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"There is no system ever devised by mankind that is guaranteed to rip husband and wife or father, mother and child apart so bitterly than our present Family Court System."- Judge Brian Lindsay Retired Supreme Court Judge, New York, New York "There is something bad happening to our children in family courts today that is causing them more harm than drugs, more harm than crime and even more harm than child molestation." Judge Watson L. White Superior Court Judge, Cobb County, Georgia "No cases challenge a lawyer more than those alleging child abuse - and very few have higher stakes."-David S Marshall “There is no crueler tyranny than that which is exercised under color or law, and with the colors of justice.” -United States v. Janotti, 673 F.2d 578, 614 (3d Cir. 1982) (Aldisert, J., dissenting) (quoting Montesquieu, Del‘Esprit des Lois (1748)

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Looking for info on Greene v. Camreta? Find the latest information on the Amy Holder- Naomi Whitecrow case in Oklahoma Find the latest information on the Danieal Kelly case in Philadelphia As you read these stories of malfeasance, lies, and fraud, do not lose track of the FACT that this is the CULTURE OF THE AGENCY EVERYWHERE, and it has been since 1980. There is almost NO political will for any government to do anything about it. Pretty sickening, isn't it? CPS is a big, fat, ugly, sloppy, stinking pig. And the politicians are "twitterpated" with it

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The sheriff's office assumed responsibility* for child abuse investigations less than 10 years ago after state Department of Children & Families employees were accused of shocking shortcomings, including falsifying records Falsifications bring change in child abuse cases By JOSH POLTILOVE Tampa Tribune Published: February 7, 2010 TAMPA - The resignation of a child protection investigator accused of falsifying documents has prompted changes in how the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office handles child abuse cases. An internal affairs probe found that investigator Heather Stokes falsified and/or fabricated 25 investigations, seven of them completely. Stokes said she made up details and forged signatures on one investigation because she was "overwhelmed" with cases, according to an internal affairs report. The seven-year veteran resigned a day after being confronted by investigators. Stokes was one of two child protection investigators to resign since April after being accused of falsifying documents. No children or families were harmed as a result of any of the fabrications, according to documents obtained by The Tampa Tribune. Perhaps we need to define the word "harm"?  See Legal Abuse Syndrome But every child protection investigator must now photograph the child at the child's home, and that information goes in a case file, sheriff's spokesman Larry McKinnon said Friday. Supervisors also now are tasked with randomly reviewing cases and making 25 to 30 quality assurance checks each month; investigators aren't alerted beforehand to which families will be contacted. "We're imperfect," McKinnon said. "We try to police our own. And when we find errors, we're going to obviously try to correct them." He said there's no indication of a deeper problem with the department's child protection services. So this is business as usual-  just someone got caught.  Nothing to see here.  Move on. The sheriff's office assumed responsibility* for child abuse investigations less than 10 years ago after state Department of Children & Families employees were accused of shocking shortcomings, including falsifying records. *Does this mean those "investigators" were CONSTITUTIONALLY SWORN OFFICERS?  Or the Sheriff was just "responsible"? The sheriff's office has about 85 child protection investigators and handles roughly 1,100 cases a month. McKinnon said investigators' caseloads should not be considered overwhelming, despite the recent misdeeds. "There's no excuse for inappropriate behavior, regardless of whether you're overworked or not," he said. Except nobody has any ETHICS. Not just a local issue Investigators falsifying records isn't just a local concern. In a two-year stretch, more than 70 child welfare workers in Florida were caught lying about their efforts to protect children, according to an Orlando Sentinel report in July. When questioned, those workers generally complained they had too many cases.  FULL STORY So nothing ever really changes with CPS (note the title of this story).  These were Sheriff's office employees?  Really Sheriff, you of all people should know that you can't trust a Social Work agent as far as you can THROW one.  CPS agents are pathological LIARS and SOCIOPATHS.  Just think for a minute about what's going on in the rest of the country with CPS agencies that have NO SUPERVISION WHATSOEVER. "Bureaucracies are beautiful mechanisms for the evasion of responsibilities and guilt."  -Warren Bennis

