22.Aug.2010 ATTENTION KANSAS LEGISLATURE: Claudine and Daughter Dombrowski Need Your Help
Tonight a letter will be coming your way, detailing the miscarriage of justice that this Topeka mother and daughter has endured in Kansas courts. Please consider carefully how best you can help. Claudine has been a strong voice for battered and abused mothers, having testified before State Rep Mike Kiegerl‘s (R-Olathe) Joint Committee on Children’s [...]
16.Aug.2010 North Carolina Family Courts: You Will Never Find a More Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy
Well, almost. Lots of family courts are vying for this title. Going for a North Carolina trifecta in the posts. These three stories are all related. They are from the Charlotte Observer, a newspaper that obviously has balls enough to print what is happening in family courts. Thanks guys! I stood with Lisa at the [...]
14.Aug.2010 Baby Mine
I was listening to NPR yesterday, to an old interview with Gene Siskel (movie critic from “At the Movies”), and he was discussing the movie scene below… how it was one that touched him greatly, particularly because of the impact of separating a child from it’s mother. TRIGGER Warning: It may be traumatic to watch, [...]
07.Aug.2010 Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases: Legal Trends, Risk Factors and Safety Concerns
This research paper, by far, has been the most popular on my website. I am looking forward to a new study being released that Dr. Saunders is completing currently, focusing on the bias that custody evaluators have in relation to the training they have or have not had. Child Custody and Visitation Decisions in Domestic [...]
03.Aug.2010 California Mothers: Talk to the White House Advisor on Violence Against Women Tomorrow
Wow, what a great opportunity! Please make your way to Anaheim if at all possible and let Lynn Rosenthal what a disaster it is out here. The Center for Judicial Excellence has set this up…here is their press release: BREAKING NEWS: WHITE HOUSE ADVISOR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN TO HEAR FROM FAMILY LAW ADVOCATES AND [...]
Children of Divorce: Nobody Cares About the Heartbreak They Endure
If this story below describes the turmoil of a child who is shared between parents, imagine what children go through when they are kept from the parent that protected and cared for them. Yes, I know… WETZSTEIN: Child of divorce left up in the air By Cheryl Wetzstein The Washington Times 5:40 p.m., Monday, August 2, [...]
28.Jul.2010 Motherly Love Breeds Confidence
This is from BBC News. Again, this is another study to confirm that kids need mothers, no matter how hard abusive fathers, corrupt psychologists and biased courts try and cut off contact, eliminating mothers from children’s lives: Motherly love ‘does breed confidence’ A responsive mum will know when to soothe her baby Being lavished with [...]
10.Jul.2010 The Storm is Near: The American Mothers Political Party
The new website goes live July 18th.
Scientific Evidence: Maternal Care Matters
More on maternal deprivation. A study completed at McGill University confirms maternal care has an effect on children. Imagine not having that maternal care…being deprived of your mother, and how it affects future suicide victims. Remember Robert Hawkins, the boy who shot up the mall in Omaha, Nebraska. His father had custody of him: Robert [...]
05.Jul.2010 It’s Nature
Mothers protect their young. Babies seek their mother for protection. Thanks to Anne Caroline Drake for this lovely picture she took this spring.
03.Jul.2010 Kids Need Mothers
Try Googling it….”kids need mothers.” This is what comes up: ”Did you mean: kids need fathers “ Try Googling “kids need fathers.” No alternative option comes up. Mothers get no respect from judges, lawyers (even their own sometimes), court whores and anything they say is typically disregarded in court. President Obama ignored the mothers in front of the [...]
24.Jun.2010 If I Were a Ghost, I Could Spend More Time With My Children
As I was reading the words of a young mother in Washington state who recently committed suicide, I was reminded of an essay a British mum wrote and I wanted to rerun it. Kodi Hawthorne had her nine month old daughter taken from her in a horrific battle instigated by her ex-boyfriend Travis. It was [...]
07.Jun.2010 Two Moms Better than None?
…or even one? This kind of flies in the face of the Fatherhood Initiative crap…saying a father is necessary in the household. This will get the Father’s Rights guys twisted….but the article makes sense to me. From CNN: Kids of lesbians have fewer behavioral problems, study suggests By Madison Park, CNN June 7, 2010 6:55 [...]
04.May.2010 Only Days Away Now: Join Us at the White House for the Mother’s Day Vigil
The countdown is on…I am getting ready to go as I post. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 3, 2010 Contacts: Connie Valentine 916-233-8381 Kathleen Russell 415-250-1180 MOTHERS OF LOST CHILDREN TO GATHER FOR WHITE HOUSE VIGIL ON MOTHERS DAY 12 Noon Press Conference with Grieving Moms from Across America Mothers from across America who have lost [...]
