US says Japanese laws on child custody raising concerns in Washington, could affect ties
Japan should work to solve problems in international custody cases so that children of broken marriages have access to both parents, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday, hinting the issue could hurt bilateral relations.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Lies, Drugs, and DHS in Maine-The Story of the Brown Family
Lies, Drugs, and DHS in Maine-The Story of the Brown Family
Here is a story written by the Brown family for your consideration.
Here is a story written by the Brown family for your consideration.
Foster Parents Of Missing Child Leave Bay Area
Foster Parents Of Missing Child Leave Bay Area
There was a new twist Monday night in the case of missing Fremont five-year- old Hasanni Campbell who disappeared last August. His foster parents -- who were once suspects in the case -- have moved away from the Bay Area.
There was a new twist Monday night in the case of missing Fremont five-year- old Hasanni Campbell who disappeared last August. His foster parents -- who were once suspects in the case -- have moved away from the Bay Area.
“JUDGE” IN ALAMO KIDNAPPING CASE THROWS ANYBODY SUPPORTING PARENTS OUT OF COURTHOUSE
“JUDGE” IN ALAMO KIDNAPPING CASE THROWS ANYBODY SUPPORTING PARENTS OUT OF COURTHOUSE
The arkansas “Judge” who wants to sell 16 children because their parents don’t want to change their religion has thrown anyone out of the Courthouse who supports the family’s wish to keep their children off the Adoption market.
The arkansas “Judge” who wants to sell 16 children because their parents don’t want to change their religion has thrown anyone out of the Courthouse who supports the family’s wish to keep their children off the Adoption market.
Court to Have Greater Say in Child Custody
Court to Have Greater Say in Child Custody
The Ministry of Justice said Tuesday that a bill designed to enhance the authority of the judiciary over child custody was endorsed by the Cabinet and will be submitted to the National Assembly.
The Ministry of Justice said Tuesday that a bill designed to enhance the authority of the judiciary over child custody was endorsed by the Cabinet and will be submitted to the National Assembly.
Judge slams prosecutors over taking teen sex abuse victim to court over banana throwing
Judge slams prosecutors over taking teen sex abuse victim to court over banana throwing
A judge has criticised prosecutors for forcing a 14-year-old girl into court over claims she threw a banana at the home of a man who sexually abused her.
A judge has criticised prosecutors for forcing a 14-year-old girl into court over claims she threw a banana at the home of a man who sexually abused her.
Public employees' immunity limited
Public employees' immunity limited
Public employees who act recklessly are not protected by their employers' cloak of immunity and can be sued personally for damages, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
Public employees who act recklessly are not protected by their employers' cloak of immunity and can be sued personally for damages, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled yesterday.
A Hidden Crime: Domestic Violence Against Men Is a Growing Problem
A Hidden Crime: Domestic Violence Against Men Is a Growing Problem
Amid the media frenzy over Tiger Woods and Bengals receiver Chris Henry, a key aspect of both stories slipped through the cracks: Like millions of other men, Woods and Henry were -- allegedly at least -- the victims of domestic violence perpetrated by their wives or girlfriends. Beyond its brutal physical and psychological costs, domestic violence against men exacts a cruel economic toll at the personal, societal and national levels.
Amid the media frenzy over Tiger Woods and Bengals receiver Chris Henry, a key aspect of both stories slipped through the cracks: Like millions of other men, Woods and Henry were -- allegedly at least -- the victims of domestic violence perpetrated by their wives or girlfriends. Beyond its brutal physical and psychological costs, domestic violence against men exacts a cruel economic toll at the personal, societal and national levels.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Trial to Begin for Foster Mom Accused of Murdering Toddler
Trial to Begin for Foster Mom Accused of Murdering Toddler
A Southern Colorado woman goes on trial Monday for the murder of her foster child. Colorado foster mother Jules Lynn Cuneo was charged with child abuse resulting in death, after two-year old Alize Vick died at Memorial Hospital in 2007 of severe head trauma. According to Cuneo's arrest affidavit, she admitted to a detective that she threw the toddler into a coffee table.
A Southern Colorado woman goes on trial Monday for the murder of her foster child. Colorado foster mother Jules Lynn Cuneo was charged with child abuse resulting in death, after two-year old Alize Vick died at Memorial Hospital in 2007 of severe head trauma. According to Cuneo's arrest affidavit, she admitted to a detective that she threw the toddler into a coffee table.
