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124,
00:00,
2009-09-06 04:44:38
Description:
Channel: tnaflix
14,
16:23,
2008-04-21 18:38:43
Description: July 1997 Mothers are torn from husbands and children as Hong Kong's illegal immigrants are shipped back to mainland China. The Migrant Enquiry Centre is crammed with distressed families. A (More) July 1997 Mothers are torn from husbands and children as Hong Kong's illegal immigrants are shipped back to mainland China. The Migrant Enquiry Centre is crammed with distressed families. A mother gestures angrily and shouts, ampther weeps at a deportation order which will force her to leave a sick husband. Police rush into an apartment and haul out a woman and her 8 year old child. Faced with a 20 year backlog of migrant applications, the Hong Kong authorities are giving deportations a high profile, trying to deter illegal immigrants. Mrs Kwok has already been deported five times. Each time she begs or bribes officials in China to return to her husband. Wheezing with lung cancer, he can't cope with their three children alone. At the Chinese border old ladies with suitcases run through the customs hall towards Hong Kong. Even if they qualify for Hong Kong residency only 150 are allowed a day. In her one room apartment, Mrs Chang proudly displays her permanent residency. It means her children can go to school. From a tour bus wealthy Chinese glimpse Hong Kong , touring China's new jewel, one most Chinese have heard of but few will ever see. (Less) Channel: youtube
2,
05:37,
2009-06-04 12:39:53
Description: MOTHERS it's your day to thank God, but make sure you thank God everyday! Veritas church wants to see you to see the world that we live in and to help remove the blinders that our culture placed (More) MOTHERS it's your day to thank God, but make sure you thank God everyday! Veritas church wants to see you to see the world that we live in and to help remove the blinders that our culture placed over your eyes. More importantly to know, love and treasure Jesus as your savor and lord. It is so hard to be desperate in Roseville, CA. (Less) Channel: youtube
0,
05:37,
2009-08-29 05:58:31
Description: MOTHERS it's your day to thank God, but make sure you thank God everyday! Veritas church wants to see you to see the world that we live in and to help remove the blinders that our culture placed (More) MOTHERS it's your day to thank God, but make sure you thank God everyday! Veritas church wants to see you to see the world that we live in and to help remove the blinders that our culture placed over your eyes. More importantly to know, love and treasure Jesus as your savor and lord. (Less) Channel: vimeo
8,
00:58,
2008-05-05 17:53:12
Description: DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - A 44-year-old woman has been taken into custody in Germany on suspicion of killing three of her babies and storing their corpses in the family freezer for up to two (More) DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - A 44-year-old woman has been taken into custody in Germany on suspicion of killing three of her babies and storing their corpses in the family freezer for up to two decades, authorities said on Monday.
Two of the woman's three grown children stumbled upon a plastic bag containing one of the bodies while searching for a pizza in the deep freezer on Saturday and confronted their parents, prompting the woman to turn herself in to police.
Investigators later searched the home in Wenden-Moellmicke, east of Cologne, and found two other bags containing the bodies of babies. A newspaper dated December 1988 was found with one, suggesting they may have sat in the freezer for almost 20 years, police said.
Investigator Martin Feldmann said the woman was "in severe shock" and felt "very guilty". Local authorities, who have opened an investigation, said there were no signs that the woman's 47-year old husband had known anything about the deaths.
The case is the latest in a wave of infanticides in Germany, many of them by mothers from poor eastern regions, which has shocked the country and spurred a political debate.
In one particularly gruesome case, a woman in the eastern town of Brieskow-Finkenheerd was sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing eight of her babies and burying some of them in flower pots, buckets and fish tanks on her property.
In an attempt to save lives, some clinics in Germany have installed hatches where desperate mothers can leave unwanted babies anonymously.
In March, police in France detained a French couple after the body of a newborn baby was found in their freezer, the fourth such case of apparent infanticide to come to light in France in the past two years.
Reuters News Video (Less) Channel: youtube
9,
02:10,
2008-05-15 13:19:15
Description: aka "family of four in desperate need of momma's cash." A short film by Adam Cook and crew.
Channel: youtube
27,
00:35,
2007-06-30 13:48:49
Description: Stop the injustice of the family courts, stop the purgery happening on a daily basis. Stop the removal of children from families that want to care for thier offspring families together help each (More) Stop the injustice of the family courts, stop the purgery happening on a daily basis. Stop the removal of children from families that want to care for thier offspring families together help each other, stop taking away childrens rights, every child wants to know its natural family loved them, give them a chance to know.
