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Wait Wut

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3. No easy solution.
Sun Jul 1, 2012, 11:03 AM
Jul 2012

This is the little girl we know about. How many are still locked in closets? The system is overwhelmed. And, let's be honest, some of these case workers are jaded. I can't imagine what they go through every day. How do they look at these children and know that they'll only get a fraction of the long-term help and care they need? They would have to shut down the very part of their soul that would fight to protect the child. Otherwise, they'd go insane.

Where does it start? With the mother? Probably before that. If we looked into the mother's upbringing we'd most likely find some type of abuse or neglect. There are some programs available for young moms, but the majority either don't know about them or think they don't need/want to take advantage of them. Step 1: Educate young mothers. Get them into parenting classes. Address any possible abuse they suffered as a child. Address any substance/alcohol abuse. Treat them like human beings. Step 2: Stop cutting funding to the programs that these moms and kids need. Step 3: Increase funding to social services and hire more social workers. Step 4: Follow up for YEARS, not months. Step 5: Zero tolerance for abuse...cut the pattern. Raise awareness in communities and schools. Address the problem before it becomes reality. Stop treating abuse/neglect like a dirty secret and start talking about it to high school students. We can teach them sex ed. and about contraception, STDs, etc...we need to explain to them the reality of having a child. Expose them to these stories of abuse and neglect. Stop it before the child is conceived don't wait until an anonymous tip comes in.

Horror due to a lack of funding Moral Compass Jul 2012 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #2
I think the 'district' referred to in the quote is the public school district (when coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #10
No easy solution. Wait Wut Jul 2012 #3
Great suggestions. proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #4
We need to have more information made available in an entertaining form about JDPriestly Jul 2012 #7
What an excellent idea! Wait Wut Jul 2012 #17
The subject that could best help the parents like to abuse their children JDPriestly Jul 2012 #23
I sincerely hope that neither one of thos monsters are allowed to get the children back again 1monster Jul 2012 #5
10 to 30 years for each of 3 felony assault charges, plus 15 years if Rose Siding Jul 2012 #8
That's a start. 1monster Jul 2012 #13
o god. six years. do you know how long a day is to a child Rose Siding Jul 2012 #6
We just don't have the funding in Missouri. xmas74 Jul 2012 #11
I looked up Jackson County's 2010 budget. 93 million for a sports complex Rose Siding Jul 2012 #14
Don't get me started proud2BlibKansan Jul 2012 #15
DFS isn't funded by the county, it's by the state. xmas74 Jul 2012 #16
Privatized care at its finest. n/t mercuryblues Jul 2012 #20
Yep. xmas74 Jul 2012 #21
Why did the mother work so hard for reunification. She did not want this child. Others out there are Pisces Jul 2012 #9
Sadly... Wait Wut Jul 2012 #18
Thank you for your candid reply. What I meant by "the spots comment" was that she had a history of Pisces Jul 2012 #22
This is one of the most disgusting and sickening cases I've ever heard. The Mother Auntie Bush Jul 2012 #12
"Should" Wait Wut Jul 2012 #19
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