Child abuse victim unhappy with $375Gs By QMI Agency    February 6, 2010 CNE News A child abuse victim in Nova Scotia says he is not happy with the $375,000 awarded to him by the province on Friday. "I'm horribly disappointed with the award because the award doesn't justify the abuse," the man, identified only as L.M., told CBC News. L.M. was one of 29 victims of Cesar Lalo, who worked as a probation officer and social worker for the province. Lalo, 69, was found guilty of sexually assaulting 29 boys between 1973 and 1989 while working for the province. L.M. said it wasn't a fair settlement considering another victim of one of the province's most notorious child abusers, probation officer and social worker Cesar Lalo, received a $640,000 settlement. Court documents show that during the proceedings, the court heard that L.M. met Lalo when he was 10-years-old while Lalo was a probation officer. L.M. was 13 when the abuse began.   L.M.'s performance at school dropped significantly after the sexual abuse began, and while he had been in trouble with the law before, his crimes became worse and more frequent after the abuse began. On several occasions during his teen years, L.M. spoke with mental health professionals about his behaviour, but never admitted to the abuse. In 1996, he told a Halifax Regional Police officer, who was investigating Lalo, about the abuse. L.M. cried as he told the court about the assaults. He said the abuse started with Lalo opening L.M.'s shirt and rubbing his chest, then he put "his hand down my pants and fondled me and asked how I liked it and stuff like that." L.M. said later, Lalo would ask him to perform oral sex, and then Lalo performed oral sex on L.M. The last incident was when they were together in Lalo's car in a north-end Halifax park. While assaulting L.M., Lalo "shoved his finger up my ass," L.M. testified. He said he ran from Lalo's car after that.  FULL STORY Also See- Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis "Adults with an added authority (e.g., teachers, camp counselors, coaches, religious leaders, law-enforcement officers, doctors, judges [DA and child protection attorneys]) present even greater problems in the investigation of these cases. Such offenders are in a better position to seduce and manipulate victims and escape responsibility. ...The most difficult case of all involves a subject who has an ideal occupation for any child molester: a therapist who specializes in treating troubled children. This offender need only sit in his office while society preselects the most vulnerable victims and brings them to him. The victims are by definition “troubled” and unlikely to be believed if they do make an allegation

Wanted: 35,000 to fight child abuse By John Johnston • jjohnston@enquirer.com • February 5, 2010  Cincinatti.com Child advocates hoping to reduce childhood sexual abuse want to recruit at least 35,000 Hamilton County adults for a 2½-hour prevention program. That figure represents "the tipping point that's going to make a huge difference in reducing issues of sexual predators and childhood victimization in our community," Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune said Friday. He spoke at the Xavier University Women's Center, where he helped launch an initiative with the founder of the local chapter of Darkness to Light, a Charleston, S.C.-based non-profit that raises awareness of childhood sexual abuse. Its Stewards of Children program, which costs $10, teaches adults how to prevent, recognize and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. The organization also wants to train facilitators to lead the program locally. Darkness to Light says one in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused by age 18. Those numbers come from the Adverse Childhood Experiences study, a collaboration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and San Diego's Kaiser Permanente, a large managed-health-care organization. I think Wexler debunked those numbers, in one of his recent columns.  Our culture is teaching our kids to hump each other like a basket-full of puppies.  Are they counting THAT as "abuse"? When 17,500 mostly middle-class Kaiser members were questioned between 1995 and 1997 about various types of traumatic childhood experiences, 25 percent of women and 16 percent of men reported experiencing contact sexual abuse before age 18.  "I think it's the single biggest social issue we face," said Gary Hudson, president and founder of the Cincinnati Darkness to Light chapter. "Individuals and families are destroyed." Research shows the effects last into adulthood and include drug and alcohol addiction, eating disorders, depression and suicide.  FULL STORY Speaking personally, I think the biggest social issue we face is loss of our American Liberty and Freedom that is destroying individuals and families.

