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ifeminists July 19, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Why We Should Support This Author's Boycott Children's author Philip Pullman has said that he will give up talks in schools rather than submit to 'insulting' criminal records vetting under the UK's new Independent Safeguarding Authority. The vetting database is an instrument of bad faith.  |
ifeminists July 23, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Do not volunteer to work with children In order to do a kind and charitable deed -- you must submit to the indignity of proving you are not a pedophile.  |
ifeminists May 11, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Sex offender hysteria kills children I simply do not believe society now produces 10x, 20x, 100x more sexual offenders than it did a few decades ago when children walked home from school alone and safely.  |
ifeminists September 17, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Kids are like the Gorgon. Do not gaze too long. For many months I have been crying out against the political hysteria that currently surrounds issues of child abuse, child sexuality, etc. The witch hunt has made men into presumed criminals.  |
ifeminists July 24, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
More on why you should not volunteer with children The author delves more deeply into the case of a Florida man who was given a life sentence for child molestation.  |
ifeminists July 8, 2007 Wendy McElroy |
Did Pedophilia Hysteria Cause Child's Death? Child abuse must be addressed but it is worse than folly to punish those who help children. Our society is creating decent men who will walk away from a child in need.  |
ifeminists February 9, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
On Handcuffed and Felonious Children No one -- not the police, not the government, no school official -- has the right to brutalize a child for using crayons. And the people who reasonably supported zero tolerance as a way to make schools safer never envisioned a police state in which 6-year-olds are handcuffed.  |
ifeminists February 16, 2009 Wendy McElroy |
Beat up the Kid, Spare the Adults Police removed an unruly 7-year-old from his classroom and forced him to be hospitalized under the state's Baker Act -- against the wishes of his outraged parents.  |
Salon.com February 15, 2002 Janelle Brown |
Private hell Who is to blame in the death of a California toddler and the alleged neglect of 12 siblings? The sketchy details that have emerged so far highlight the limits of agencies meant to protect children, and point to the primacy of community in ensuring their safety.  |
ifeminists March 2, 2005 Jennifer Roback Morse |
The True Cost of False Witness False or frivolous charges of child abuse play havoc with the family court system, and in the lives of many innocent people. At the very least, society needs to impose some penalty for inflicting those kinds of costs on others.  |
ifeminists April 21, 2004 K. C. Wilson |
Replace "Best Interest of the Child" with "Protect and Support the Child's Family" Author cites critical flaws in family legal policy, and a need to move to a more "whole family" approach.  |
ifeminists October 14, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Adults Should be in Charge California has announced sweeping reform in its disastrous child welfare system, which tears families apart aggressively and unnecessarily places children in foster care. But the reform required is for "authorities" to act like adults and take responsibility.  |
Food Processing November 2006 Barbara Katz |
Focus on: Childhood Obesity In spite of all the press and the studies and the looming health issues, it appears parents are just not that concerned about childhood obesity.  |
ifeminists January 20, 2004 Wendy McElroy |
A Man's (and Woman's) Home Is a Castle The story of Anthony Bars -- the 4-year-old boy who was starved and beaten to death in Indiana by foster parents with a criminal record of child abuse -- continues.  |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 Kevin McKinley |
When That Bundle of Joy Grows Up to Be a Biker Chick With a little foresight, a few strategies can allow parents to stick to the letter of the law while preventing their well-intentioned savings in a custodial account from being frittered away by someone who is an "adult" in name only.  |
Chemistry World January 27, 2015 Maria Burke |
Fears for forensic quality in England and Wales There is a real danger of forensic science standards slipping in the UK, according to a report from the National Audit Office. Concerns include a lack of transparency in police spending and a regulator that is virtually powerless.  |