10 Americans Arrested For Child Trafficking In Haiti
10 Americans Arrested For Child Trafficking In Haiti
The arrest of 10 Americans for trying to take children out of Haiti has raised uncomfortable question. Child welfare groups expressed outrage, and Haiti's Prime Minister Max Bellerive denounced the Americans group's "illegal trafficking of children."
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Protecting Haiti's children from 'cowboy adoptions'
The failed attempt by the New Life Children's Refuge to take 33 Haitian children into the Dominican Republic has shed light on the activities of groups, which disregard the rules of international adoption.
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Some parents give kids to strangers to take out of Haiti
In tent camps where thousands of people are living in the Haitian capital, women approach foreign aid workers and journalists with a desperate request:
Take my baby.
The arrest of 10 Americans for trying to take children out of Haiti has raised uncomfortable question. Child welfare groups expressed outrage, and Haiti's Prime Minister Max Bellerive denounced the Americans group's "illegal trafficking of children."
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Protecting Haiti's children from 'cowboy adoptions'
The failed attempt by the New Life Children's Refuge to take 33 Haitian children into the Dominican Republic has shed light on the activities of groups, which disregard the rules of international adoption.
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Some parents give kids to strangers to take out of Haiti
In tent camps where thousands of people are living in the Haitian capital, women approach foreign aid workers and journalists with a desperate request:
Take my baby.
Child Welfare Focus of Symposium
Child Welfare Focus of Symposium
Those concerned about the state's child welfare system are meeting for their third annual symposium in Charleston this afternoon.
Those concerned about the state's child welfare system are meeting for their third annual symposium in Charleston this afternoon.
Gov. Christie names Dr. Janet Rosenzweig to head New Jersey’s Department of Children and Family Services
Gov. Christie names Dr. Janet Rosenzweig to head New Jersey’s Department of Children and Family Services
Gov. Chris Christie Monday moved to fill two additional cabinet positions, naming Janet Rosenzweig of Yardley, Pa. as commissioner of the Department of Children and Family Services and Raymond Martinez of Middletown as the administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission.
Gov. Chris Christie Monday moved to fill two additional cabinet positions, naming Janet Rosenzweig of Yardley, Pa. as commissioner of the Department of Children and Family Services and Raymond Martinez of Middletown as the administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission.
Social workers to be tried in the death of Danieal Kelly
Social workers to be tried in the death of Danieal Kelly
Four former employees of a city-funded social service agency will go on trial in federal court Tuesday on charges stemming from the death of Danieal Kelly, the 14-year-old with cerebral palsy who died in 2006 of starvation at her mother's apartment.
Four former employees of a city-funded social service agency will go on trial in federal court Tuesday on charges stemming from the death of Danieal Kelly, the 14-year-old with cerebral palsy who died in 2006 of starvation at her mother's apartment.
You can save a Canadian child as well
Note: This, my dear readers is what we call a sales pitch.
You can save a Canadian child as well
The images of the children — scared, wounded, hungry and sometimes orphaned — are the ones that really break our hearts. Perhaps that’s what prompted a group of Baptists from Idaho to head to Haiti, scoop up 33 kids and attempt to take them across the border to the Dominican Republic, allegedly without documentation. The Americans claim they were just trying to save Haitian kids. Haitian government officials, however, are investigating the incident as possible kidnapping.
Meanwhile, on the home front, there are tens of thousands of children who are wards of the state in North America who would love to have real families.
Note: I will repeat one phrase: "would love to have real families." Not artificial ones like the child protective industry provides.
I will also remind you of an article that I read the other day.
Child welfare expert warns against adopting from Haiti
Adopting children from earthquake-devastated Haiti is a kind humanitarian gesture but not the best way to help them, according to child welfare expert Dr. Yitzhak Kadman, executive director of the National Council for the Child.
International adoptions are not advisable even in ideal circumstances, because of cultural difference, but when a child has suffered such a traumatic experience it is best for them to stay in familiar surroundings, according to Kadman, who will speak about the government’s proposal to adopt Haitian orphans at the Knesset Committee on the Rights of the Child next week.
Now could that not be true for an abused child as well? Familiar surroundings... Family who loves you... People you know...
You can save a Canadian child as well
The images of the children — scared, wounded, hungry and sometimes orphaned — are the ones that really break our hearts. Perhaps that’s what prompted a group of Baptists from Idaho to head to Haiti, scoop up 33 kids and attempt to take them across the border to the Dominican Republic, allegedly without documentation. The Americans claim they were just trying to save Haitian kids. Haitian government officials, however, are investigating the incident as possible kidnapping.
Meanwhile, on the home front, there are tens of thousands of children who are wards of the state in North America who would love to have real families.