Another vaguely written story.  Who hurt the baby?  A parent? Two found guilty of child neglect of 20-month-old February 5, 2010 Herald-Mail CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Two people were found guilty Thursday of child neglect causing bodily injury in a case in which a 20-month-old child suffered fractured ribs, various bruises and what appeared to be scalding water or chemical burns on the child’s genitalia, prosecutors said.  Jacqueline Reed and Robert Sencendiver were convicted of the charge by a jury in Jefferson County Circuit Court following a three-day trial before Judge David H. Sanders, according to a news release from the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.  Reed and Sencendiver were found not guilty of conspiracy to commit child neglect causing bodily injury, the release said.  The child, who was taken to Winchester (Va.) Medical Center on Aug. 31, also had “ligature marks” on both ankles, the release said.  Ligature refers to tying or binding together. So here's the "rest of the story"- Grand jury hands down 42 indictments By RICHARD F. BELISLE April 26, 2009 richardb@herald-mail.com  CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A 1-year-old boy suffered serious bodily injury, including five broken ribs, burns in his genital area and bruises at the hands of two Ranson, W.Va., residents who were taking care of him while his mother was incarcerated, (foster parents?) according to an indictment handed down last week by a Jefferson County grand jury.  According to the charging document on file in the Jefferson County Circuit Clerk’s office, Jacqueline E. Reed and Robert Scott Sencendiver were charged with child neglect causing serious bodily injury.  The couple told investigating officers that the child was “destructive” and was prone to throwing himself down the stairs. The couple also told police that personnel at Jefferson Memorial Hospital declined to treat the child because they had no proof of guardianship, a claim hospital officials disputed when questioned by police. Who do you think is lying?  Are you feeling like a whole bunch of the story isn't being told?

Constitutionally Illiterate by Christopher Dreisbach February 5, 2010 Copyright © 2010 Baltimore Sun On Nov. 5, Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the House minority leader, took the podium at a Republican rally, waved a document defiantly and declared: "This is my copy of the Constitution, and I'm going to stand here with the Founding Fathers who wrote in the Preamble, We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?" Mr. Boehner was encouraging participants to protest the pending House vote for health care reform by demanding their constitutional right to make medical decisions. Pop quiz: What's wrong with this picture? If you said that there is no explicit constitutional right to make medical decisions, you score some points. If you said that the passage Mr. Boehner quotes is from the Declaration of Independence you get an A. If you also noted that the quotation is not even from the Declaration's preamble, you earn extra credit. Mr. Boehner is not the first opinion leader to confuse the Constitution with the Declaration, nor is he apt to be the last. Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell, for example, said, "As our Constitution declares, we are endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights ?" Of course, Mr. Boehner, unlike Mr. Falwell, entered the profession by promising to protect the Constitution. Mr. Boehner noted his 19 years of public service, yet how could he protect the Constitution when he can't distinguish it from the Declaration? Indeed, how many public servants, for whom an oath to the Constitution is an entrance requirement, know the document well enough to protect it? Judging from the foregoing, from political rhetoric in media and from many anecdotes, one suspects that constitutional literacy is too low. This is a problem for sworn professionals who cannot protect what they don't know, and it is a problem for the ordinary citizen who, in a democracy, is supposed to be running the country through informed voting and participation in public conversations. The value of constitutional literacy and the lack of it are obvious, the nature of it less so. What are the minimum conditions for constitutional literacy? This should be the topic of public conversation and consensus. To that end, here are some preliminary suggestions that distinguish eight levels of constitutional literacy. At each level, one should know: The basic difference between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. One establishes a government, the other doesn't. One rests on man-made law, the other on natural law; one posits only conferred rights, the other posits inalienable rights. Read the rest of the article

