Posted in abuse, anger, baby, children, crime, culture, death, elderly, emotions, family, future, health, Impact, law enforcement, life, mental and physical health, murder, news, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, respect, Teen Pregnancy, teens, trauma, violence on Dec 5th, 2008
Minnesota has had a couple of miserable examples of appropriate teenaged behaviors. First, there is the case of Nicole Beecroft who was 17 years old in April 2007 when she gave birth to a live baby girl, on the floor of the laundry room, in the home that she shared with her parents. They did not know [...]
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Posted in abandonment, abortion, adoption, anti-abortion, baby, children, culture, death, emotions, encouragement, failure, Faith, family, fathers, finances, foster parenting, future, giving, Heart, hopes, kids, law enforcement, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, mental and physical health, mom, MONEY, mother, news, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, sadness, success, Teen Pregnancy, teens, well-being, writing for children on Nov 15th, 2008
Baby don’t cry…it is not your fault. When you are old enough to know your story…know that it is not your fault. It has happened for generations…people abandon their children. It is wrong, but they do it for many reasons…all sad reasons, all heartbreaking…but, what it comes down to is a lacking. A [...]
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Posted in baby, baby boomers, children, comfort, death, Education, family, grandchildren, grief, health, kids, life, loss, love, news, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, safety, Teen Pregnancy, teens, trauma on Oct 7th, 2008
Every year in the United States approximately 2,500 babies die of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Even though those numbers have come down substantially over the years…even one death a year from SIDS is one infant death too many. So, research on ways of preventing those deaths is very important. A new study [...]
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Posted in baby, celebrity, children, crime, family, law enforcement, legal, life, mother, news, parenting, respect, Teen Pregnancy on Sep 23rd, 2008
There is now a federal investigation into who allegedly stole personal, private pictures of Jamie Lynn Spears as she is breast feeding her young daughter. A man is suspected of stealing Jamie’s personal photos and trying to sell them. A celebrity has a right to expect a certain level of privacy that every other person [...]
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Posted in abuse, emergency, emotions, Fear, help, law enforcement, media, medical, music, pain and misery, relationships, sex, support, Teen Pregnancy, teens, trauma, Uncategorized on Sep 3rd, 2008
There was a recent news story that did much to anger those who work with women who have been “date raped”. Helen Mirren, a British actress, who won awards last year for her portrayal of the Queen, did an interview with GQ in which she claimed to have been raped several times, many years [...]
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Posted in baby, Celebration, courage, crime, death, emotions, encouragement, family, grandchildren, grief, health, holidays, law enforcement, legal, life, loss, love, medical, mental and physical health, mother, news, parenting, pregnancy, religion, sadness, sex, Teen Pregnancy, trauma on Jun 12th, 2008
This was a very sad state of parenthood to learn about. It seems that a woman in Georgia found out that her teenaged son and his underaged girlfriend were expecting a baby. Mom or grandmother decided that they weren’t ready for parenthood. She took it upon herself to contact the girlfriend and convince her NOT [...]
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Posted in adoption, Amazing, baby, birthday, cancer, chemo, children, Creating, Education, family, giving, grandchildren, health, help, hopes, hospital, hospitals, kids, life, medical, mental and physical health, miracles, mom, mother, parenting, power, pregnancy, science, Teen Pregnancy on May 4th, 2008
If you are alive and reading this….take your finger and point it towards your middle…feel that indentation? You are the proud owner of a belly button. Do you know where your got your very own personalized lint collector? From your mom…your belly button was a gift. Did you know that your belly button [...]
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Posted in Beauty, Breaking Britney, celebrity, children, entertainment, Faith, Fame, kids, parenting, pregnancy, talents, Teen Pregnancy, television on Apr 28th, 2008
For the last few months…the party girls of the celebrity world have been toning it down. When everything was so very out of control on the scandal sheets, regarding Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton and other’s; the papers started focussing on those with the good girl, role model image. It seemed that they couldn’t [...]
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Posted in baby, bride, children, Faith, Fear, foster parenting, help, husband, kids, mental and physical health, mom, mother, pain and misery, power, sadness, safety, Teen Pregnancy, trauma on Apr 12th, 2008
Say what you want about “religous” groups that segregate themselves away from society…but, the children are the innocents in those situations; the children involved in the Fundalmentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are probably going to end up in foster care en masse. There have been claims of physical, sexual, spiritual and emotional [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, baby, birthday, children, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, health, help, Impact, instincts, kids, mental and physical health, mother, pain and misery, Passing Away, sadness, special needs, support, Teen Pregnancy, trauma on Apr 4th, 2008
This should make us all weep. It was reported in the last couple of days that 1 infant out of 50 has been abused/neglected before they reach the age of one. Out of that group, one third of them is less than a WEEK OLD! Where is the natural protective instinct that even animals have [...]
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