Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / October 2003

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1064638306231930.xml
The little 7 yr old twin who died, starving in the basement in NJ, died when
DYFS did NOT even investigate an allegation of abuse.
Great JOB, child protective agencies.  Yet, non-abusive parents are regularly

Subject: Re: South stands alone...
From: "Doug" douglasq@earthlink.net
Date: 10/7/2003 2:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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fern5827@aol.com (Fern5827) wrote in message news:<20031006084436.15175.00000187@mb-m29.aol.com>...
........the usual load of fresh Fertilizer............snip.
Many's the time I've stood patiently in line at the checkout counter
at the market. I like it there. I get to watch happy ...

Holding was that just the fact that a 2 yr old child was running around,
unclothed, in her her yard was not SUFFICIENT GROUNDS for DSS, CPS, CPA to open
an INTRUSIVE, COSTLY investigation into family's behavior.
Reference: http://www.hslda.org

http://cphpost.sites.itera.dk/default.asp?id=34392
May be worth a look.
It is possible the RATE is higher.  Possibly higher than the rest of the EU.

It's been my personal pleasure to offer information to kids and
parents that want to stand up to domestic violence and introduce
kinder, better and less ugly and damaging forms of discipline:
CPS Hotline: 1-800-422-4453

Hi group,
Let me introduce myself. I am 26 year old (single) father with a 10 year old
son.
In case you are wondering the mother didn't want anything to do with the child