Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / May 2004

Why should families trust the expertise of CPS which now has failed in every
state to meet even minimum standards of efficacy and performance.
16 states FAILED ON EVERY submeasure of performance.
California, which houses 20% of the nation's foster populace, failed Federal

Note that California houses around 20% of the nation's foster care population.
Even the DCFS, CPS in California, admits that over half of the children taken
to FOSTER CARE are there unnecessarily.
How can this possibly by disputed?  The department ACKNOWLEDGES AS SUCH.

The Attorney General in Florida, Mr. Colton, also writes of other cases where
abuse of process has taken place and DCF has NOT acted in good faith to remedy
the wrongs which have been perpetuated upon families.
Subject: Atty Gen in FL sides w Dad over DCF on sex abuse

Thought you folks in alt.parenting.spanking that "derive income from
services to spanking parents" might enjoy the Plant's latest adventure
into insanity:
Sorry if it's OT for some of you, but then there IS a connection

I note that recently Doan challenged LaVonne to "debate" on the
Power's study and asked her if she could provide a copy.
Given Doan's past record of "debate" and claims he would no, and
probably could not, follow through on I suggest that this is simply

Should you have problems with families spanking, perhaps you would wish to
redirect your energies toward the USSC which still permits states to execute
some 16 and 17 year old for certain offenses.
Yet, most of the folk on this NG derive income from providing services to

On Fri, 14 May 2004 16:25:18 -0700, Doan <doan@usc.edu> wrote:

it

Not only are mostly totally innocent families subject to invasive, intrusive
CPS investigations, but if children are to be removed they are removed to an
admittedly FAILED SYSTEM.
Not one state has an even passable CPS entity.

The social workers and counselors are so eager to find child abuse or neglect.
The bottom line is you give a lot of people a stick and they are going to swing
it. Judge Ralph Adam Fine -- Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Comment:

In most states, Juvenile Judges may decide whether or not to waive Juveniles up
to Adult Courts.
Increasingly, this is being done.  

Doan,
What do you understand and believe about sample size in research studies?
LaVonne

        More proof of what we have known for
        a long time, and another nail in the
        coffin of a loathsome abuse of
        children.

On Wed, 12 May 2004 21:12:57 -0700, Doan <doan@usc.edu> wrote:

http://www.ypress.org/may2004/111796.html
(Y-Press, a Children's News Network)
May 3, 2004  Indy News Network)
Child abuse takes many forms, scarred survivor says