The Big Issue
by Laura Armstrong
May 21 2007
A investigation, conducted by a Cross Part Group of MP's on social services guidelines
An MP's survey of guidelines that are allegedly routinely used to remove children from their mothers is expected to conclude this summer that the guidelines are "irresponsible and ridiculous".
The investigation, conducted by a Cross Part Group via questionnaires being sent out to groups including social workers and parents, was prompted by serious concerns amongst MPs over miscarriages of justice in the closed courts system.
Worried politicians fear that hundreds of children have been wrongfully removed from their families as a result of the flawed Department of Skills and Education (formerly Department of Health) guidelines that social services use to determine whether or not a parent is abusive.
According to campaigners, the guidelines say signs of abuse may include anything from speaking harshly to even helping with homework.
Stress or tiredness may also be read as indications of psychological difficulties-leaving parents vulnerable to accusations of" emotional harm".
The MPs are particularly interested in the effects of the guidelines regarding Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP), also known as Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII). MSBP-type instances can occur when parents of children with genuine medical conditions are suspected instead of feigning or inducing their children's problems.
MPs believe that current legislation makes this a rare disorder dangerously easy to misdiagnose, and plan to expose the problem by revealing exactly how many parents have been labelled as having this condition.
Chaired by Doctor Richard Taylor, other MP's believed to be involved including John Cruddas, Damien Green and Earl Howe.
One member of the group, John Hemmings, feels so strongly about the cause that he has campaigned along side many of the parents affected. Refusing to adopt a 'softly softly approach,
Hemmings determination to speak out has angered several local councils, many of which have threatened him with imprisonment.
He said ; "A lot of things are very badly wrong with the guidelines , and have been recognized as badly wrong. This is a systematic problem rather than just a few bad apples. Mistakes keep happening that are allowed and even encouraged.
"I'm in favour of a complete rehash of the system. I think that the idea of a child being taken away from their parents because they come into contact with a dog is, quite frankly, testing the boundaries of sanity. And yet, unless people speak out, nothing will be changed and the guidelines will remain in place."
The committee will report on its conclusions this summer. MPs are hoping that this will encourage the government to scrap overzealous guidelines, replacing them with legislation geared towards keeping families together.
A spokesperson for the Cross Party Group said; These guidelines mean that any child with special needs could become a subject of aggressive and misconceived investigation. They mean that once a child is referred to the social services, there are limitless reasons to keep them there and break up the family.
"The mistake has happened in the quest for perfection. No concern is too small to be taken seriously, and consequently almost anything can be taken as MSBP or FII-including the vague possibility of future emotional harm".
The spokesperson continued:
"The survey is taking place because there are substantial professional concerns about the way that social services apply these guidelines, and the potential for serious harm. So far our questionnaires have reflected and supported this. It appears that the guidelines are really a tool for social services to get their teeth into a family and hack it to pieces.
"The proper outcome for the survey would be a complete with-drawal of these guidelines, and this is what we are hoping for.
Otherwise the same rules will just be marched on for the next 50 years".
This investigation is fully supported by campaigners such as Linda McDermott, who lost her child two years ago following accusations of emotional harm.
Ignoring medical records that show her son to be asthmatic, the court ruled that McDermott had been poisoning him with inhalers and was therefore an unfit parent.
Robert (not his real name)-who also has leukaemia-was placed in care and now sees his mother for a maximum of one and a half hours every month. McDermott has since committed herself to counselling women in a similar position, and plans to set up her own helpline in the future.
"I see hundreds of women who have lost their children and been through hell", she said. Desperate mothers who are not allowed to send their kids birthday cards because they've been accused of emotional harm. They're not violent or abusive- they're just ordinary women who feel cheated and helpless. All they want is access to their children, but they're denied it for reasons that are completely invalid.
"I have met parents who have lost their children because they've had nappy rash, or because they've banged their legs in the bath. One woman lost custody of her children because her daughter developed a bad cough that made it difficult for her to breathe.
"We want to put an end to cases like this, and that is why we campaign and protest. The MPs' survey should make it clear exactly how many women have had children taken from them for almost no reason at all -- for the first time, these women will have some kind of voice."
FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT="
Another woman campaigning for change is Yvonne Coulter. Her baby daughter Tammy mother and daughter now pictured left) was taken away from her after bruises gained falling out of a high chair were interpreted as signs of abuse. Over the next three years it was proved beyond doubt that Coulter was a good and loving mother- but by the time the case came to court, the judge followed social services' advice to leave Tammy with her adopted parents, because Yvonne would "be a stranger to her". Seventeen years later, however , Tammy managed to track down her mother via a Genes Reunited website and the pair met again. Tammy now lives with her mother and brother Cameron, and together they are working to open up the secretive family courts system that they say allowed this to happen. Yvonne said:
"The experience was completely devastating- it ripped my life apart. I was completely alone and I had no one to turn to because I had no idea that this was happening to other's too."
"Now I am seeking legal action against the courts, because I can never replace the years that I lost with Tammy. I have also set up a website offering support for people in similar situations, which has received 79,000 hits this year. (http://www.unity-injustice.co.uk/)
"Many of these people have had their lives completely ruined and something needs to be done to protect others from suffering in the same way that they have. The more people know what a horrendous mess the social services are in the better".
Ian Johnstone, chief executive of the British Association Of Social Workers, was scathing about the MPs' stance. "It's not responsible for politicians to say such things. Social workers have a very difficult job to do and they take decisions as part of a group of health professionals.
I don't see them as over-zealous-they're just doing their job".
Additional research by Nick West
Sources:
Big Issue (May)
http://www.bigissueinthenorth.com/
fASSIT UK
Link: http://www.fassit.co.uk/big_issue_north.htm (Less) Channel: youtube
12,
00:21,
2007-06-29 18:43:13
Description: Demonstration against forced adoption.
The Big Issue
by Laura Armstrong
May 21 2007
A investigation, conducted by a Cross Part Group of MP's on social services guidelines
An (More) Demonstration against forced adoption.
The Big Issue
by Laura Armstrong
May 21 2007
A investigation, conducted by a Cross Part Group of MP's on social services guidelines
An MP's survey of guidelines that are allegedly routinely used to remove children from their mothers is expected to conclude this summer that the guidelines are "irresponsible and ridiculous".
The investigation, conducted by a Cross Part Group via questionnaires being sent out to groups including social workers and parents, was prompted by serious concerns amongst MPs over miscarriages of justice in the closed courts system.
Worried politicians fear that hundreds of children have been wrongfully removed from their families as a result of the flawed Department of Skills and Education (formerly Department of Health) guidelines that social services use to determine whether or not a parent is abusive.
According to campaigners, the guidelines say signs of abuse may include anything from speaking harshly to even helping with homework.
Stress or tiredness may also be read as indications of psychological difficulties-leaving parents vulnerable to accusations of" emotional harm".
The MPs are particularly interested in the effects of the guidelines regarding Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP), also known as Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII). MSBP-type instances can occur when parents of children with genuine medical conditions are suspected instead of feigning or inducing their children's problems.
MPs believe that current legislation makes this a rare disorder dangerously easy to misdiagnose, and plan to expose the problem by revealing exactly how many parents have been labelled as having this condition.
Chaired by Doctor Richard Taylor, other MP's believed to be involved including John Cruddas, Damien Green and Earl Howe.
One member of the group, John Hemmings, feels so strongly about the cause that he has campaigned along side many of the parents affected. Refusing to adopt a 'softly softly approach,
Hemmings determination to speak out has angered several local councils, many of which have threatened him with imprisonment.
He said ; "A lot of things are very badly wrong with the guidelines , and have been recognized as badly wrong. This is a systematic problem rather than just a few bad apples. Mistakes keep happening that are allowed and even encouraged.
"I'm in favour of a complete rehash of the system. I think that the idea of a child being taken away from their parents because they come into contact with a dog is, quite frankly, testing the boundaries of sanity. And yet, unless people speak out, nothing will be changed and the guidelines will remain in place."
The committee will report on its conclusions this summer. MPs are hoping that this will encourage the government to scrap overzealous guidelines, replacing them with legislation geared towards keeping families together.
A spokesperson for the Cross Party Group said; These guidelines mean that any child with special needs could become a subject of aggressive and misconceived investigation. They mean that once a child is referred to the social services, there are limitless reasons to keep them there and break up the family.
"The mistake has happened in the quest for perfection. No concern is too small to be taken seriously, and consequently almost anything can be taken as MSBP or FII-including the vague possibility of future emotional harm".
