Three justices' concern over gay parenting surprises experts

Three justices' concern over gay parenting surprises experts

Comments from Supreme Court arguments startled some child development experts, who say kids raised in same-sex homes fare as well as those with heterosexual parents.

Transgender Rights: What Happens to Custody When Mommy Becomes Daddy?

Transgender Rights: What Happens to Custody When Mommy Becomes Daddy?

A new joint publication between the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) provides information to transgender parents whose spouses may use information about their transition against them in order for cases of child custody to be handled fairly. "Protecting the Rights of Transgender Parents and their Children: A Guide for Parents and Lawyers" compiles a number of situations a transgender parent may face when attempting to gain custody of their children, and includes case law and sample testimonies so the person may fight for fair and honest treatment even when their ex-spouse tries to demonize them for their gender identity.

Note: Um... Okay.

School: Boy, 5, can’t go back to kindergarten until he gets rid of his Mohawk

School: Boy, 5, can’t go back to kindergarten until he gets rid of his Mohawk 

A five-year-old student at Reid Elementary School in Springfield, Ohio, was told that his Mohawk violated the dress code and caused a distraction in the classroom. School officials told Ethan Clos’ family that he could not return until he got a new hairstyle.

NC DHHS head: Transparency can be “dangerous”

NC DHHS head: Transparency can be “dangerous”

Here’s video on the unusual tangent N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Aldona Wos went on earlier this week in which she called government transparency “dangerous” during a press conference about contracting out the state’s Medicaid services.

Directors slam second round of adoption maps

Directors slam second round of adoption maps

The government has pressed ahead with a second publication of its “useless, irrelevant and out-of-date” adoption heat maps.

Stripping councils' adoption role 'a reckless gamble'

Stripping councils' adoption role 'a reckless gamble'

Plans to strip some English councils of their role in the adoption process would be a "reckless gamble", the Local Government Association has said.

Accused of child abuse: A family's story

Accused of child abuse: A family's story


Julie and Keiron were adjusting to life with their new baby. She worked at home, he was soon to start a new job as a nanny. Then, one day, the police came to the door ...

Hakken family with kidnapped boys may be on sailboat

Hakken family with kidnapped boys may be on sailboat

They could be near Key West, in a cove or far out in the Gulf of Mexico by now.

Foster mother's manslaughter conviction upheld by appeal court

Foster mother's manslaughter conviction upheld by appeal court

The Court of Appeal of Alberta has upheld the manslaughter conviction of an Edmonton foster mother found guilty in the death of a three-year-old boy in her care.

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Edmonton foster mother loses appeal of manslaughter conviction in boy's death

LePage Withdraws Support of TRC

LePage Withdraws Support of TRC

Governor Paul LePage says he is withdrawing his support of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The TRC is beginning a three year process of examining the issues surrounding decades of federal and state policy that led to native Maine children being removed from their homes and sent to live with white families without parental or tribal permission.

Glastonbury men face sentencing in child sex abuse case

Glastonbury men face sentencing in child sex abuse case

Two Connecticut men accused of sexually abusing their adopted children are set to be sentenced on lesser charges and avoid prison time.

Corporate Media Demonizes Parents Who Fled With Children

Corporate Media Demonizes Parents Who Fled With Children


A news report aired by a television station in Tampa Bay, Florida covering the alleged kidnapping of two children by a father described as “antigovernment” prominently features an Infowars.com bumper sticker, insinuating that Alex Jones and his popular website influenced the man’s alleged criminal behavior.

Judge Orders Morning-After Pill Available for All Ages

Judge Orders Morning-After Pill Available for All Ages

A federal judge ruled Friday that the government must make the most common morning-after pill available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and younger. In his ruling, he also accused the federal government of “bad faith” in dealing with the requests to make the pill universally available.

An attempt to show how stupid people can be when it comes to CPS

In an attempt to show you all how stupid some people can be, below is a screenshot of a recently retweeted line of BS on Twitter.  

Please don't ask me to make sense of this.  I am only the messenger.

War of the Womb

War of the Womb


The Jim Crow fueled Drug War has produced at least one pernicious effect that does not get enough attention in many of our discussions.  Pregnant women, especially low-income women of color, are the object of scrutiny by purported child protection agencies. While a white, upper class woman may not be scrutinized through urine screens during pregnancy, low income women and women of color are often subjected to tests to determine if “illicit” drugs are in their system.

Adolescent Brain Science

Infertile Is Just a Word

From one of my favorite nut job foster blogs, here's one that's bound to make you want to gag and puke.  Amazing how when God decides somebody is unfit to be a parent, CPS suddenly entitles them to your kids.

Infertile Is Just a Word

Incase you need to copy and past the link into your browser
( http://foster2forever.com/2013/04/infertile-is-just-a-word.html )

Infertile. It was never a word I thought would describe me. From the time I hit puberty, my cycle was like clockwork. The clockwork lasted until the moment my husband and I decided we were ready to start a family. Then everything went haywire.

Panel has 37 recommendations on Okla. child deaths

Panel has 37 recommendations on Okla. child deaths

A failure among Oklahoma's judiciary, police and social services agencies to communicate in a timely manner about children in the state's care has had "serious consequences" including injuries and deaths, according to a panel reviewing child abuse and neglect cases from the Department of Human Services' files.