Calgary foster parent charged with sexually abusing boys in his care February 04, 2010 7:46 p.m. The Canadian Press CALGARY - A Calgary man who once received an award for fostering troubled children has been charged with sexually abusing three boys in his care, spawning a Canada-wide probe involving dozens of former foster children. Garry Prokopishin, 51, has been charged with one count of luring a child via a data device, three counts of obtaining or attempting to obtain sex from a person under 18, and sexual contact with a youth by a person in authority. Kevin Brookwell, a police spokesman, said Thursday that investigators allege a man was offering the boys money in exchange for sex acts. The charges relate to alleged encounters between January 2006 and April 2008. Investigators have travelled across the country to try to interview 55 people who have lived in the home over the past 20 years, Brookwell said. Many have been difficult to find, he said. "We were able to identify and find 13 of those. That means that the investigation is still continuing and we're hoping that other people who lived in that home will come forward," he said. "There's a potential there could be other (alleged) victims." Officers began their investigation last June after being told of allegations about a man involved in sex acts with boys under 18. The operation of the foster home was suspended indefinitely at that time, and it remains closed to foster children, Brookwell said. One charge relates to what he called "inappropriate images" taken with a cellphone camera. Brookwell said the information that led to the charges did not come from the complainants. He would only say an outside agency made them aware of the situation but wouldn't identify that agency. Many children who lived in the home were there because they'd been in trouble with the law or had substance abuse issues and stayed from two months up to two years, Brookwell said. "When you're being charged with obtaining sexual acts or favours by a person in authority, it's disturbing," said Brookwell. "It's very disturbing in the fact that there were 55 young men that have been in this house, even more so in the fact that we may get more (alleged) victims coming forward and more charges coming from this."  FULL STORY Also See- Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis "Adults with an added authority (e.g., teachers, camp counselors, coaches, religious leaders, law-enforcement officers, doctors, judges [DA and child protection attorneys]) present even greater problems in the investigation of these cases. Such offenders are in a better position to seduce and manipulate victims and escape responsibility. ...The most difficult case of all involves a subject who has an ideal occupation for any child molester: a therapist who specializes in treating troubled children. This offender need only sit in his office while society preselects the most vulnerable victims and brings them to him. The victims are by definition “troubled” and unlikely to be believed if they do make an allegation

