Recent Adoption Blog | Child Abuse & Neglect PostsTalking About Tough Issues: Child Abuseby Pam Connell26 Aug 2007 07:05 PMThe key message here is that birthparents probably love their children, but some have reasons why they just cannot keep a child safe. For preschoolers: "Your birthparents probably loved you, but they couldn't keep you safe. The Violence to Young Children Continuesby Fatherofeight23 Feb 2007 10:59 AMIt's getting so bad that I do not want to read the latest news. A mother left her two year old girl and an almost one year old boy with her boyfriend. He had agreed to bring them to meet her in the store parking lot where she was employed when she got off work. Work of the Devil: Cocaineby Fatherofeight17 Feb 2007 08:41 PMIn my last blog, I wondered whether drugs have some of the blame for the increase in child abuse cases in our country. There have recently been a number of incidents in elementary schools where children have brought cocaine to the classroom. Is a Society That Disregards Children Civilized?by Fatherofeight16 Feb 2007 11:49 PMSome years ago, my wife and I went on two church trips. First, we went to New York City to work with a children's ministry based in a distressed section of Brooklyn. As previously reported, we found the average child to be living in appalling conditions. Another Baby Left With Boyfriend Tragedyby Fatherofeight15 Feb 2007 05:11 PMIt is another verse of the same song that seems to be playing everywhere. The twenty year old mother of a fourteen month old little girl went to work and left the child with her twenty-one year old boy friend who lived with them. Toddler Brutally Murdered by His Fatherby Fatherofeight07 Feb 2007 10:58 PMTwo years ago, twenty-five year old Daniel Hernandez was arrested for brutally shaking his one month old son and severely injuring him. Since then, he had been free on bond. The agreement on which his freedom was based stipulated that he would not be with the boy. Give Them a Chanceby Fatherofeight30 Jan 2007 09:25 PMA few days ago, I reviewed the redacted file that the state gave us when we adopted four of our boys. It has the photographs that were taken of the three oldest children when the state removed them from the place where they were living. Hard Work with Little Returnby Fatherofeight27 Jan 2007 11:51 PMOur former church worked with the children in a housing project in north Houston for many years. It all started when a woman in the church starting bringing a few children from there to church. More and more kids wanted to come to our church and other volunteers started helping. The Impact of Exposure to Cocaine in the Wombby Fatherofeight24 Jan 2007 11:17 AMA few years ago, there was a lot of information in the media concerning the damage that women who habitually use crack cocaine were causing to the children born to them. Today, there is a lot of evidence that the damage was not as profound as some medical researchers predicted it would be. Adoptive Parenting Traits, More Part 3by Fatherofeight17 Jan 2007 10:52 PMI didn't finish my third blog in the traits of adoptive parents series. I had illustrated how recovery and restoration from the hurtful and damaging things in the child's past might sometimes take a very long time to be fixed. Recent Blog Comments Pam Connell says... "Thanks for sharing this experience." In Star's Death Occasions a Reminder of When and How to Mention Adoption centraloregonmom says... "Thank you!" In Star's Death Occasions a Reminder of When and How to Mention Adoption |
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