Note: I will repeat one phrase: "would love to have real families." Not artificial ones like the child protective industry provides.
I will also remind you of an article that I read the other day.
Child welfare expert warns against adopting from Haiti
Adopting children from earthquake-devastated Haiti is a kind humanitarian gesture but not the best way to help them, according to child welfare expert Dr. Yitzhak Kadman, executive director of the National Council for the Child.
International adoptions are not advisable even in ideal circumstances, because of cultural difference, but when a child has suffered such a traumatic experience it is best for them to stay in familiar surroundings, according to Kadman, who will speak about the government’s proposal to adopt Haitian orphans at the Knesset Committee on the Rights of the Child next week.
Now could that not be true for an abused child as well? Familiar surroundings... Family who loves you... People you know...
Coroner To Investigate Local Child's Death
Coroner To Investigate Local Child's Death
The Haldimand-Norfolk Children's Aid Society is hoping an inquest into the death of a Welland toddler while in foster care will "enhance and strengthen the child protection system."
The Haldimand-Norfolk Children's Aid Society is hoping an inquest into the death of a Welland toddler while in foster care will "enhance and strengthen the child protection system."
Loving Foster Homes Improve Kids' Attention, Impulsivity
There is a reason I will, every now and then, go off on little rants about how the news media brainwashes the sheep into believing that the crooks who are benefiting from the destruction of families are saints amongst us. I call this, "the process of manufacturing public support for the child protective industry."
How can you honestly fix a system as screwed up as this one while bullshitting the masses into believing that all of these people, in their eyes, are holier than thou? Especially when they are always screaming out about how CPS failed that one child.
You see, your our typical foster parent recruitment campaign style of article simply tugs on the heart strings of the gullible, in the absence of factual data told in a truthful manner. This particular article adds a psychological attack that you don't usually see.
Here's the article.
My initial response was the same as it would be to any other article that promotes foster care, lies by omission and twists the truth in favor of the Child Protective Industry by talking about loving fosters, abusive parents, etc.
Then I thought for a minute.
First of all, it's interesting that such an article would be found in BusinessWeek. Of course that is simply explained by the fact that foster care is a profitable endeavor. But still this one is just a little different from the normal articles that I come across.
I assume the most obvious difference between this and the typical style of foster glorification and recruitment article is the target audience. Most articles are are written for what is called the mass market. This includes people of average intelligence or lower, especially those stupid enough to become foster parents without having a clue as to what they are getting themselves into and buying a line of bullshit. Instead, this particular article is geared towards people in the business community, and is therefore written for a target audience with a slightly higher IQ, perhaps identifying a target market for the business.
But the rules of propaganda still apply.
There is a lie by omission, which is half of these kids are probably drugged or in some other form of alternative therapy offered to fosters but not REAL parents. Of course you don't see it mentioned. There is a lie that half of these kids probably should never have been removed in the first place. You know, the usual.
There is also an element of truth which is that it is better to keep the kids in a stable loving home than it is to bounce them around from foster home to foster home. Now when you think about it, how can you honestly argue that point?
In the movie The Exorcist Father Merrin warned:
"He's a liar. The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But, he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological, Damien, and powerful. So don't listen. Remember that, do not listen."
How can you honestly fix a system as screwed up as this one while bullshitting the masses into believing that all of these people, in their eyes, are holier than thou? Especially when they are always screaming out about how CPS failed that one child.
You see, your our typical foster parent recruitment campaign style of article simply tugs on the heart strings of the gullible, in the absence of factual data told in a truthful manner. This particular article adds a psychological attack that you don't usually see.
Here's the article.
Loving Foster Homes Improve Kids' Attention, Impulsivity
Foster children who are placed in stable, loving homes show noticeable improvement in symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity compared to children who get moved around a lot and live with parents who are often annoyed or angry at them, research finds."The parenting environment and the numbers of homes or stability are tremendous factors that contribute to better adjustment for these symptoms," said L. Oriana Linares, lead author of a study appearing in the March issue of Pediatrics.
My initial response was the same as it would be to any other article that promotes foster care, lies by omission and twists the truth in favor of the Child Protective Industry by talking about loving fosters, abusive parents, etc.
Then I thought for a minute.
First of all, it's interesting that such an article would be found in BusinessWeek. Of course that is simply explained by the fact that foster care is a profitable endeavor. But still this one is just a little different from the normal articles that I come across.
I assume the most obvious difference between this and the typical style of foster glorification and recruitment article is the target audience. Most articles are are written for what is called the mass market. This includes people of average intelligence or lower, especially those stupid enough to become foster parents without having a clue as to what they are getting themselves into and buying a line of bullshit. Instead, this particular article is geared towards people in the business community, and is therefore written for a target audience with a slightly higher IQ, perhaps identifying a target market for the business.
