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43 Child Deaths Due Policy Violations In Colorado Social Services (2)
- Sheri Hundley: Sad. Sad for those poor children, sad for their families, and sad for the caseworkers who have to live with themselves and what they...
- Dana Ray: This sickens me to no end. What is the answer from here…where and who do we turn to? With budget cuts and reduction in employees,...
Universal Rights Of The Child; All Talk No Action (8)
- Sheri Hundley: Michael, I read this article and have to agree with much that was said. I have worked in the child protection field for the past 8+...
- Mike Tikkanen: Michele, Thank you for so clearly articulating something I have been thinking for years. About half of the fifty children I helped...
- Michele Bowes: Hi I am a Social Worker in Australia and work in Sexual Assault and unfortunately the same here. I feel the same that people need to...
- Jim Rose: The situation is much the same in the UK. A high proportion of the some 2,500 children in secure units or youth custody (12-17 year olds)...
- David Marsh: How children develop in all our societies,afects all our societies,your friends at http://www.tomthumb.info/tt/ thank you.
Supporting Children, Supporting Caregivers; (3)
- heartbroken: Whatever you do..DO NOT voluntarily give up any children to the state system..or believe that they are only going to help you..It will...
- Dee: Where I live a relative placement doesn’t have to go through the full licensing Process – talk to cps or an attorney. Guardianship...
- nat: talk to the children’s protective services in your area and see what they say. i think you would still need to become a certified foster...
What Is It We Don’t Understand about fostering conditions almost ensuring criminality (2)
- thoroughly disgusted: Jayne thanks for your post. Indeed, you hit the nail on the head – that you were fortunate enough to meet a few people...
- Jayne: I grew up in the foster care system and thank God that at the time (I am 62) they were not so freely medicating children as they are now. My...
He Would Wander The Streets With His Dog Looking For His Mother When He Was A Boy; Abandoned As An Infant – Executed at 37 (5)
- Dog Leash Supplies: A tragedy of modern society. I agree, give the kids a chance. Society needs to recognize this and resolve to help with...
- Laura T: Such a tragic story and it reminds me that there but for the grace of God go I. I suffered abuse, but was never removed from home. If I...
Day Care; The Bargain (1)
- Keith Handley: Surely there must be some way, that children in this situation can be put to the top of the waiting list. Maybe local early...
It Costs Way Less To Hire & Train Social Workers;$68 Million Settlement Proposed for 10 Children Fraudulently Adopted and Abused (9)
- Patsy Weppler: I believe there should be a movement that includes the entire community watching out for the safety of children, elderly and the...
- Rosebud: After working with children and families as a worker and as a Guardian Ad Litem in my county, I went back to school to complete my degree...
- Arif Khalil: Very touching story with sad ending too because the society will suffer at rem. You are right saying that community should hold the...
- Cindy Champer: I would like to propose that the Eliminate project is an excellent way for individuals to see the need of helping women and children...
- Trokon Dennis: God convinced the Israelite in Deuteronomy 7 and Jesus also convinced the disciples and others in Matthew 18 on protecting the...
Let’s Talk; Cool guardian ad-Litem Blogs & News From Around The Nation (submit yours) (1)
- Alan Abramowitz: Florida posts all its articles and comments on Facebook at Florida Guardian ad Litem. You should friend us. Alan Abramowitz...
Thank You Indiana (4)
- Angela: Your presentation and facts are compelling, but the anectdotal narratives are particulary moving. The term ‘Budget cuts’...
- Jessica Phiri: I briefly worked at a foster/adoption agency and had to leave as I was severely grieved by the wrongs I had witnessed on so many...
- Deborah Abelman: Michael – Once again you have compellingly articulated the issues. Too often children have been forced to become mature long...
- Larry Walker: I am familiar with the issues Mike is describing above and fully share his concern that the public is poorly informed and horrbily...
Fix Texas For Children; Remove Judge William Adams (10)
- Texas needs reform: I am dealing with a small town where the county attorney, district attorney, and the attorney representing CPS is one and the...
- Fernando: Remove this man from the bench now and revoke his license to pratice law. He can’t exercise the duties of a judge. What makes it...
- Mike Tikkanen: Thank you James for bringing clarity to the judges location. I found this information at a news site that got it wrong (my error to...
- p.j.: physco, untrustworthy, horrible parents, needs to be punished the same way every hour -every day for the rest of their...
- p.j.: Take the old “so called” judge out of the system!!! How many people has he sentenced that didn’t do anything half as bad as...
Penn State, Child Abuse, You and Me. (2)
- Valerie de Rothschild: Penn State Secrets Pedophile Coverup with Jason Bermas Infowars Nightly News November 15, 2011 Jason Bermas Talks with Alex...
- Valerie de Rothschild: One thing I do in exposing the secrets of the Illuminati is post revealing facts about the extent of the abuse in my NWO...
Penn State, Child Rape, & Suicide— Child Sex Abuse Is Not Just Another Crime (1)
- Mel Reed: It is sad that the nobility of arguably the best form of government known to human beings is do densely populated by people not just...
A Civil Rights Issue? (2)
- jan lightfoot: When you speak of invisible kids, you speak of the Homeless kids. About 1 million and more in the USA each year. There is a human...
- jamiammie collins: i am very happy to find out that there is some form of justice for kids in this system. We have a case similar to that within...
Save Cristian Fernanedez 12 Years Old Sign the MoveOn Petition (25)
- Star: I do not understand what the police and the court and lawys are thinking, but I do know that they are wrong in wanting to put him in adult...
- Carol: This is outrageous. Christian is a child. His mother was a child when she had him so what was kind of upbringing did he have? All parents...
