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How does a society fight it terrible parenting?
How does a society fight it terrible parenting?
By JohnMichael Davis http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs...1/1006/OPINION With tears in my eyes, I read the very sad story of 8-year-old Levares Key, beaten to death last week by his 13-year-old brother over a dessert. Levares, who lived in Orlando, apparently had been the victim of abuse for quite some time. The news reports stated that his siblings would hold him down while his mother beat him. I cannot imagine the depth of his sadness and fear, most likely on a daily basis. The Florida Department of Children and Families had investigated the mother, Tangela Key, in the past and thought it was OK to leave her other children with her. This is the same agency that since January of this year has paid $16 million to settle lawsuits brought as a result of cases of abuse. We hear reports of people locking their foster children in cages, about beatings or starving them and committing other heinous acts. We have other parents who are feeding their children to death. We have parents who are shocked that their 15-year-old can't read, but then they blame the schools and the teachers. Where were they before the big discovery? We have fast videos, fast video games, fast food, and now we have so many children with ADD and ADHD. Coincidence? I was leaving a store a while back and a little boy was playing with the automatic doors. His father told him to stop and then called him an expletive for someone's backside. I wonder what that little boy really thinks of his father. Another time I saw two children outside a store playing on the carnival-type rides that are outside of grocery stores. These children were about 6 and 3 years old. They wanted the little car to move and make noise; I gave them two quarters and went inside to shop. Thirty minutes later when I came out, they were still there, alone. I watched from my car for several minutes to make sure they were safe. They were still there, alone, when I finally left. I regret not calling the police, and the next time I will. I expect someday that my tax dollars will pay for the incarceration of a lot of these children. Our prisons are already packed with the results of bad parenting. What are we doing about it? How do we change all of this? Are we going to keep spending tax dollars on community centers and after-school programs for at-risk youths? Are we going to search for more mentors? Are we going to create more parenting classes? Perhaps we need to start with the people who decide to bring children into this world. Sadly, maybe it is time to require some kind of license for people to have children. I hope it doesn't come to that. I don't know where Levares is now, but I want to tell him I'm sorry. I'm sorry that his family, the government, society and his neighbors failed him. I'm thinking about you, today, Levares, and if you see Rilya, tell her I'm thinking about her too! JohnMichael Davis is a local photographer, printer and taxpayer. Contact him at . An Inconvenient Truth about Child Protective Services, Foster care, and the Child Protection "INDUSTRY" CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a bunch of social workers. Currently Child Protective Services violates more civil rights on a daily basis then all other agencies combined, Including the NSA/CIA wiretaping program… FOSTER CARE IS A 80 PERCENT FAILU. A Brief Analysis of the Casey Family Programs. Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study. By Richard Wexler http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache...fpanalysis.doc or for .doc http://www.nccpr.org/reports/cfpanalysis.doc HOW THE WAR AGAINST CHILD ABUSE BECAME A WAR AGAINST CHILDREN http://www.nccpr.org/issues/1.html A recent study has found that 12-18 months after leaving foster ca 30% of the nation’s homeless are former foster children. 27% of the males and 10% of the females had been incarcerated 33% were receiving public assistance 37% had not finished high school 2% receive a college degree 50% were unemployed *Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support Children in foster care are three to six times more likely than children not in care to have emotional, behavioral and developmental problems, including conduct disorders, depression, difficulties in school and impaired social relationships. Some experts estimate that about 30% of the children in care have marked or severe emotional problems. Various studies have indicated that children and young people in foster care tend to have limited education and job skills, perform poorly in school compared to children who are not in foster care, lag behind in their education by at least one year, and have lower educational attainment than the general population. *Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support 80 percent of prison inmates have been through the foster care system. The highest ranking federal official in charge of foster care, Wade Horn of the Department of Health and Human Services, is a former child psychologist who says the foster care system is a giant mess and should just be blown up. http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=2017991 This study found thousands of children already in foster care who would have done better had child protection agencies not taken them away in the first place. Front-page story in USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...m?csp=34#Close The full study is available here. http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fo...arch07_aer.pdf The bottom line? - the foster care system nationwide for the most part turns out young adults that are nothing more than walking wreckage... |
