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Texas & Alaska Politics Trash Children Openly (4)
- costumes: I’m pleased someone was willing to sooner or later clear things up on this. I have reflected on it frequently.
Attitude Adjustment; Children Count (4)
- Nancy Nebergall: Yes, I have observed an increased impatience and lack of empathy for those who are most vulnerable. A change of heart and attitude...
- Janmejoy Patel: Politicians everywhere are the same. The only difference seems to be that in some developed countries government expenditure is...
- Melinda Marshall: Have we made any progress from the 18th century when comes to our children? Infancy during this time of period stopped at age...
- Howard Van Dyke: Very good points. The way to fix our social issues is not harsher punishment of crmes, not a philisophy of “work...
COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES (CASA) (2)
- Michelle Trulsrud: CASA is a fantastic organization. I have personally seen the benefit of CASA volunteer advocates working dependency / neglect...
- Giovanna Barraz: You make a very thought provoking point. I hadn’t looked at it that way before. Nice post.
This May Not Be The Case (7)
- Michelle Trulsrud: Sandra, I agree that some times when the children go with the grandparents they are being raised in the same manner as their...
- Sandra Haygood: Michelle, I also agree the cycle has to be broken. As a CASA Volunteer I see children going with grandparents that love them but at...
- Debbie Marulanda: Thanks Michelle, I am (100%) agreed.
- Michelle Trulsrud: Unfortunately people can only live what they learn. If you have not been taught something there is no way of knowing anything...
- Nancy Nebergall: During one of my recent CASA visits, I spoke with a social worker who covers a section of my state. She stated that she has seen a...
Saving Ourselves From the Next Virginia Tech (2)
- Darrell Beteta: I thought you might like this Be nice to your kids. They’ll choose your nursing home.
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Deeper Questions About 7 Year Old Russian Boy (4)
- juha suni: Hello, I found your discussions and keynotes via Huffpost. Very actual and interesting. Mike´s family name is only originating in my...
- Toni Hoy: What could it have been like? If you watch the link to the video at the end of my post, you will see what it is like. It happened to me....
- Mike Tikkanen: Toni, Thank you for your insightful observations. It is terribly painful to see parents trying to find mental health resources when...
Aging Out of Foster Care (10)
- michelle workman: i am writing because i need to know what age kids get to leave fostercare.my sons are so called adopted,yet my oldest son,never...
- Pamela Couey: Children aging out are not legally allowed to remined in the placement homes. These kids are forced out if not by the foster parent...
- Christopher Bouril: Fighters’, such as yourself are helping those sojourners come to grips with reality. Miss you misha…that russian...
Growing Up In America (1)
- Reggie Armstrong, LMSW: WHY ? WHY ? WHY ? When we send trillions to other countries do we have homeless children/teens in America. WHAT would the...
Kansas Losing Health Care For 40,000 Children (2)
- Jon Blackman: I am a lay-off from Cessna. When I lost my job, may 2009, I had some savings so I paid for Cobra for as long as I could. It started...
- insurance chicago: I want to thank you for the endeavors you have made in publishing this article. I am trusting the same best work from you in the...
What Oklahoma Will Show The Nation (1)
- Linda: It’s good that cps is getting sued cuase they stoled my child from me in garvin county, ok back in 2004 and didn’t even give my...
Amy Klobuchar’s Adoptive Families Act (1)
- Mike Tikkanen: I’m sorry Dwight but I don’t know how to help in this area. Best wishes, MikeT
Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol Abuse Programs Don’t Cost They Save (12)
- Cindy Smith: I am a parent of two older teenage boys. I agree with you, 100%. Mental health services for teenagers, especially, would save society...
- Anna Allen: substance abuse could sometimes be deadly and it always destroys lives**,
- Oscar Turner: mental health is more important than body health yet most people just ignores it.*’;
- Gavin Wright: drug addiction is really a very bad problem of the society, it destroys the life of a person”;`
- Lucy: How can you differentiate between alcoholism and alcohol abuse?
Accentuate The Positive; Child-Parent Centers (2)
- Jocelyn Powell: It sounds similar (to a lesser degree) to the Harlem’s Children Zone. Like Susan, I am curious about what other programs have...
- Susan Drew: Sounds like an excellent program. Would be great to see it expand into other cities. Has it only been implemented in Chicago?
Brutal Truths and Best Practices Forum (9)
- Kalkura: Hi,i really like your forum, which helps me to improve my knowledge and i hope to get more hints also in the future. CU soon, Steuerberater
- Larochka.Crula: What Do You Think Your Mom and Dad Have in Common? “Both don’t want no more kids.” -Lori, age 8
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Voting For Children (1)
- Randy Furniss: Great post. Bookmarked for future reference! I encourage you to visit my site on how to deal with anger. Shared some useful tips...