The spokesperson continued:
"The survey is taking place because there are substantial professional concerns about the way that social services apply these guidelines, and the potential for serious harm. So far our questionnaires have reflected and supported this. It appears that the guidelines are really a tool for social services to get their teeth into a family and hack it to pieces.
"The proper outcome for the survey would be a complete with-drawal of these guidelines, and this is what we are hoping for.
Otherwise the same rules will just be marched on for the next 50 years".
This investigation is fully supported by campaigners such as Linda McDermott, who lost her child two years ago following accusations of emotional harm.
Ignoring medical records that show her son to be asthmatic, the court ruled that McDermott had been poisoning him with inhalers and was therefore an unfit parent.
Robert (not his real name)-who also has leukaemia-was placed in care and now sees his mother for a maximum of one and a half hours every month. McDermott has since committed herself to counselling women in a similar position, and plans to set up her own helpline in the future.
"I see hundreds of women who have lost their children and been through hell", she said. Desperate mothers who are not allowed to send their kids birthday cards because they've been accused of emotional harm. They're not violent or abusive- they're just ordinary women who feel cheated and helpless. All they want is access to their children, but they're denied it for reasons that are completely invalid.
"I have met parents who have lost their children because they've had nappy rash, or because they've banged their legs in the bath. One woman lost custody of her children because her daughter developed a bad cough that made it difficult for her to breathe.
"We want to put an end to cases like this, and that is why we campaign and protest. The MPs' survey should make it clear exactly how many women have had children taken from them for almost no reason at all -- for the first time, these women will have some kind of voice."
FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT="
Another woman campaigning for change is Yvonne Coulter. Her baby daughter Tammy mother and daughter now pictured left) was taken away from her after bruises gained falling out of a high chair were interpreted as signs of abuse. Over the next three years it was proved beyond doubt that Coulter was a good and loving mother- but by the time the case came to court, the judge followed social services' advice to leave Tammy with her adopted parents, because Yvonne would "be a stranger to her". Seventeen years later, however , Tammy managed to track down her mother via a Genes Reunited website and the pair met again. Tammy now lives with her mother and brother Cameron, and together they are working to open up the secretive family courts system that they say allowed this to happen. Yvonne said:
"The experience was completely devastating- it ripped my life apart. I was completely alone and I had no one to turn to because I had no idea that this was happening to other's too."
"Now I am seeking legal action against the courts, because I can never replace the years that I lost with Tammy. I have also set up a website offering support for people in similar situations, which has received 79,000 hits this year. (http://www.unity-injustice.co.uk/)
"Many of these people have had their lives completely ruined and something needs to be done to protect others from suffering in the same way that they have. The more people know what a horrendous mess the social services are in the better".
Ian Johnstone, chief executive of the British Association Of Social Workers, was scathing about the MPs' stance. "It's not responsible for politicians to say such things. Social workers have a very difficult job to do and they take decisions as part of a group of health professionals.
I don't see them as over-zealous-they're just doing their job".
Additional research by Nick West
Sources:
Big Issue (May)
http://www.bigissueinthenorth.com/
fASSIT UK
Link: http://www.fassit.co.uk/big_issue_north.htm (Less) Channel: youtube
7,
01:40,
2008-05-25 19:33:12
Description: Final Scene of 4x15 - Mother Said without Mary-Alice's voice over.