But the rules of propaganda still apply.
There is a lie by omission, which is half of these kids are probably drugged or in some other form of alternative therapy offered to fosters but not REAL parents. Of course you don't see it mentioned. There is a lie that half of these kids probably should never have been removed in the first place. You know, the usual.
There is also an element of truth which is that it is better to keep the kids in a stable loving home than it is to bounce them around from foster home to foster home. Now when you think about it, how can you honestly argue that point?
In the movie The Exorcist Father Merrin warned:
"He's a liar. The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But, he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological, Damien, and powerful. So don't listen. Remember that, do not listen."
UPDATE: Armed woman jailed after approaching social workers
UPDATE: Armed woman jailed after approaching social workers
A Henderson County woman was jailed Tuesday after allegedly advancing on two social workers while armed with a loaded rifle.
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office charged 50-year-old Brigette Howard, 20000 section of Kentucky 416-East, with tampering with physical evidence. The sheriff’s office is also seeking a misdemeanor charge of menacing against Howard, officials said.
A Henderson County woman was jailed Tuesday after allegedly advancing on two social workers while armed with a loaded rifle.
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office charged 50-year-old Brigette Howard, 20000 section of Kentucky 416-East, with tampering with physical evidence. The sheriff’s office is also seeking a misdemeanor charge of menacing against Howard, officials said.
The Real Loser In The Massachusetts Election
The Real Loser In The Massachusetts Election
Smarting from their surprise loss in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, the Democrats are throwing their candidate, Martha Coakley, under the bus. They blame her for running a poor campaign that made losers out of Barack Obama
, the Democrats, their bad health care bill, and even Ted Kennedy in his grave.
Many reasons, of course, contributed to Scott Brown's remarkable victory. However, the chief reason Coakley's campaign didn't connect with the voters is that she is a feminist, causing even a liberal female TV commentator to admit she is "unappealing."
Smarting from their surprise loss in the race to fill the U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, the Democrats are throwing their candidate, Martha Coakley, under the bus. They blame her for running a poor campaign that made losers out of Barack Obama
, the Democrats, their bad health care bill, and even Ted Kennedy in his grave.
Many reasons, of course, contributed to Scott Brown's remarkable victory. However, the chief reason Coakley's campaign didn't connect with the voters is that she is a feminist, causing even a liberal female TV commentator to admit she is "unappealing."
Whites arrested for trying to kidnap black children in haiti.
Whites arrested for trying to kidnap black children in haiti.
Ten U.S. Baptists detained trying to take 33 children out of earthquake-shattered Haiti without government permission say they were just trying to do the right thing, applying Christian principles to save Haitian children.
Ten U.S. Baptists detained trying to take 33 children out of earthquake-shattered Haiti without government permission say they were just trying to do the right thing, applying Christian principles to save Haitian children.
Adopted family’s fate rests in Oklahoma judge’s hands
Adopted family’s fate rests in Oklahoma judge’s hands
It was a brisk winter day in the country, but the weather wasn’t enough to keep three little girls indoors. They danced with hands clasped in the field outside their two-story log cabin, before running to the back door.
It was a brisk winter day in the country, but the weather wasn’t enough to keep three little girls indoors. They danced with hands clasped in the field outside their two-story log cabin, before running to the back door.
Delegation from Slovenia visited to study US Family Court System
Delegation from Slovenia visited to study US Family Court System
The Northern Nevada International Center hosted a delegation of three Family Law Judges from Slovenia From Jan 23 to Jan 27, 2010. The delegation was invited to Reno as part of the International Visitors Leadership Program of the US Department of State.
Note: I wonder if they'll pick up on how these judges rubber stamp their signatures on every piece of paper put in front of them by a babystealer.
The Northern Nevada International Center hosted a delegation of three Family Law Judges from Slovenia From Jan 23 to Jan 27, 2010. The delegation was invited to Reno as part of the International Visitors Leadership Program of the US Department of State.
Note: I wonder if they'll pick up on how these judges rubber stamp their signatures on every piece of paper put in front of them by a babystealer.
Lack of trust may keep some parents from getting the help they need
Lack of trust may keep some parents from getting the help they need
The new "Kids Count" study ranks some southwest Missouri counties near the bottom of the list for the number of children removed from the home by authorities.
The new "Kids Count" study ranks some southwest Missouri counties near the bottom of the list for the number of children removed from the home by authorities.
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