Sure, it could be blamed on television or movies. It could also be about fast food, preservatives, and hormone-laden chickens. Maybe it’s violent rap music or video games. Overworked, stressed out adults. Over-scheduled or latchkey kids. The end of stickball and street hockey. Not enough vegetables and too many cans of Coca-Cola.It could be any [...]
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By now, most people are familiar with the story of Megan Meier, a vulnerable 13 year old girl who committed suicide after a particularly detestable internet hoax, concocted by the mother of one of her acquaintances, led to a massive online bullying session. Recently, prosecutors announced that there would be no charges filed against Lori [...]
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I. Children at Risk Nine year old Rowan Ford was brutally raped and strangled by her stepfather and one of her mother’s male friends. Two year old Riley Sawyers was beaten and killed by both her biological mother and her mother’s boyfriend. Four year old Anthony Buhr was tortured to death by the man his [...]
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Acting on a tip from her paternal grandmother, the identity of “Baby Grace”, whose body was discovered in a storage bin that washed up on the shores of Galveston Bay last month, has now been positively identified as two year old Riley Ann Sawyers, formerly of Cleveland, Ohio. In a disturbing affidavit, Riley’s mother, Kimberly [...]
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There are predators who can intuitively pick out the insecure and solitary child. The cautionary childhood watchfulness I learned at my mother’s feet had not evolved to warn me of other people’s intentions, only to observe their features and actions with some amount of fascination or horror. The idealistic daydreams I relied on as saving [...]
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She was thin and frail looking, with a mat of long brown hair, and freckles sprinkled across her dirty face. She held her burned arm across her chest, and held her opposite hand to her mouth like a reminder not to speak. I couldn’t help but think of Lisa Steinberg, and a heart-wrenching school picture [...]
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