Cardi B Heartbroken Amid Rumors Fans Called Child Protective Services On Her

It all started when the female emcee was dissed by a social media user, and she fired back, threatening to ‘drop’ her baby girl and fight them! But rumor has it that it escalated, and Child Protective Services were called on her! That being said, reportedly, Cardi B is completely torn up by it.

It looks like fans freaked out because of her comment and things might have gotten a little out of control.

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Father to serve four years in prison for “reign of terror” against son’s foster parents

Timothy and Dawn Londregan described the "reign of terror" they experienced after becoming foster parents for the infant son of Michael E. Callanan during Callanan's sentencing hearing Monday in New London Superior Court.

Callanan, 40, formerly of East Lyme, had pleaded no contest to threatening to rape Mrs. Londgregan and shoot Mr. Londregan, to calling them hundreds of times, threatening police officers and their families, and to spitting on an attorney following a family court proceeding.

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Judge gives Port St. Lucie's Michael Beer maximum sentence in death of toddler foster son

Michael Beer, convicted in June by a Circuit Court jury of aggravated manslaughter in the September 2014 death of his 2-year-old foster son, was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum 30 years in prison.

Beer’s attorney, Lance Richard of Stuart, termed it a “life sentence” for the 51-year-old who had been a Port St. Lucie resident until his arrest in the September 2014 death of Trysten Eli Frank Adams.

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Adoptions from India to resume despite trafficking concerns

The Australian government says India has improved its processes, but one anti-trafficking group says corruption is still rife in the country’s orphanages.

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How Norwegian experts came to reject biological kinship as relevant in child welfare policy

The current ideology in the child protection sector in the Western countries, and in much social science generally, has a lot to do with why the child protection services in these countries function relatively poorly. The current situation in Norway is an example. The consequences are not acknowledged, nor are our authorities concerned with the underlying reasons why.

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Investments in keeping families together

Whether it’s from Child Protection workers wanting my help to keep families together, or families calling me in tears wondering why their children have been taken away, folks are doing their best and at times need extra support. Simply put, it’s heartbreaking.

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Teen accuses Mayo Clinic of ‘medical kidnapping’

In a jaw-dropping moment caught on video, an 18-year-old high school senior rushes to escape from the hospital that saved her life and then, she says, held her captive.

At the entrance to the world-renowned Mayo Clinic, the young woman’s stepfather helps her out of a wheelchair and into the family car.

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Father of young Manchester girl who died during abuse investigation sues state, DCYF

The father of a young girl who died while her child abuse case was under investigation is suing the state and its child protective services, claiming negligence that contributed to the girl’s death.

The lawsuit was filed Monday by Bedford attorney Rus Rilee on behalf of Christopher Willott, father of Sadence (Sadee) Willott, who died on Sept. 7, 2015 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon after she was found unresponsive at her Belmont Street home in Manchester.

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Family reunited after Regina couple wins long battle to get kids back from care

Sabrina and Carmon Crane hit rock bottom when their five kids were apprehended by social services three years ago because of addiction issues and domestic violence.

One year after they went into the system, three of the kids became permanent wards and put on the adoption list. The other two were listed as long-term wards.

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Last week at the border

This is what's been going on at the border over the last week. 

The effect that separation has on kids

• Department of Health and Human Services official says agency warned family separation bad for kids

The Drugging of Migrant Kids

• ‘I want to die’: Was a 5-year-old drugged after being separated from his dad at the border?
• Was a 5-year-old drugged after being separated from his dad at the border?
• The Forced Drugging of Child Immigrants Is a Moral Abomination That Can’t Just Be Blamed on Trump

The Abuse of Migrant Kids

• Former youth care worker charged with sexual abuse of migrant children
• Another View: Child abuse rampant in facilities overseen by the government
• Kids Were Killed at Texas Youth Facility. Then Feds Sent Migrant Children There.
• Feds sent immigrant kids to dangerous Texas youth facility, despite serious warning signs
• Texas officials get name of baby who reportedly died after leaving ICE facility
• Texas opens investigation of reported immigrant child death

How the government treats families

• This country’s despicable treatment of immigrant families is nothing new
• Migrant mother loses custody of sons over murky MS-13 allegations
• Trump Officials Keep ‘Temporary’ Tent Shelter For Migrant Kids Open Yet Another Month

Reuniting Families

• DNA testing to reunite separated families—what we learned from the grandmothers of Argentina
• Nine children ensnared in border crisis rejoin parents
• People donating their frequent flyer miles as group seeks to help reunite families separated at US border
• Trump admin outlines plan to reunify separated children with deported parents

Damn Liberals!!!

