ago, without her knowledge.   She says she only found out that Kody’s new wife, Kim had adopted her son after the fact.

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Rhode Island moves to criminalize free range parenting

The idea that it takes a village to raise a child actually has some merit in terms of a supportive community which promotes sound values, but I’m not sure the progenitors of the idea had this in mind. In Rhode Island, concern over unattended children has manifested in the state house in the form of a proposed law which would criminalize decisions by parents to allow children below a certain age to be left unattended in various circumstances. In other words, the state will decide the proper amount of supervision for your offspring and if you disagree you may just wind up in court. (Yahoo News)

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Tennessee courts reverse ban on 'mother' and 'father'

Tennessee courts reverse ban on 'mother' and 'father'

The Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts reversed a controversial decision to replace the terms "mother" and "father" with "parent 1" and "parent 2."

Taking on 'free-range' parenting; ie. Criminalizing Parents For Letting Kids Play Outside

Taking on 'free-range' parenting; ie. Criminalizing Parents For Letting Kids Play Outside

Here we go!  Leave it to DHHS and WGME to start the conversation about criminalizing parents for letting their kids walk to school or letting their kids play outside.  Yes, this is where it's headed as that's what happened recently to a couple of parents in Maryland.

‘Rosie O’Donnell Stole My Baby!’ Claims Biological Mother Of Talk Show Host’s Adopted Daughter

‘Rosie O’Donnell Stole My Baby!’ Claims Biological Mother Of Talk Show Host’s Adopted Daughter

Fresh from the scandals of her controversial exit from television’s The View and the sudden demise of her second marriage, Rosie O’Donnell has been plunged into an adoption scandal!

Raising our children on fear

Raising our children on fear

We all want what is best for our children. We want them to be happy and successful, and we want to protect them from harm. But what if we are protecting them from extremely remote threats while ignoring the things that most endanger their well-being?

World’s Worst Mom: Stop criminalizing good parents

World’s Worst Mom: Stop criminalizing good parents

Two Maryland parents stand accused of doing the unthinkable: They trusted their kids, 10 and 6, to walk home from the park. The children got about halfway there when someone saw them and called the cops.

Why are we criminalizing childhood independence?

Why are we criminalizing childhood independence?

Good thing I don’t live in Montgomery County. Because the cops, apparently, would be at my door.

Less than half of U.S. kids now have a “traditional” family

Less than half of U.S. kids now have a “traditional” family

Picture the typical American family: what do you see? You probably imagine a married mom and dad with a couple of kids -- think the Draper family, circa Season 1 of Mad Men. You probably know that that ideal has held true for fewer and fewer families over the decades. But new data from the Pew Research Center shows that fewer than half of American kids now grow up in one of these "traditional" families.

The diabolical plot behind companies’ egg-freezing benefit

The diabolical plot behind companies’ egg-freezing benefit

Working women from New York City to Silicon Valley popped Champagne corks in celebration when they heard the exciting news. Sperm-bearing men issued silent sighs of relief.

London parents give up custody of children for free Wi-Fi

London parents give up custody of children for free Wi-Fi

Six parents in London, England, unknowingly gave up their first-born child "for the duration of eternity" in an experiment aimed at highlighting how little we pay attention to terms and conditions online.