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http://caymannetnews.com/2006/01/1005/letter3.shtml LETTER TO THE EDITOR Muddying the waters on spanking Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Dear Sir, I host a website, http://www.nopaddle.com/ about school corporal

Police look at 2nd abuse accusation Portland - After a foster child is hurt, a mother says she had reported injuries to her girl in the home Saturday, June 30, 2007 AIMEE GREEN The Oregonian http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news/118317391652560.xml&coll=7 Portland police are...

http://www.corpun.com/usd00009.htm -- "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin

Custody hearing today for foster parents' other children Associated Press - August 6, 2007 9:45 AM ET http://www.wdtn.com/Global/story.asp?S=6890935 BATAVIA, Ohio (AP) - A hearing is scheduled in southwest Ohio this afternoon to decide who'll get custody of David and Liz Carroll's four...

http://www.robesonian.com/articles/2005/10/24/news/news/story02.txt Sparing the rod By Mark Locklear and Jonathan Yeomans - Staff writers LUMBERTON - There are those who can still remember when a teacher thought nothing of taking a leather strap to the behind of an incorrigible student. But with...

On 04 Jun 2004 16:07:44 GMT, (Fern5827) wrote: Ms. Lavonne, you understand, benefits directly from taking children from their family. You might, given that LaVonne is fully identifiable in these ngs as to profession, employment, and locale, want to check in with Doug.

You enthusiasts and apologists might want to stay away from this pack of liars smile http://sandradodd.com/spanking Unschoolers and Spanking Arguments against spanking by and for parents who respect their children as whole people

....apparent they are mutually exclusive. http://thinkpoint.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/parenting-how-to-raise-a-juvenile-delinquent/ .... The primary concern of Proverbs is raising children to be wise instead of foolish. Yet this does not happen easily. “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a...

I am a parent of 2 very young school aged girls. There are times I wonder if I am being the best parent for them. My spouse and I both work, just like other parents. We went through the years (and expense) of daycare. We have gone through the abuse at daycare. We have done everything that other...

Mother given second shot at son Aug. 17, 2007 06:17 PM This week's candidate for mother of the year: Tina Tatum. http://www.azcentral.com/news/columns/articles/0817roberts0818-ON.html When we last saw Tatum in May 2005, she was in court charged with child abuse, sobbing to a judge how it wasn't...

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So much so, that DCF in FL recognized its efficacy in fighting child abuse and neglect in a vulnerable population. You know, it, though, DCF somehow just couldn't find the CASH to provide for UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL FOR ALL FAMILIES OF LOWER INCOME WHO DESIRED IT. Instead, they fund people who ride...

Nov. hearing on Amy Baker immunity BY EILEEN KELLEY | http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070914/NEWS01/309140008/-1/CINCI MAYSVILLE – Prosecutors from Hamilton and Clermont counties will appear in a Kentucky court in November so that a judge may sort...

Here is a study by Straus that show that spanking approval rates went from 90%+ in 1968 down to 68% in 1994. http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/CP27.pdf Here are the homicide rates during the same period. # The homicide rate nearly doubled from the mid 1960's to the late 1970's. # In 1980, it peaked...

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 02:46:54 GMT, "P. Tierney" wrote: Could you two take this off of misc.kids? Or maybe start your own newsgroup with just the two of you? Thanks. You have an auto news reader that opens posts without your permission? If you do, then yes.

bobandcarole wrote: September 29, 2006 - The following is an instant message exchange a former page says he had with Rep. Foley in 2003. Maf54 (7:25:14 PM): hey Auto response from Xxxxxxxxx (7:25:14 PM): scrounging for food...brb

Yet these things are said to be scientific. We study them. And I think ordinary people with commonsense ideas are intimidated by this pseudoscience. A teacher who has some good idea of how to teach her children to read is forced by the school system to do it some other way--or is even fooled by the...

LaVonne, In a prior post you recently chastized someone for mentioning "unamed individuals". I have some names for you: Grace Nalepa (Former CPS worker - chalk one up for the good guys) Ruth Barrese (CPS Supervisor - Retired) John Livense (CPS Line Manager) Ed Michaels (Foster Care...

Lawmakers poised to approve foster-care changes Wednesday, September 12, 2007 By STEPHEN MAJORS ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=375658&Category=13&subCategoryID= COLUMBUS Potentially dangerous foster parents will be flagged by a law enforcement database, and...

Clark County Case Worker Charged With Child Neglect LAS VEGAS Posted: 12:18 PM Nov 3, 2007 http://www.kolotv.com/southernnevadanews/headlines/10995606.html A case worker for Clark County Family Services has been arrested and charged with child neglect. Shajuan Huff-Bush (Sha-WAN Huff-Bush)...