MultiEthnic orchestrated a frantic cover-up, lying to investigators and creating phony reports to cover the tracks of their neglect. No matter what they say: This trial's about Danieal's death By Ronnie Polaneczky Philadelphia Daily News Posted on Thu, Feb. 4, 2010 THE FORMER social-services employees are not on trial for murder, their attorneys reminded the jury yesterday at the federal courthouse. Mickal Kamuvaka, Solomon Manamela, Julius Murray and Mariam Coulibaly are charged with fraud and obstruction, not with the death of Danieal Kelly. So, please, they implored the jury during the trial's opening arguments, remember that fact when the prosecution displays those gruesome autopsy photos of 14-year-old Danieal, who had cerebral palsy and weighed just 42 pounds when she died in 2006 of starvation and neglect. "This is not a . . . homicide case," said attorney William Cannon, who is defending Kamuvaka, co-founder of MultiEthnic Behavioral Health Inc., the now-defunct social-services agency for which all the defendants worked. "Nobody . . . wanted that child to die." Except, if just half of the prosecution's allegations prove true - that MultiEthnic, which was hired by DHS to look out for Danieal and her family, barely set foot in the house of horrors she called home - the trial is, fundamentally, about her death. Danieal's monstrous parents, obviously, are most culpable for her agony. Her mother, Andrea Kelly, pleaded guilty last year to third-degree murder; her father, Daniel Kelly, is awaiting trial on child-endangerment charges. Nothing that MultiEthnic is alleged to have done excuses the towering failure of Danieal's parents to give even half a damn about their little girl. But MultiEthnic's nicely educated workers - Kamuvaka, for one, has a master's degree from Cornell and a doctorate from Penn - were paid to protect Danieal from her despicable mother and to mitigate the absence of her useless father. They were supposed to ensure that Danieal and her many siblings - all of them stuffed like rabbits in a squalid, two-bedroom apartment - were attending school, receiving medical care and being fed. Instead, the feds allege, not only did MultiEthnic workers fail to visit Danieal and her family twice a week, as the contract with DHS required them to do, but company supervisors failed to oversee the workers as they should have - which is especially unforgivable given that the children's well-being was categorized as being at high-risk. Further, the feds allege, after Danieal's death MultiEthnic orchestrated a frantic cover-up, lying to investigators and creating phony reports to cover the tracks of their neglect. Five former MultiEthnic employees already have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to this fraud and obstruction case; other former employees will testify, in the trial of defendants Kamuvaka et al, about the alleged falsification of MultiEthnic's records. Manamela's attorney, Paul Hetznecker, asked the jury not to leave their "common sense at the door" as they listen to the latter witnesses, some of whom, he said, have cut deals with the feds in exchange for turning coat on their former co-workers. And the jury was reminded, several times, that Kamuvaka et al are not being tried as a single entity but as individuals. Each of whom, it appeared during opening arguments yesterday, plan to scapegoat the other. Listening to the back and forth, from all sides, was depressing and heartbreaking, as the only fully knowable truth about this miserable case became apparent yet again: If Danieal Kelly's life had been given even one-tenth of the energy being given her death, she might be alive today. The time and cost of the grand-jury investigation into her demise. The frantic response from everyone accountable, in one way or another, for what happened to her. The firings, indictments and sentencings that have resulted from her case so far. And, now, the fraud and obstruction trial unfolding in federal court. Like everything that has preceded it, this development, too, is all about Danieal's death. No matter what the defense attorneys say.  FULL STORY Everybody points out that MultiEthnic was a CPS contractor, not CPS.  The CPS agency wants to pretend that their operation is more ethical than their contractors.  We say they are all the same corrupt people, working the same fraud, everywhere CPS exists.  See my old essay The Alphabet of Corruption

HIJACKING SCIENCE From global warming to evolution, psychology to sociology, corruption runs deep Posted: February 04, 2010 1:20 am Eastern © 2010 WorldNetDaily If your faith in today's scientific establishment was shaken recently by successive waves of fraud on the part of climate scientists – from systematically suppressing evidence of global cooling, to attempting to erase the Middle Ages, to falsely claiming the Himalayan glaciers were rapidly melting – get ready for more scientific corruption, a lot more. As Whistleblower reveals in its groundbreaking February issue – titled "HIJACKING SCIENCE" – global warming is just the tip of the science-fraud iceberg. Politically and financially motivated pseudo-science is widespread and utterly out of control, extending far beyond climate research and into virtually every major scientific field. Indeed, this Whistleblower issue is subtitled, "From global warming to evolution, from psychology to sociology, blatant corruption of science is running rampant."  FULL STORY