Channel: youtube
119,
00:48,
2008-07-24 10:10:08
Description:
Channel: pornotube
16,
00:35,
2008-04-21 20:40:10
Description: Stop the injustice of the family courts, stop the purgery happening on a daily basis. Stop the removal of children from families that want to care for thier offspring families together help each (More) Stop the injustice of the family courts, stop the purgery happening on a daily basis. Stop the removal of children from families that want to care for thier offspring families together help each other, stop taking away childrens rights, every child wants to know its natural family loved them, give them a chance to know. The Big Issue by Laura Armstrong May 21 2007 A investigation, conducted by a Cross Part Group of MP's on social services guidelines An MP's survey of guidelines that are allegedly routinely used to remove children from their mothers is expected to conclude this summer that the guidelines are "irresponsible and ridiculous". The investigation, conducted by a Cross Part Group via questionnaires being sent out to groups including social workers and parents, was prompted by serious concerns amongst MPs over miscarriages of justice in the closed courts system. Worried politicians fear that hundreds of children have been wrongfully removed from their families as a result of the flawed Department of Skills and Education (formerly Department of Health) guidelines that social services use to determine whether or not a parent is abusive. According to campaigners, the guidelines say signs of abuse may include anything from speaking harshly to even helping with homework. Stress or tiredness may also be read as indications of psychological difficulties-leaving parents vulnerable to accusations of" emotional harm". The MPs are particularly interested in the effects of the guidelines regarding Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP), also known as Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII). MSBP-type instances can occur when parents of children with genuine medical conditions are suspected instead of feigning or inducing their children's problems. MPs believe that current legislation makes this a rare disorder dangerously easy to misdiagnose, and plan to expose the problem by revealing exactly how many parents have been labelled as having this condition. Chaired by Doctor Richard Taylor, other MP's believed to be involved including John Cruddas, Damien Green and Earl Howe. One member of the group, John Hemmings, feels so strongly about the cause that he has campaigned along side many of the parents affected. Refusing to adopt a 'softly softly approach, Hemmings determination to speak out has angered several local councils, many of which have threatened him with imprisonment. He said ; "A lot of things are very badly wrong with the guidelines , and have been recognized as badly wrong. This is a systematic problem rather than just a few bad apples. Mistakes keep happening that are allowed and even encouraged. "I'm in favour of a complete rehash of the system. I think that the idea of a child being taken away from their parents because they come into contact with a dog is, quite frankly, testing the boundaries of sanity. And yet, unless people speak out, nothing will be changed and the guidelines will remain in place." The committee will report on its conclusions this summer. MPs are hoping that this will encourage the government to scrap overzealous guidelines, replacing them with legislation geared towards keeping families together. A spokesperson for the Cross Party Group said; These guidelines mean that any child with special needs could become a subject of aggressive and misconceived investigation. They mean that once a child is referred to the social services, there are limitless reasons to keep them there and break up the family. "The mistake has happened in the quest for perfection. No concern is too small to be taken seriously, and consequently almost anything can be taken as MSBP or FII-including the vague possibility of future emotional harm". The spokesperson continued: "The survey is taking place because there are substantial professional concerns about the way that social services apply these guidelines, and the potential for serious harm. So far our questionnaires have reflected and supported this. It appears that the guidelines are really a tool for social services to get their teeth into a family and hack it to pieces. "The proper outcome for the survey would be a complete with-drawal of these guidelines, and this is what we are hoping for. Otherwise the same rules will just be marched on for the next 50 years". This investigation is fully supported by campaigners such as Linda McDermott, who lost her child two years ago following accusations of emotional harm. Ignoring medical records that show her son to be asthmatic, the court ruled that McDermott had been poisoning him with inhalers and was therefore an unfit parent. Robert (not his real name)-who also has leukaemia-was placed in care and now sees his mother for a maximum of one and a half hours every month. McDermott has since committed herself to counselling women in a similar position, and plans to set up her own helpline in the future. "I see hundreds of women who have lost their children and been through hell", she said. Desperate mothers who are not allowed to send their kids birthday cards because they've been accused of emotional harm. They're not violent or abusive- they're just ordinary women who feel cheated and helpless. All they want is access to their children, but they're denied it for reasons that are completely invalid. "I have met parents who have lost their children because they've had nappy rash, or because they've banged their legs in the bath. One woman lost custody of her children because her daughter developed a bad cough that made it difficult for her to breathe. "We want to put an end to cases like this, and that is why we campaign and protest. The MPs' survey should make it clear exactly how many women have had children taken from them for almost no reason at all -- for the first time, these women will have some kind of voice." FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=" Another woman campaigning for