- maxine maxwell: yes what this boy did was horrible but he is a boy! Does he deserve punishment? If it is found he really did understand what he did...
- clarena zamora: Por favor oremos para que el corazon de esta fiscal sea movido y entienda que este niño no conoce el amor, que tiene derecho a una...
- clarena zamora: Por favor oremos para que el corazon de esta juez sea movido y entienda que este niño no conoce el amor, que tiene derecho a una...
A Very Critical Look At Foster Care (20)
- wanda: congratulations Teresa!
- Teresa Kropp: Hi Everyone, This is a followup to the lengthy foster/adoption process of my 4 year old foster son, who has severe food allergies....
Child Sex Abuse & The Most Powerful Suicide Note Ever (11)
- Cheryl R: I can identify with much of this man’s thoughts especially as it relates to intimate relationships. It was all so hard for me, I...
- Puberty 101: This is such a shame! I am from India and I am glad such child abuse does not happen widely in here. However, women are ill treated...
Aging Out of Foster Care (21)
- Kristan: Dear John Hurley, If you want to help foster children you need to just ask about the local foster children become a big brother to one of...
- Kristan: Thank you to all of those people who wrote to me with advice. I am now 17 and live in Alaska I have a wonderful family and they now have...
- John Hurley: I was a foster parent for over 3 years and then had a girl that aged out but didnt want to leave but my wife wanted her to leave and...
Child Abuse; A Public Health Crisis (3)
- Tina Deraco: I live in PA. My grandson was violently physically,sexually & emotionally abused while visiting his father in NY. He was just a...
- Sue: This is an issue that really needs to be addressed and agencies like Children and Youth need to follow up more than once when a report is...
- Deborah Abelman: Thank you for continuing to advocate and educate on the issue of child abuse and neglect. It’s not only the doctors who need...
How Bad Is It? (3)
- Cecilia Raymundo: I am an advocate for children . The name of the program i belong to is CASA of Los Angeles. All of these articles are truly heart...
- Mike Tikkanen: Raising awareness of our friends, families, and neighbors will help. Because social workers are trained to not speak to others about...
- Lance Lawshe: What can we do to change this plight. You mentioned getting out to vote, but there is something we must be able to do while we wait...
A Myth That Will Bring Down America (7)
- Mike Tikkanen: While the Finns, the Danes, the Swedes, and most of Northern Europe share deep cultural roots and values, it does not follow that...
- ames: David is comparing apples to oranges when he compares Finnish society to American society. Finns are a very homogenous society, and their...
- anew: I started researching global education around 2001 and realized that on a global level, the USA is pretty close to the bottom of the toxic...
Michigan: 16% Confirmed Increase in Child Abuse & Neglect Cases (1)
- TAMMY K ERNEST: I married a man I thought was an honest forthright man, hard worker, good upbringing, only to find out he was mentally &...
Sometimes People Get Shot (7)
- Annie: Hello Mr. Tikkanen, What I have to say here is critical of your position (or perhaps I should say “the common position”), but it...
- Kathleen Swanson: Mr Tikkanen: I responded to your inital posting because I felt from what I read that here was a blog where people may understand....
- Mike Tikkanen: Dear Kathleen, I wrote this piece specifically to draw attention to our nation’s poor effort to manage our children’s...
- Kathleen Swanson: I found this blog while doing some research and I want to make if very clear that my son Michael Swanson was NOT a victim of any...
- Deborah Abelman: The assertions about “typical” behavior comes from years of experience of providing consultation to providers in every...
Really Good Child Advocacy Links (3)
- Mike Tikkanen: I would draw the readers attention to the repeated police calls (49) to the birth home above (where the 7 year old was prostituted)....
- anew: So instead of trying to help the father, you try to make his life worse by separating him from his children? If dad doesn’t want your...
What Oklahoma Will Show The Nation (4)
- anew: What I want to know is why there are no checks and balances in the system. If your child is taken from you then do some background checks on...
Adoptees Have Answers…and lots of questons (3)
- anew: Just curious as to what it takes to adopt a child? I know of some people in Liberty County who adopted children in the late sixties and early...
- Sue Roberts: I happened to come across the e-mail of Joann Geisbert, dated December 10, 2010 on the Website titled www.invisiblechildren.org,...
The Floggings Will Continue Until The Test Scores Improve (1)
- Deborah Abelman: Very well said, Michael. What people need to understand is that our economic system is the driving force behind all policy...
Coming To Your State Soon? “A culture of fear, intimidation, & retaliation” (2)
- Rene: Thank you for sharing this article and transcript of the PBS interview. What is really sad is the mere fact of stating a child should fail...
- Greg Halbe: Thank you for sharing this article! I believe there is no more important service that Kiwanis clubs can perform, than helping our local...
200,000 Youth Tried As Adults Each Year; Temple University (1)
- Tonya Meadows: I am just finding this site during my research. Thank you Mike T. for writing about this very important issue and offering your...
JOIN US FOR THE 4th NATIONAL GRANDRALLY September 15th In Washington DC (1)
- Kristie Lund: I work in Child Welfare (for a private foundation), however that did not help me as my 14 yr. old granddaughter (whom I’m...
I am 16 and in the foster care system…Turning 18 is the scariest thing that is going to happen to me (12)
- Kimberlee McElfresh: Late to the table on this but “the system” all across the country seems to have some big challenges. While kinship...
- Cant tell: I am now 13 year old girl I have been in the system since I was 7! I move to this contry when I was three when I came her my mom was...
Abandoning Abandoned Children (2)
- Lackawanda: The only scientifically tested and proven to be successful reading program, designed specifically for Black at-risk functionally...

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