Friday, December 26, 2014

Drug addiction and pregnancy

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A New Jersey court determined that a mother had not abused her child when she sought help for her painkiller addiction. She was placed on m...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

Child protection as racist and poverty driven

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It is perhaps somewhat odd that two Canadian newspapers would chose to write articles on the child protection system in the same week.  Loo...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Failure to criminalize a drinking pregnant mother

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In a vital case in the United Kingdom, the Court of Appeal has ruled in the case of CP that a mother cannot be held criminally liable for c...
Thursday, December 4, 2014

Learning from the deaths of children

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Children die when involved with child protection systems. It is inevitable that some children will die as it is impossible to predict whi...
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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Child models - should we be concerned?

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There is much controversy these days about the 9 year old Russian girl who has become a modelling sensation. Kristina Pimenova is cute and ...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Soaring rates of childhood poverty should wake up child protection policy makers

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Reports out of the United States this week speak about soaring rates of children living in poverty, too often accompanied with homelessness...
Sunday, November 9, 2014

Three things child protection cannot solve

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Jessie, is a 25 year old woman with two children who lives in poverty. She struggles with social support and very irregular child support p...