A cartoon produced by Eliza Gauger in response to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade
Center, but applicable as well to a political system that dissolves families.
"If you are going through the secret family court, be sure never
to have a secret family court solicitor ..." you will recognise
the tune, all together now! By realzoomy
How can you help foster kids who have to move a lot? Donate
your old luggage! This was presented seriously, not as a spoof,
by KGET Bakersfield California on May 2, 2008.
Eight times child protectors examine a home and find it safe for
children. When a mother comes to the same conclusion and leaves
a child with a lethal baby-sitter, child protectors punish her
by taking her other child.
You've heard of the term "bouncing baby". Well this is
what it means for the people of Solapur in India - dropping
babies from the roof of a temple into a bedspread fifty feet
below - apparently for good luck. It's believed it makes the
children strong.
A fourteen-year-old baby-sitter dared an eight-year-old boy to
touch her breast. When he did so, he was charged with
committing a lewd act with a minor.
(mp3 files). Social worker Erin Satoor speaks to a father about visiting his son. The
second recording occurred some time later, after a complaint to the agency about the
content of the first. Can you detect the lie?
Foster children in care of Halifax Children's Aid started a newsletter about their living
conditions. These drawings are from the first issue. In later editions, editorial
control by social services changed the passion of youth to the torpor of bureaucracy.
The entire series is at youthnewsletter.
Fathers 4 Justice in England has
produced five posters as part of its campaign to restore the connection between fathers
and children. They are both thought-provoking and amusing.
(pdf) EkaterinaEthier (Cathy) has a son coveted by Children's Aid, more so because he is,
in their terms, "special needs". Cathy has been forced to place him in safety with
relatives in Bulgaria, an awkward refuge since his native language is English. The true
names are used since Children's Aid cannot "protect" a boy outside of Canada.
Signs at an anti-abortion rally in Columbus Ohio, October 7, 2008, show that abortion
opponents can also be supporters of the family services juggernaut.
Disco tribute to Dr David Southall, British courtroom expert who
sent many innocent parents to jail. As an infant the creator,
Lawrence Alexander, was a subject of medical experimentation by
Dr Southall.
We don't know where this picture was taken, so we can't say whether police are diligently
protecting a child, or cocking their tasers to guard against a threat to the peace.
Psychiatric medicine has finally recongnized the condition of childhood syndrome.
Clinical indicators include dwarfism (small stature) and legume anorexia (failure to eat
vegetables).
This spoof, created by Justine Cooper, of a drug for a new psychiatric disorder is so
convincing that it took in many viewers, including medical professionals, in the Daneyal
Mahmood Gallery in New York.
This site by a Bellevue Washington lawyer lampoons family law so effectively that some
doubt it is a spoof. Its production has the fingerprints of broadcaster Glenn Sacks.
Here is a quote from the site reflecting the shameful state of today's family culture:
Don't sleep with [your children] or spend more than the absolute minimum time
helping them dress or bathe. Make sure the children have their own beds and bedrooms
and be firm about them sleeping there. Don't let them fall asleep with you, even on
the couch watching a movie, or come sleep with you in the middle of the night. Lock
your door if you have to.
In 1934 five identical twin girls were born to a poor family in Corbeil Ontario. To
prevent the father from profiting by turning the girls into a sideshow, the Ontario
government seized custody, then turned the girls lives into a nine-year sideshow. They
grew up touch-deprived.
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