• George Takei: Trump’s Family Separation Policy Is More ‘Evil’ Than Japanese Internment

The Judge...

• Judge halts deportation, issues threat to Sessions
• A judge halts the deportation of a mother and daughter — and threatens Jeff Sessions with contempt of court
• San Diego judge 'impressed' with government plan to find parents in reunification case

Escape from the Mayo Clinic: Parents break teen out of world-famous hospital

One winter afternoon last year, Duane Engebretson sat in his stepdaughter's hospital room at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, trying to figure out how she could escape.

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Social worker called children ‘demonic’ and parents ‘moronic’ on Facebook

A social worker has been sacked after posting damning comments about parents, children and her bosses on Facebook.  Joanne Thomas posted regularly about her work in public posts including damning comments about her case work and sensitive information about families she was dealing with.

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Colorado couple fighting to stop adopted 4-year-old daughter from being deported

A Colorado couple says their adopted daughter could be deported in the coming weeks after, they say, the Trump administration denied her citizenship application without explanation.

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Judy Guenseth: Local children traumatized by separation too

Recent headlines decry the separation of children from their parents while waiting a court determination of their status in the United States. The nationwide firestorm of criticism from enforcing this established legal practice has even sprung from conservative supporters of the current president’s administration. While parents are detained at the border to verify their status through due process, the overall sentiment is that their children should not suffer untoward separation from them even though the family may have entered the country inappropriately.

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Baby LKs Top Ten CPS Horror Stories of the Week

List of stories used in this video.

10. Former foster child sues county for alleged invasion of privacy -

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/sd-me-privacy-lawsuit-20180810-story.html

9. More parents accused of child abuse than ever before - https://theconversation.com/more-parents-accused-of-child-abuse-than-ever-before-100477

8. Missouri Has 23% Of Its Foster Kids On Strong Psychoactive Drugs. A Lawsuit Claims The State Isn’t Keeping Records. - 

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhisubbaraman/missouri-foster-kids-psychotropic-drugs

7. Poppy Seed Bagel Behind Woman's Ordeal At Towson Hospital -

http://www.wbal.com/article/328997/3/poppy-seed-bagel-behind-womans-ordeal-at-towson-hospital and Mother Settles Suit Over Poppy Bagel Drug Test - https://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-settles-suit-poppy-bagel-drug-test/story?id=19567956

6. Toddler in S.C. Foster Home Dies Choking on Food, Coroner Says - https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/toddler-in-sc-foster-home-dies-choking-on-food-coroner-says/101-581051030

5. Camas man accused of raping foster child -

https://www.columbian.com/news/2018/aug/07/camas-man-accused-of-raping-foster-child/

4. Dance instructor accused of sexually assaulting foster children for years - https://wtvr.com/2018/08/10/dance-instructor-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-foster-children-for-years/

3. Marshfield man sentenced to nine months in jail for molesting foster children -

https://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/story/news/2018/08/07/marshfield-man-gets-9-months-jail-molesting-foster-children/921526002/

2. ACS worker with homicide record accused of slamming 6-year-old boy's head at Manhattan foster care center -

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-metro-acs-worker-arrested-assault-child-20180806-story.html

1. Texas couple accused of using adopted children as slave labor to run puppy mill -  https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/08/09/texas-couple-accused-using-adopted-children-slave-labor-run-puppy-mill

KIDS INC.: An interview with The Honeybee

For the past six months, we have been developing a documentary project focusing on real people and their experiences battling criminal networks within local courts, law enforcement, and Child Protective Services. Families who we have been interviewed thus-far for 'Kids Inc.' have all reported multiple instances of perjury, fabrication of evidence, deception, withholding of evidence, and downright illegality surrounding the handling of their cases by CPS, the Judicial System, and Law Enforcement.