State drops complaint against Lil Poopy's father

State drops complaint against Lil Poopy's father

The state has dropped its complaint against the father of Lil Poopy, a young rapper whose videos prompted an investigation by Brockton Police.

Aboriginal boy lived in 27 foster homes

Aboriginal boy lived in 27 foster homes


The Aboriginal Legal Service says it is shocked that an 11 year old Aboriginal boy from Broken Hill has had 27 foster homes.

Adoptee lived in fear

Adoptee lived in fear 

Adoptee Lesley Hackett of Port Pirie spoke of his harrowing forced-adoption, being removed from his mother in New South Wales shortly after birth and then placed with a foster family for adoption before they left for South Australia.

SystemSuckology: CPS Seeing Phony Reports As A Good Thing

Now here's a concept worthy of exploring.  First, I give you the link and the first 4 paragraphs of a news article.

Ind. official: Child abuse reports up over 2 years

Reports of child abuse and neglect in Indiana grew 15 percent during the past two years, a top official in the state's child protection agency said. 

Department of Child Services Chief of Staff John Ryan said the agency received about 151,000 reports in 2011, and 173,000 in 2012. 

"Reports are up, but that doesn't necessarily mean there's more abuse or neglect taking place," Ryan told WRTV-TV. "What it hopefully means is people are more aware of abuse and neglect and are stepping forward and reporting it." 

Less than a fifth of those reports are substantiated, Ryan said.

My past estimates from federal data found that aprox. 18% of calls to the hotline are substantiated.  That is technically less than a fifth, I guess, which would technically be less than 20%.  So obviously, things haven't changed much.  The rest are either determined to be unfounded or do not rise to the level where an investigation would be warranted.  On top of that, one of the most common excuses for failures of any child welfare system is that the CPS Agents are overworked, burnt out from high caseloads, stressed, and they work for cheap.

2005 Anne E Casey Foundation Report on Indiana's Child Welfare System

Therefore one could make the reasonable assumption that Department of Child Services Chief of Staff John Ryan of Indiana is completely full of crap when he says, ""What it hopefully means is people are more aware of abuse and neglect and are stepping forward and reporting it."

I'll tell you what it means.  It means that there is a high concentration of CPS Rats in Indiana.  It means that the normal people do not understand what abuse or neglect is.  So they will call on another for not parenting according to their own personal standards.

It also means that Dr Phil Argument, "tis better to investigate 1000 false accusations than to miss 1 where a child is really being abused," is alive and well.

I disagree.

• First of all, there have been too many men and women who have had their lives, reputations, careers and families destroyed after being falsely accused.  
• Secondly, increasing the number of reports with no rise in actual child abuse or neglect assumes no actual harm to the more than 4/5ths of those who are reported, when in fact, in addition to my first point, the stress is often so great even when the case is determined to be unsubstantiated after an investigation, that they end up having a life long panic attack every time the doorbell rings unexpectedly.  
• Thirdly, it encourages fraud and false reporting by lacking penalties for doing so, while being the ever loving excuse for over-riding the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution by being the only way that government agents can get into the house without just cause.  
• Not to mention, it overwhelms the child welfare system by having CPS Agents chasing shadows, when they should be spending their time protecting the kids who really are abused and neglected, thereby causing more to fall through the cracks.
• Plus, anybody with half a brain knows that there is no abuse or neglect necessary.  CPS Agents are frauds.  CPS can take your kid simply because they are cute, adoptable and you are an easy target, like poor, disabled or can't afford a good lawyer to fight the allegations.

A better solution would be to prosecute false accusers and educate mandated reporters on what child abuse really is.  Increase the quality of the calls and lower the number of falsely accused so that CPS Agents could spend more time doing what they should and protecting abused and neglected kids instead of attacking innocent families.  

Rise in ADHD cases is due to marketing

Rise in ADHD cases is due to marketing

The Star Tribune summary on April 1 of the New Times article on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (“ADHD cases rising sharply among boys”) should be read by every parent. The 53 percent increase in the diagnosis of ADHD in the past 10 years cannot be explained on the basis of genetics or any other biological discovery that would permit a valid diagnosis.

Court Revives Parents' Claim of Retaliation Over Abuse Report

Court Revives Parents' Claim of Retaliation Over Abuse Report

A federal appeals court has revived a Tennessee family's lawsuit alleging that a school principal retaliated against them over their demands for how their child with Type I diabetes would be accommodated in school.

Note: The only thing lower than a CPS Agent is a lying assed CPS Rat.

Orphans abandoned by U.S. adoptive family may return to Russia if adoption annulled - ombudsman

Orphans abandoned by U.S. adoptive family may return to Russia if adoption annulled - ombudsman

The three Russian orphaned siblings from Krasnokamsk, Perm Territory, earlier adopted by the U.S. couple Michael and Penny Deckert, who announced recently that they decided to give up their parental rights to them, may return to Russia on certain conditions, says Pavel Mikov, a children's rights commissioner in the Perm territory.