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How does a society fight it terrible parenting? By JohnMichael Davis http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs...1/1006/OPINION With tears in my eyes, I read the very sad story of 8-year-old Levares Key, beaten to death last week by his 13-year-old brother over a dessert. Levares, who lived in Orlando, apparently had been the victim of abuse for quite some time. The news reports stated that his siblings would hold him down while his mother beat him. I cannot imagine the depth of his sadness and fear, most likely on a daily basis. The Florida Department of Children and Families had investigated the mother, Tangela Key, in the past and thought it was OK to leave her other children with her. This is the same agency that since January of this year has paid $16 million to settle lawsuits brought as a result of cases of abuse. We hear reports of people locking their foster children in cages, about beatings or starving them and committing other heinous acts. We have other parents who are feeding their children to death. We have parents who are shocked that their 15-year-old can't read, but then they blame the schools and the teachers. Where were they before the big discovery? We have fast videos, fast video games, fast food, and now we have so many children with ADD and ADHD. Coincidence? I was leaving a store a while back and a little boy was playing with the automatic doors. His father told him to stop and then called him an expletive for someone's backside. I wonder what that little boy really thinks of his father. Another time I saw two children outside a store playing on the carnival-type rides that are outside of grocery stores. These children were about 6 and 3 years old. They wanted the little car to move and make noise; I gave them two quarters and went inside to shop. Thirty minutes later when I came out, they were still there, alone. I watched from my car for several minutes to make sure they were safe. They were still there, alone, when I finally left. I regret not calling the police, and the next time I will. I expect someday that my tax dollars will pay for the incarceration of a lot of these children. Our prisons are already packed with the results of bad parenting. What are we doing about it? How do we change all of this? Are we going to keep spending tax dollars on community centers and after-school programs for at-risk youths? Are we going to search for more mentors? Are we going to create more parenting classes? Perhaps we need to start with the people who decide to bring children into this world. Sadly, maybe it is time to require some kind of license for people to have children. I hope it doesn't come to that. I don't know where Levares is now, but I want to tell him I'm sorry. I'm sorry that his family, the government, society and his neighbors failed him. I'm thinking about you, today, Levares, and if you see Rilya, tell her I'm thinking about her too! JohnMichael Davis is a local photographer, printer and taxpayer. Contact him at . An Inconvenient Truth about Child Protective Services, Foster care, and the Child Protection "INDUSTRY" CPS Does not protect children... It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even killed at the hands of Child Protective Services. every parent should read this .pdf from connecticut dcf watch... http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US These numbers come from The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN) Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS *Perpetrators of Maltreatment* Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59 Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13 Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241 Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12 Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5 Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per 100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a bunch of social workers. Currently Child Protective Services violates more civil rights on a daily basis then all other agencies combined, Including the NSA/CIA wiretaping program… FOSTER CARE IS A 80 PERCENT FAILU. A Brief Analysis of the Casey Family Programs. Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study. By Richard Wexler http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache...fpanalysis.doc or for .doc http://www.nccpr.org/reports/cfpanalysis.doc HOW THE WAR AGAINST CHILD ABUSE BECAME A WAR AGAINST CHILDREN http://www.nccpr.org/issues/1.html A recent study has found that 12-18 months after leaving foster ca 30% of the nation’s homeless are former foster children. 27% of the males and 10% of the females had been incarcerated 33% were receiving public assistance 37% had not finished high school 2% receive a college degree 50% were unemployed *Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support Children in foster care are three to six times more likely than children not in care to have emotional, behavioral and developmental problems, including conduct disorders, depression, difficulties in school and impaired social relationships. Some experts estimate that about 30% of the children in care have marked or severe emotional problems. Various studies have indicated that children and young people in foster care tend to have limited education and job skills, perform poorly in school compared to children who are not in foster care, lag behind in their education by at least one year, and have lower educational attainment than the general population. *Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support 80 percent of prison inmates have been through the foster care system. The highest ranking federal official in charge of foster care, Wade Horn of the Department of Health and Human Services, is a former child psychologist who says the foster care system is a giant mess and should just be blown up. http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=2017991 This study found thousands of children already in foster care who would have done better had child protection agencies not taken them away in the first place. Front-page story in USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...m?csp=34#Close The full study is available here. http://www.mit.edu/~jjdoyle/doyle_fo...arch07_aer.pdf The bottom line? - the foster care system nationwide for the most part turns out young adults that are nothing more than walking wreckage...[Please sign my petition to the White House: http://wh.gov/UXOx and share this link for more signatures.] |
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