This case has been in the spotlight from the moment it began. As people all over the nation draw lines to stand behind, on all kinds of controversial issues, from abortion to politics, this one has captured the public imagination because it addresses another linchpin issue – religious rights. Specifically, whether or not your religious…
Category: Child Neglect
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for the wrap up of this discussion about the child welfare system and the unfair persecution of impoverished families. In the previous article we looked at a bill introduced last year by Congresswoman Gwen Moore that hoped to make it illegal for federal funding to be used…
You’ve probably heard about this debate at some point – we’ve certainly covered it a number of times on our blog – because it’s a very real issue. Poverty makes it extremely difficult for parents and caregivers to provide for their kids and meet basic needs, which often gets mistaken for neglect, or bad parenting….
On November 6th, Michigan became the first state in the midwest to legalize recreational marijuana. It was a very controversial vote that has garnered a great deal of support, and a lot of public outcry along the way. But how will this new law change things for parents? And what do Michigan parents need to…
Yes, that’s right- you heard us correctly. The state of Utah has passed a law that makes free range parenting legal. Which means that kids in the Beehive state can go to the park near their house unsupervised, ride their bikes around their neighborhood without someone calling CPS, or walk to the store without the…
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again as we look at a recent case of alleged educational neglect, and discuss what Michigan law has to say about parents not sending their kids to school! As we shared with you in the previous article, Amanda McEntaffer is accused of repeatedly failing to send her young son…
For those of you who think things like “medical neglect” or “educational neglect” are nothing more than watch words cooked up by CPS to find new ways to interfere in a parent’s choices, you couldn’t be more wrong. Both of these issues do in fact exist, and as this recent news story reveals, you can…
People talk about the foster care problem as if it were a new issue we’re facing. It isn’t. Did you know that? The issue of abandoned or abused children and orphans in need of homes is nothing new in the United States. In fact, in 1850, in New York City, it was estimated that there…
For parents who handle mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders in their children, daily life can be very challenging. Navigating the varying diagnoses and treatment options is often very stressful, and very time consuming. And now, to make matters worse, those same parents are being confronted with a new and terrifying reality – ‘medical neglect‘. Many…
This is unfortunately the second story this week that pertains to children found unsupervised, which has resulted in parents being arrested and charged. As the news media has pointed out, this is now the second instance of young children being found alone in Detroit in less than one week. In this case, two…