US Study Shows Drop in Child Abuse Federal study finds sharp drop in serious child abuse between 1993 and 2006 By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK February 2, 2010 (AP) A massive new federal study documents an unprecedented and dramatic decrease in incidents of serious child abuse, especially sexual abuse. Experts hailed the findings as proof that crackdowns and public awareness campaigns had made headway. An estimated 553,000 children suffered physical, sexual or emotional abuse in 2005-06, down 26 percent from the estimated 743,200 abuse victims in 1993, the study found. "It's the first time since we started collecting data about these things that we've seen substantial declines over a long period, and that's tremendously encouraging," said professor David Finkelhor of the University of New Hampshire, a leading researcher in the field of child abuse. "It does suggest that the mobilization around this issue is helping and it's a problem that is amenable to solutions," he said. The findings were contained in the fourth installment of the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect, a congressionally mandated study that has been conducted periodically by the Department of Health and Human Services. The previous version was issued in 1996, based on 1993 data. The new study is based on information from more than 10,700 "sentinels" — such as child welfare workers, police officers, teachers, health care professionals and day care workers — in 122 counties across the country. The detailed data collected from them was then used to make national estimates. The number of sexually abused children decreased from 217,700 in 1993 to 135,300 in 2005-2006 — a 38 percent drop, the study shows. The number of children who experienced physical abuse fell by 15 percent and the number of emotionally abused children dropped by 27 percent. The 455-page study shied away from trying to explain the trends, but other experts offered their theories. "There's much more public awareness and public intolerance around child abuse now," said Linda Spears, the Child Welfare League of America's vice president for public policy. "It was a hidden concern before — people were afraid to talk about it if it was in their family." She also noted the proliferation of programs designed to help abusers and potential abusers overcome their problems. Finkelhor, whose own previous research detected a drop in abuse rates, said the study reveals "real, substantial declines" that cannot be dismissed on any technical grounds, such as changing definitions of abuse. He suggested that the decline was a product of several coinciding trends, including a "troop surge" in the 1990s when more people were deployed in child protection services and the criminal justice system intensified its anti-abuse efforts with more arrests and prison sentences. Finkelhor also suggested that the greatly expanded use of medications may have enabled many potential child abusers to treat the conditions that otherwise might have led them to molest or mistreat a child. "There's also been a general change in perceptions and norms about what one can get away with, so much more publicity about these things," he said. One curious aspect of the study was the manner of its release. Although HHS had launched the study in 2004 and invested several million dollars, it was posted a few days ago on the Internet with no fanfare — neither a press release nor a news conference. Finkelhor, noting that experts in the field had been impatiently awaiting the study, described this low-profile approach as "shocking." The findings might be disconcerting to some in the child-welfare field who base their funding pitches on the specter of ever-rising abuse rates, said Richard Wexler, executive director of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform. "The best use of scarce child welfare dollars is on prevention and family preservation — not on hiring more people to investigate less actual abuse," said Wexler.  FULL STORY Not even mentioning the pandemic of falsely accused and falsely prosecuted families in this entirely unconstitutional system of NO DUE PROCESS..

February 2, 2010 One Year Later No, we're not talking about Barack Obama or the State of the Union Address. A year ago this week, ParentalRights.org tossed out our old website and replaced it with the one we have now. Since then, we have had more than 623,000 unique visitors, and more than 5300 blogs or websites have linked to our pages. As we reach this one-year anniversary and take stock, we remain committed to providing you with the facts and information you need to stand up for parental rights in your state and in our nation. We maintain a comprehensive list of cosponsors in both the House and the Senate. We also break things down by state so you can know which of your lawmakers support our efforts, whether there is a PRA resolution introduced in your state, and how you can contact your congressmen.  FULL STORY

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Paedophile teacher jailed for grooming male pupils for sex with sweets and computer games A paedophile teacher who groomed male pupils for sex with sweets and computer games over 20 years has been jailed for seven years. Published: 1:54PM GMT 01 Feb 2010 London Telegraph English and drama teacher James Braid, 58, preyed on his victims at Bay House School, Gosport, Hants, where he taught English and drama for 34 years.  Portsmouth Crown Court heard Braid, a respected member of the Parent Teacher Association, would surround himself with vulnerable boys who had fallen victim to bullies, known as Braids Bunch.  Braid earned the trust of parents by taking the boys on holiday to visit his relatives in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, or inviting them to his house for help with homework.  He gave the boys, all aged around 15, with alcohol, fizzy sweets and video games before abusing them.  During a 22-day trial last year the court heard from four of Braids victims, one of whom blackmailed him for £20,000 pounds to keep quiet, who described him as a father figure.  Braid was found guilty of seven charges of multiple offences of indecent assault between 1982 and 2002.  Judge Ian Pearson, in sentencing the experienced teacher, said: "This was the grossest possible breach of trust by a teacher.  "There is no doubt a gifted and charismatic teacher but you used those skills to identify, to target and to groom young boys.  "In my view you were and are a determined, deceitful and predatory paedophile."  FULL STORY Also See- Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis "Adults with an added authority (e.g., teachers, camp counselors, coaches, religious leaders, law-enforcement officers, doctors, judges [DA and child protection attorneys]) present even greater problems in the investigation of these cases. Such offenders are in a better position to seduce and manipulate victims and escape responsibility. ...The most difficult case of all involves a subject who has an ideal occupation for any child molester: a therapist who specializes in treating troubled children. This offender need only sit in his office while society preselects the most vulnerable victims and brings them to him. The victims are by definition “troubled” and unlikely to be believed if they do make an allegation

