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Florida Child Welfare Investigators Criticized for Incompetance

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jul 27th 2011 10:00AM

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Say you're a child welfare investigator.
You get numerous reports that children in a particular family are being abused. Most recently, you hear they are being tied up and confined to a bathtub. How can you tell if ...Florida investigators overlooked warning signs, and little girl died.
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Number of Child Abuse Deaths Might Be Underestimated

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jul 13th 2011 4:00PM

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At least 1,770 children died from abuse and neglect in 2009.
Probably more. Probably a lot more. State officials underestimate the death toll from child abuse by at least 50 percent, according to the ...Government Accountability Office says deaths from child abuse woefully underestimated.
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Doctor: Some Parents Too Fat to Have Kids

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jul 13th 2011 3:00PM

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A physician has a revolutionary new concept for helping obese children lose literally hundreds of pounds of dangerous fat.
Remove their parents. Some people are too fat to have kids, David Ludwig, an obesity ...Want to lose ugly fat? Remove the parents, opinion piece declares.
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No Racial Bias in Child Welfare System, Report Finds

by Mary Beth Sammons, Posted Feb 11th 2011 4:44PM

Almost three times as many African Americans as whites live below the poverty line, and economic need plays a huge role in abuse. Credit: Corbis It has long been argued that systemwide racial bias is behind the reporting of double ...Almost three times as many African Americans as whites live below the poverty line, and economic need plays a huge role in abuse.
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FLDS kids likely going home

by Bethany Sanders, Posted May 25th 2008 3:00PM

Judges ruled earlier this week that at least some of the more than 400 children recently removed from the Yearning For Zion ranch will be returning home. In an unusual move, the appellate court said that Texan authorities had no proof that the ...
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Nude nanny a no-no

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jul 21st 2007 2:03PM

It's an age-old question that has finally been answered. If the babysitter takes her clothes off in the woods and the kids aren't around to see it, will she get arrested for child endangerment? The answer is yes. 20-year old Michelle Rendino found ...
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Toddler left alone while parents play at Disney World

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jun 27th 2007 2:58PM

Taking a three year old to Disney World usually means skipping the really fun attractions. Instead of screaming through the Tower of Terror, you will probably be spending more time at the Country Bear Jamboree. Or Cinderella's Carousel. Or, you could ...
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UK worst place to be a kid

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Feb 14th 2007 12:01PM

A recent study by Unicef of 21 industrialized countries ranks the UK last in childhood well-being. Britain's "dog-eat-dog" society and underinvestment have led to accusations that the nation is "failing children and young people in a number of ...
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Children missing from foster care

by Heather Craven, Posted Jun 7th 2006 5:05PM

Despite the promise to do so in 2002, the Florida child welfare department has been unable to locate all missing foster children. As of Monday, 652 children have been reported as missing. This number comes as a blow to the state's much plagued ...
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