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Subject: DYFS NJ caseworker prayed with family for electricity From: (Fern5827) Date: 11/2/2003 2:19 PM Eastern Standard Time Message-id: Heartwarming story. ;-(( Conflicting portraits of couple emerge Sunday, November 2, 2003

http://www.pe.com/localnews/corona/stories/PE_News_Local_R_ricky01.ed675f.html No rescue: The case of Ricky Morales By PAIGE AUSTIN The Press-Enterprise Editor's note: Ricky Morales, 11, and Michael "Mikey" Vallejo-Seiber, 3, were tortured and beaten to death. The people who were supposed to...

From time to time the spanking compulsives come up with the argument that there is no scientific basis for chosing not to spank. I find this rather laughable. Here are things we do all the time that their either is no scientific basis for or the rules keep shifting as more is learned: The food...

Editorial: No Spanking Day Daily News (Sri Lanka), April 30, 2004 Spare the rod and spoil the child, goes the popular saying. It implies that a child cannot be brought up as a good citizen if he or she is not punished for doing a wrong thing. Spanking of children by parents, family members and...

From the Daily News - Sri Lanka http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/04/30/editorial.html April 30th No Spanking Day Spare the rod and spoil the child, goes the popular saying. It implies that a child cannot be brought up as a good citizen if he or she is not

Spanking versus Abuse. In my book its the same. Do you actually know what it feels like to be spanked.....the hurt/pain. Why must we spank in order to say who is boss? Do we not have other means instead of hitting. What right do parents have in hitting....your hands/arms are meant to keep them...

Not one. And yet folks would disempower families, cede their civil liberties, and allow a cadre of untrained bureaucrats to attempt to raise children. Since folks are becoming aware of CPS illegalities, a number of lawsuits have commenced, leading to some fiscal punishment for DHS...

Subject: NO state PASSES CPS Federal audit-no family does, either From: (Fern5827) Date: 9/25/2003 8:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time Message-id: Subject: No state passes CPS Fed audit- no family does either From: ...

I am so pleased, now that you better informed folks have straightened out my error prone thinking on this ritual child abuse issue. Please help me explain to the authors of this website that they are wrong. Thanks. http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/chldclt2.htm

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American public schools were the designated flagship of the no-spank movement. With their professional trained childcare staff, ostensively in place to educate children in a scheme requiring *compulsory* attendance, schools were a key linchpin in the no-spank movement. As usually college educated...

Five years ago, 2/3 of parents in Britain thought student behavior had gotten worse since corporal punishment was banned in the mid-1980s. Last summer, concerns over bullying via cell phones prompted official demands that all British schools institute anti-bullying policies. There have also been...

Why do no-spanks keep yammering about paddling in schools? Because they have lost the battle in the homes. They know it. Well, most of 'em do anyway. There are still one or two *George W. Bush* types around thinking that if they can launch still more assaults then they can prove that...

When pinned down, even radical feminists admit there is a problem with verbal abuse. For one thing, it is much more difficult to assess than is physical abuse. For another, laws do not define verbal abuse. There can be no enforcement, only awareness of its insidious existence. As with physical...

Abuse victim's mother files suit against FSSA workers By Katie Merlie http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071003/LOCAL/710030493 NOBLESVILLE -- The mother of a child molestation victim has filed a civil lawsuit against the former employers of Cory Heinzman, who was a Child...

http://www.nospank.net/chicago2.htm POSITIVE PARENTING RESOLUTION Submitted by Michelle DiGiacomo; Presented to Chicago City Council by Alderman Isaac Carothers, 29th Ward September 14, 2005

http://www.nospank.net/chicago2.htm POSITIVE PARENTING RESOLUTION Submitted by Michelle DiGiacomo; Presented to Chicago City Council by Alderman Isaac Carothers, 29th Ward September 14, 2005

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http://www.nopunish.net Dear Susan - Congratulations on your new website. It's certainly going to boost the fine work you've been doing in the struggle to eliminate hitting children. As you know I support your efforts, my having worked in this field for many years. My book "Parenting Without...

Audit faults Norfolk's human services office http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=137199&ran=180413 By HARRY MINIUM, The Virginian-Pilot © November 19, 2007 NORFOLK State auditors say that for nearly two years, Norfolk’s Human Services