Spotsylvania County couple wants to regain custody of toddler son

A Spotsylvania County couple is fighting to regain custody of their baby in a case that appears to hinge on diverging medical philosophies and the safety of the child.

The scene around the Spotsylvania Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Aug. 3 was indicative of the case. About 100 people, many carrying signs, gathered in the late morning to support the Buckley family, but the case played out behind closed courtroom doors.

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More parents accused of child abuse than ever before

Parents in English-speaking countries are now increasingly likely to be accused of abusing their children. This mainly affects large proportions of families who are poor, deprived or socially excluded. My new research shows how this trend is being played out in England and what’s behind it.

Despite similarities between child protection systems in English-speaking countries, their statistics are not directly comparable – but common trends within countries can be identified. The latest data shows increases in child protection investigations in Australia of 42% between 2012 to 2016, Canada, 74% between 1998 and 2008, and in the US, 17% between 2007 and 2015. In England between 2008 and 2017 investigations more than doubled (a 124.3% increase).

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BBC Documentary Features A Scandal about Norway’s Child Welfare Service

BBC’s Our World program broadcast an episode named Norway’s Silent Scandal. The program features a scandal about Norwegian Child Welfare Services (Barnevern).
Aired on Sun 5 Aug 2018, the program shed light on the recent story of a highly respected Norwegian child psychiatrist who was convicted of downloading thousands of images of child pornography.

The psychiatrist had been used as an expert, until his arrest in April this year, by Norway’s controversial child protection system and was involved in decisions about whether children should be removed from their parents, suggested the program.

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State Fines Child & Foster Care Providers in New Ulm & Blue Earth

The Minnesota Department of Human Services has leveled fines against child and foster care providers in New Ulm and Blue Earth.

In New Ulm, the family child care of Kathleen Grausam was fined for allegedly caring for more children than allowed.

In addition, Grausam’s licensed has been placed on conditional status with DHS alleging some 30 violations over the past 3 years. Among the violations was one in 2017 when DHS says “children had access to an unlocked gun cabinet and a gun hanging on the wall.”

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Texas couple accused of using adopted children as slave labor to run puppy mill

Barbara Barrett

Five North Texas children were beaten and forced by their adoptive parents to care for more than 100 animals in filthy conditions at a puppy mill being run behind their home, authorities say.

Jeffery and Barbara Barrett of Greenville were arrested by Texas Department of Public Safety officers Aug. 2 and charged with continuous human trafficking, according to an agency spokesman. Both were already awaiting trial on animal-cruelty charges.

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Jeffery Barrett

Rescued child tells foster parent about alleged active shooter training, police say

If a child tells a foster parent sensitive information, the foster parent must report it to the Children, Youth and Families Department or police, according to CYFD.

"A situation like this that's incredibly complex and there's a lot going on and it's new to everyone, so that's where communication becomes absolutely critical," said CYFD Secretary Monique Jacobson.

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Krist blames Ricketts for abuse, deaths in state child welfare program

State Sen. Bob Krist blasted Gov. Pete Ricketts on Thursday as personally responsible for the sexual abuse and deaths of dozens of children in the Nebraska child welfare program.

Ricketts and his administration "have buried their heads in the sand and done nothing to fix the problems," ignoring the warnings outlined in investigations as well as calls from lawmakers to act, Krist said.

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As kinship caregivers struggle, Washington’s foster care system benefits

A single mother with three of her five children still teenagers living at home, 50-year-old Denita Simmons didn’t plan on adding two babies to the mix. But her godsons needed her. The boys’ mom, a friend of the family, left the boys in Simmons’s care for longer and longer periods as she struggled with drugs. As days stretched into months, Simmons found herself the de facto mother to an infant and a toddler, even as she battled her own depression, anxiety and later breast cancer.

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Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Hot Springs Family Whose Kids Were Seized in 2014

The Eighth Circuit Court of appeals has ruled in favor of a Garland County family, years after authorities seized their children from their home.     
                                                                
On January 12, 2015, child abuse investigators removed seven children from the home of Hal and Michelle Stanley in Hot Springs. At the time, investigators said they had reason to believe the children were being abused. The Stanleys homeschooled their kids, and gave them a substance called "Miracle Mineral Solution" (MMS). The FDA warns MMS can be hazardous.                             

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