Archive for the 'Family' Category

STOP! Have You Seen “The Drugging of our Children”?

A MUST SEE documentary!
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‘The Drugging of Our Children‘ will be shown during the August 2007 International Film and Music Festival at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento, California.

This feature-length documentary examines the alarming growth in the prescription of powerful psychotropic drugs for adolescents and children. This documentary covers the national tragedy [...]

Can We Please Leave The Nurturing To The Parents?

Can We Please Leave The Nurturing To The Parents?
According to the Children’s Advocate, the Child Development Division of the California Department of Education is developing their “Early Learning Foundations” in four areas:
* Social/emotional development
* English language learning(for kids whose first language is not English)
* Language and literacy
* Mathematics

They add:

the CDD has listened to [...]

Spain’s Feminist Platform For Shared Parenting

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DEMONSTRATION OF

WOMEN’S DAY 8 MARCH 2007

FEMINIST PLATFORM FOR SHARED PARENTING

Valencia, 27th February 2007
The Feminist Platform for Shared Custody invites the women of the Valencian Community, and also the men, to bring their placards to the Women’s Day demonstration of 8th March in Valencia, this year with the motto: “sharing attention and affection, we share life“.
On this International Day when [...]

Can’t Find A Husband?

February 26, 2007 at 06:24:47Can’t Find a Husband?
by Teri Stoddard

I have bad news for the ladies out there looking for a husband. Today’s men are afraid of marriage and having kids. This is most likely because their male friends and relatives have told them what usually happens in the event of a divorce with children. [...]

Woods vs. CA, Equal Means Equal, Got A Problem With That?

From Capital Weekly News 1/26:
Advocates Push Gender-Neutral Domestic-Violence Laws
A group of men who say they were battered and threatened by their wives got their day in court on Friday. The plaintiffs in Woods vs. California say they were denied their constitutionally-mandated equal protection as they sought shelter services and police safeguards.
The case was heard by [...]

Kudos To Kentucky For Their “Family Protection Act”

From Kentucky.gov:
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 8, 2007) – The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services’ (CHFS) blue ribbon panel on adoption made recommendations today for changes regarding protection of parental and family rights in the child welfare system…
The Blue Ribbon Panel’s Family Protection Act, sponsored by panel member Denton, includes the following recommendations:
• Require training [...]

Family Law Reform Advocates Rally To Get Film On TV

A Divorced Dad goes to see his kids for a day of fun. But then…

Can you relate to this man’s plight? Are you a noncustodial dad? A noncustodial mom who deals with the exact same things? Is your husband or wife going through this? Do you have a son, daughter, brother, [...]

Kids, Have You Seen Your Parent Today?

Barbara Rose, Ph.D. knows what it feels like to have a missing child. Over a decade ago during a custody fight, her former husband disappeared with their children for over a week. Rose says, “My six year old son was emotionally devastated. Years later he told me when he asked, “Where’s my Mommy?” he [...]

RADAR: Action Alert: “Support and Defend the Constitution”

Please take note of this Action Alert by Media RADAR.
Please take action, make a difference.

“Support and Defend the Constitution” MeansCongress Must Fix VAWA
Senator and would-be President Joe Biden wants Congress to pass his International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA). He seems to want to do for the world what his VAWA law has done for [...]

Disabled MA Father Pleads With Governor To Save Retrofitted Home

Massachusetts
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Dan Iagatta & Deval Patrick at the
Governor’s Inauguration
January 4, 2007
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Dan Iagatta was a volunteer firefighter, pilot and owner of a successful plumbing business before being hit by a car while training for a triathlon in 2004. Within weeks of coming home from the hospital Dan’s wife filed for divorce.
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The state of Massachusetts has invested $100,000 [...]

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