The Evolution of CASA volunteering (1)
- creneelewis: I’ve been a CASA to a brother & sister for about 8 mths in San Diego; this is a program that is truly needed.
Bad Public Policy (1)
- Ugg Sandals: Wow. It’s a nice reminder that good people are real in this world.
150,000 Children Tried As Adults Each Year (2)
- Mike Tikkanen: It is with great sadness that I have published Maggie’s comment above. It shows how name calling and blaming have impacted the...
- Maggie: Can all child felons be victims of their environment or the system? I don’t think it is accurate to say that any child who grows up...
A Myth That Will Bring Down America (2)
- Isaac Harrison: K12 education is always the best~“
- Nicole Ellis: K12 education is the best. Everyone should look out for it.~**
A Very Critical Look At Foster Care (10)
- jeff: wanda ,thank you for the beautiful words and most importantly your prayers. i know that prayer works miracles. thank you
- Wanda: Jeff- I’m so sorry for what you suffered at the hands of those who were supposed to be caring for you. It was wrong. I have prayed for...
- NJ Marinaro: Republishing a report with information from 1986, 1988, 1992, 1995 is good for historical information or to incite comment. Can the...
- jeff: i grew up under the “care”of the state of florida,and let me say that it hasen’t been easy until jus a few months ago,that...
- Wanda: Dear Tiffany, I am so happy that you are in a good place. I wish more people would become foster parents, and I agree with you completely...
How Can We Better Serve Abused And Neglected Children? (21)
- Daniel Bassill: In a Linked in discussion the question asked was: “How can those of us who care about at risk children, be more effective in...
- Ruba Nurul Hassan: I am a lawyer and law teacher of local law college. I want to establish a English medium school network. Where child will come...
- Ann Rudnicki: Here’s some quick thoughts. First of all, efforts should be made to support families to reduce abuse and neglect. In some cases...
- Wendy Shepherd: I have worked with victims of trauma for almost 20 years. The most important thing we can do as advocates is stop labeling children...
- Padmasree Kalathur: Make all children aware of their rights as a child. Ensure all duty bearers for children (parents, family, school, community)...
A Grim Truth About Big Pharma (1)
- Fiona Wineman: Took me a instant to be able to read most the remarks, however I genuinely appreciated the post. It turned out to be very beneficial...
DCF: More Florida Parents Taking Their Money Troubles Out On Kids (2)
- Maria Rogers: Anger Management is necessary to prevent raging men in the streets.”.”
- Keira James: my best friend has been in an Anger Management class for 2 months now, he improved a lot when dealing with anger.~:”
Study: Early Therapy Can Save Teens From Depression (3)
- Taylor Reid: anxiety and depression are hard to treat if the patient has not been checked for years.:~.
- John Ali: antidepressants works well with anxiety attacks, only problem is there are side-effects.~.”
- Addison Jackson: Anxiety and depression is one hell of a nasty disease. even if you have everything but if you have clinical depression, you are...
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Burn Injuries Make Up 10 % of All Child Abuse Cases (3)
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Tasers and School Children (1)
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Acting Like A Responsible Adult (4)
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New York, Meet Missouri (1)
- Jamar Haufler: I completely agree with the above comment, the internet is with a doubt growing into the most important medium of communication...
Mad At The Wrong People (throwing baby out with bathwater again) (4)
- Mike Tikkanen: For years the Star Tribune reported on the ongoing battle between the anti tax people and the engineers requesting maintenance...
- blackis: Let me correct one important factual error. The I-35W bridge in Minneapolis did not collapse because of a lack of maintenance. It...
- Mike Tikkanen: Evelynn, it is my mistake in not drawing a clear distinction between the system and the people working within the system. The intent...
- Evelynn Brown Remple, J.D., LL.M: I read the article with great interest. Although I agree that blaming the system is not productive, the system is...
Invisible Children Audiobook & ebook Without Charge (1)
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talk of suicide (1)
- Destiny osborne: There was this kid at my skool his name was Matthew Zajac noone liked himm he got picked on alot,got yelled at byy the teachers...
A Modest Proposal, or If Children Could Riot (4)
- Wanda: I would respond to R Cox the same way I did to one who told me that I was lucky I had suffered physical abuse because she had suffered...
Abusing Children At Home & In School – The Life Of An Abused Child (2)
- Wanda: Dear -A Mother How can “shape up or ship out” help children who have no idea how to shape up bc they have never experienced what...

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