The REAL cases, handled by Sworn to uphold the Constitution Police officers, not mangy, lying, sociopathic, communist CPS agents*.  Don't miss the Video. Posted: 9:06 PM Feb 1, 2010 How Police Deal with Investigating Child Abuse The horrors of child abuse can be difficult to listen to when you hear news reports. But when it's your job to get the facts and basically save a child, it can take a toll. Reporter: Amanda Barren wsaz.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The horrors of child abuse can be difficult to listen to when you hear news reports. But when it's your job to get the facts and basically save a child, it can take a toll. WSAZ.com's Amanda Barren explains how State Police prepare themselves and deal with cases of true despair. When it comes to child abuse, the images are gut-wrenching and the numbers are growing. It also means seeing the world in a different way for the folks on the front lines. In West Virginia, lawmakers are being asked to fund more police officers to deal with crimes against children. So far, members of the West Virginia State Police have had a 100 percent conviction rate when it comes to these situations. State Police First Lt. D.L. Frye says communication with officers is key, as well as some time away from the graphic nature of investigating child abuse. *"When child abuse investigations are conducted by people whose main goal is to dig up dirt on a family to assassinate their character and desire for every family to be in "therapy," you end up with a mess- this mess we have right now of incompetence and corruption."

Campaign targets child abuse by moms' boyfriends By Sharon Coolidge • scoolidge@enquirer.com • January 31, 2010 Cincinatti.com Moira Weir, director of Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services, wants to make sure that no one forgets the names of these children or how they died. They were beaten to death by their mothers' boyfriends. Beginning Monday, the agency is rolling out Choose Your Partner Carefully - a campaign of commercials, billboards and brochures aimed at alerting mothers and others in a child's life to the warning signs. "When mothers are choosing a partner, they are not just choosing for themselves, they are choosing for their children too," Weir said. "Choosing the wrong partner can be, literally, deadly.  FULL STORY As I just wrote in Parenting in post-freedom Amerika-  PROACTIVE ADVISE Clean up your house and your life. Obviously, if your house is a mess or your life is a mess, your CPS worker is going to use every bit of it against you.  Shacking up with a boyfriend is the path to hell. Generally speaking, boyfriends have NO "natural affection" for your children, and they are the #1 baby rapists and child abusers and killers, at the TOP of any statistical data. So this is something YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT. Clean up. Quit smoking. Whatever you are doing that you KNOW is wrong, QUIT DOING THAT.  The choice is between your laziness, habits, lifestyle choices, CATS, and YOUR KIDS. Whatever you are doing that you KNOW is wrong, the choice is between your laziness, habits, lifestyle choices, CATS, and YOUR KIDS. You choose. If you can't, then don't complain about what happens. Also see the website- “How is it possible that Children can have any just Sense of the sacred Obligations of Morality or Religion if, from their earliest Infancy, they learn their Mothers live in habitual Infidelity to their fathers, and their fathers in as constant Infidelity to their Mothers?” --John Adams

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AFRA has had

The World's First (and possibly only) Unsolicited Testimonial
about VPAP (Variable Positive Airway Pressure) Therapy