change is Yvonne Coulter. Her baby daughter Tammy mother and daughter now pictured left) was taken away from her after bruises gained falling out of a high chair were interpreted as signs of abuse. Over the next three years it was proved beyond doubt that Coulter was a good and loving mother- but by the time the case came to court, the judge followed social services' advice to leave Tammy with her adopted parents, because Yvonne would "be a stranger to her". Seventeen years later, however , Tammy managed to track down her mother via a Genes Reunited website and the pair met again. Tammy now lives with her mother and brother Cameron, and together they are working to open up the secretive family courts system that they say allowed this to happen. Yvonne said: "The experience was completely devastating- it ripped my life apart. I was completely alone and I had no one to turn to because I had no idea that this was happening to other's too." "Now I am seeking legal action against the courts, because I can never replace the years that I lost with Tammy. I have also set up a website offering support for people in similar situations, which has received 79,000 hits this year. (http://www.unity-injustice.co.uk/) "Many of these people have had their lives completely ruined and something needs to be done to protect others from suffering in the same way that they have. The more people know what a horrendous mess the social services are in the better". Ian Johnstone, chief executive of the British Association Of Social Workers, was scathing about the MPs' stance. "It's not responsible for politicians to say such things. Social workers have a very difficult job to do and they take decisions as part of a group of health professionals. I don't see them as over-zealous-they're just doing their job". Additional research by Nick West Sources: Big Issue (May) http://www.bigissueinthenorth.com/ fASSIT UK Link: http://www.fassit.co.uk/big_issue_north.htm (Less) Channel: youtube
7,
00:21,
2008-04-21 20:40:10
Description: Demonstration against forced adoption. The Big Issue by Laura Armstrong May 21 2007 A investigation, conducted by a Cross Part Group of MP's on social services guidelines An MP's (More) Demonstration against forced adoption. The Big Issue by Laura Armstrong May 21 2007 A investigation, conducted by a Cross Part Group of MP's on social services guidelines An MP's survey of guidelines that are allegedly routinely used to remove children from their mothers is expected to conclude this summer that the guidelines are "irresponsible and ridiculous". The investigation, conducted by a Cross Part Group via questionnaires being sent out to groups including social workers and parents, was prompted by serious concerns amongst MPs over miscarriages of justice in the closed courts system. Worried politicians fear that hundreds of children have been wrongfully removed from their families as a result of the flawed Department of Skills and Education (formerly Department of Health) guidelines that social services use to determine whether or not a parent is abusive. According to campaigners, the guidelines say signs of abuse may include anything from speaking harshly to even helping with homework. Stress or tiredness may also be read as indications of psychological difficulties-leaving parents vulnerable to accusations of" emotional harm". The MPs are particularly interested in the effects of the guidelines regarding Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP), also known as Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII). MSBP-type instances can occur when parents of children with genuine medical conditions are suspected instead of feigning or inducing their children's problems. MPs believe that current legislation makes this a rare disorder dangerously easy to misdiagnose, and plan to expose the problem by revealing exactly how many parents have been labelled as having this condition. Chaired by Doctor Richard Taylor, other MP's believed to be involved including John Cruddas, Damien Green and Earl Howe. One member of the group, John Hemmings, feels so strongly about the cause that he has campaigned along side many of the parents affected. Refusing to adopt a 'softly softly approach, Hemmings determination to speak out has angered several local councils, many of which have threatened him with imprisonment. He said ; "A lot of things are very badly wrong with the guidelines , and have been recognized as badly wrong. This is a systematic problem rather than just a few bad apples. Mistakes keep happening that are allowed and even encouraged. "I'm in favour of a complete rehash of the system. I think that the idea of a child being taken away from their parents because they come into contact with a dog is, quite frankly, testing the boundaries of sanity. And yet, unless people speak out, nothing will be changed and the guidelines will remain in place." The committee will report on its conclusions this summer. MPs are hoping that this will encourage the government to scrap overzealous guidelines, replacing them with legislation geared towards keeping families together. A spokesperson for the Cross Party Group said; These guidelines mean that any child with special needs could become a subject of aggressive and misconceived investigation. They mean that once a child is referred to the social services, there are limitless reasons to keep them there and break up the family. "The mistake has happened in the quest for perfection. No concern is too small to be taken seriously, and consequently almost anything can be taken as MSBP or FII-including the vague possibility of future emotional harm". The spokesperson continued: "The survey is taking place because there are substantial professional concerns about the way that social services apply these guidelines, and the potential for serious harm. So far our questionnaires have reflected and supported this. It appears that the guidelines are really a tool for social services to get their teeth into a family and hack it to pieces. "The proper outcome for the survey would be a complete with-drawal of these guidelines, and this is what we are hoping for. Otherwise the same rules will just be marched on for the next 50 years". This