Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / November 2004

Their infant son suffered from a genetic disease, brittle bones, OI,
Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
However, that did not stop CPS from kidnapping the child, and thereby
impoverishing the middle-class, eminently loving family of the boy.

In the absence of any regular advice --here is some that doesn't
support punishing parents who don't follow them to the letter.
-Special notes to new posters: I do not support the reform of
reasonable force statutes that lead to punitive measures for parents

WMC TV5
Memphis, Tennessee
11/23/04, 12:01am
Corporal Punishment abolished in Memphis City Schools Monday night, by a

Have you decided that you are above common courtesy, and the laws on
copyright, and are intent on leaving this newsgroup's readers with the
impression that you originated the 48 Principles of Parenting...that
someone brought to my attention  on someone else's website here, as

Chris C. recently posted a list of parenting suggestions that he copied
from a website without giving credit to the author.  Chris C. lied when
he posted ideas that were not his, and he stole another individual's
individual's work.

Subject: State senator says he will ‘crack the whip’ on DCF
From: wexwimpy wexwimpy@verizon.net
Date: 11/18/2004 11:42 AM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: <f5kpp0l5vofmhf3u14rtpmss9kp3om880q@4ax.com>

I found this great little site. I signed up two weeks ago and got 2 Disney tickets and this week they are sending me 2 Universal Studios tickets. Here's the link http://66.219.102.40/ and by the way I am a real person, this is my real email address. I'm not a spammer and didn't ...

From kin, Dads, Grandparents, etc.
This local, grass roots organization began when a former foster in Washington
state attempted to foster her blood relative.  DSHS in Washington state,
disregarded her previous fostering license, and awarded the child to a

Subject: Montel Mon Bakersfield false sex abuse cases
From: fern5827@aol.com  (Fern5827)
Date: 11/8/2004 9:06 PM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: <20041108210635.10458.00000151@mb-m25.aol.com>

Tasered a handcuffed inmate.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cpresign17nov17,0,35071
32.story?coll=sfla-news-broward
He resigned from police work.  

Note what the police said, and one of them was actually there, live
and in color.
Note the judge giving his opinion, later from a distance. Had the
judge been there his opinion might have carried a bit more weight.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-1113childtasered,0
,1981442.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
"The first incident had already exposed the department to more criticism for
its use of Tasers, which it has begun distributing in greater numbers to

Subject: Yo, what kind of marks does tasering leave?
From: fern5827@aol.com  (Fern5827)
Date: 11/16/2004 7:59 AM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: <20041116075936.11588.00000797@mb-m29.aol.com>

The color palette and look duplicates Von Allsburg's classic.
Yet, the effects meld computer game technology with stunning visual effects.
All the magic of the holidays, all the talent of Hanks, and just a really nice
movie.

Subject: Yo, what kind of marks does tasering leave?
From: fern5827@aol.com  (Fern5827)
Date: 11/16/2004 7:59 AM Eastern Standard Time
Message-id: <20041116075936.11588.00000797@mb-m29.aol.com>