investigation is fully supported by campaigners such as Linda McDermott, who lost her child two years ago following accusations of emotional harm. Ignoring medical records that show her son to be asthmatic, the court ruled that McDermott had been poisoning him with inhalers and was therefore an unfit parent. Robert (not his real name)-who also has leukaemia-was placed in care and now sees his mother for a maximum of one and a half hours every month. McDermott has since committed herself to counselling women in a similar position, and plans to set up her own helpline in the future. "I see hundreds of women who have lost their children and been through hell", she said. Desperate mothers who are not allowed to send their kids birthday cards because they've been accused of emotional harm. They're not violent or abusive- they're just ordinary women who feel cheated and helpless. All they want is access to their children, but they're denied it for reasons that are completely invalid. "I have met parents who have lost their children because they've had nappy rash, or because they've banged their legs in the bath. One woman lost custody of her children because her daughter developed a bad cough that made it difficult for her to breathe. "We want to put an end to cases like this, and that is why we campaign and protest. The MPs' survey should make it clear exactly how many women have had children taken from them for almost no reason at all -- for the first time, these women will have some kind of voice." FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=" Another woman campaigning for change is Yvonne Coulter. Her baby daughter Tammy mother and daughter now pictured left) was taken away from her after bruises gained falling out of a high chair were interpreted as signs of abuse. Over the next three years it was proved beyond doubt that Coulter was a good and loving mother- but by the time the case came to court, the judge followed social services' advice to leave Tammy with her adopted parents, because Yvonne would "be a stranger to her". Seventeen years later, however , Tammy managed to track down her mother via a Genes Reunited website and the pair met again. Tammy now lives with her mother and brother Cameron, and together they are working to open up the secretive family courts system that they say allowed this to happen. Yvonne said: "The experience was completely devastating- it ripped my life apart. I was completely alone and I had no one to turn to because I had no idea that this was happening to other's too." "Now I am seeking legal action against the courts, because I can never replace the years that I lost with Tammy. I have also set up a website offering support for people in similar situations, which has received 79,000 hits this year. (http://www.unity-injustice.co.uk/) "Many of these people have had their lives completely ruined and something needs to be done to protect others from suffering in the same way that they have. The more people know what a horrendous mess the social services are in the better". Ian Johnstone, chief executive of the British Association Of Social Workers, was scathing about the MPs' stance. "It's not responsible for politicians to say such things. Social workers have a very difficult job to do and they take decisions as part of a group of health professionals. I don't see them as over-zealous-they're just doing their job". Additional research by Nick West Sources: Big Issue (May) http://www.bigissueinthenorth.com/ fASSIT UK Link: http://www.fassit.co.uk/big_issue_north.htm (Less) Channel: youtube
98,
03:42,
2008-04-21 22:15:08
Description: !!*CONTAINS SPOILERS*!! This is an akward song to put on this movie booc(bastard out of Carolina) but I felt it fit in another way. The songs Beautiful which is a christian song. Anyway some quick (More) !!*CONTAINS SPOILERS*!! This is an akward song to put on this movie booc(bastard out of Carolina) but I felt it fit in another way. The songs Beautiful which is a christian song. Anyway some quick background info. Bone(jena malone)was born and certified a bastard for having no father. Bone's mom finds a man gets married not Bones real father but then he dies, then she remarries Glenn(the abusive stepdad) well he's gentle pretty much with everyone but Bone. Bone wants her mothers love. As thing progress he just gets violenter. Ultimately Bone's mom does choose Glenn over her child which is so sad :( but she was so desperate for love. This video focus's on Bone and is purely fan made. (Less) Channel: youtube
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03:53,
2008-07-30 04:52:02
Description: Tema utilizado en el promo de la segunda temporada. Interpretado por Better than Ezra. Here we go I got with somebody's date You're like a Soap Opera cover My lover self-automates Juicy, (More) Tema utilizado en el promo de la segunda temporada. Interpretado por Better than Ezra. Here we go I got with somebody's date You're like a Soap Opera cover My lover self-automates Juicy, juicy You say somebody say You're like a salve for a leper You're sweet for somebody's pain Juicy, juicy, juicy Yeah, you got to live for your own You say you got all the sordid details Check-out retail Watch it sell Now juicy, juicy I gotta delay Mothers, children on the street Can't get enough to eat (Juicy) Off the record, dishes fly Don't know the reason why (Juicy) Meet me in the check out stand See who can be the lover man (Juicy) Conscience bleeding in a song Guilty as the day is long, goodbye Yeah, you got to live for your own You say you got all the sordid details Check-out retail, watch it sell I got to see that lie You say what you're going to say You got to know it's a bitter poison Sapping all of your soul away Yeah, juicy, juicy Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Juicy Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Juicy, juicy (Less) Channel: veoh
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01:00,
2008-10-08 14:56:12
Description: A desperate mother tries to connect with her absent teeenaged daughter by making a video log in this comic short from rantingparent.com (podcasts available on rantingparent.com
Channel: revver
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