—A Louisiana mother whose 1-year-old daughter was killed in a fatal car crash has been charged with negligent homicide and seat belt violation, police said. Brittany Stephens, 20, was arrested by Baton Rouge Police on Feb. 27 in connection to the Oct. 12, 2017, accident. Police said the driver,…
#parent | #kids | Slain mom Heidi Broussard’s ‘best friend’ faked pregnancy to steal her newborn | #childabductors
Magen Fieramusca, 33, of Houston, is seen in a Dec. 20, 2019, mugshot taken following her arrest on charges of kidnapping and tampering with a corpse. Fieramusca is accused of abducting her friend, Heidi Broussard, 33, and Broussard’s newborn daughter, Margot Carey, from their Austin, Texas, apartment complex Dec. 12,…
#parent | #kids | Texas middle school band teacher accused of secretly recording students | #teacher | #children | #kids
“During the course of the police investigation, law enforcement notified Hays CISD that invasive, but not pornographic, photos of unknowing female students, possibly while in school at Dahlstrom, were discovered on Townsend’s cell phone,” the school district said in a statement. “Police are working to identify the possible victims of…
#parent | #kids | #minorsextrafficking | Silent Walk of Awareness brings attention to missing and trafficked children
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Dozens of people gathered at the capitol on Saturday to bring awareness to missing and trafficked children. The Silent Awareness Walk started in the Haymarket Saturday morning. Organizers said the walk actually speaks in volumes. Since COVID, human trafficking has gone up 40%, and in an…
#parent | #kids | Suspect Christian B will remain behind bars after losing appeal to get out of jail early | #childabductors
MADELEINE McCann prime suspect Christian B will remain in jail as his appeal against a rape conviction has already failed, a German politician has claimed. The 43-year-old convicted paedophile is appealing to the European Court of Justice but politician Ulrich Watermann says the court has already thrown out his bid….
#parent | #kids | What a World Without Cops Would Look Like – Mother Jones | #schoolshooting
Mother Jones illustration; Julio Cortez/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters. Following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and an outbreak of police violence in response to nationwide protests, calls for change in America’s police departments are coming from activists, public officials,…
#parent | #kids | Covid-19 Cases On the Rise Among U.S. Children | #covid19 | #kids | #childern
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, more than 97,000 Americans aged 18 and younger tested positive for Covid-19 in the last two weeks of July, representing a 40% increase in total pediatric cases in the U.S. Infected children are usually asymptomatic or have only minor symptoms, but the CDC…
#parent | #kids | Texas Rangers’ history of violence toward people of color often hidden | #schoolshooting
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Growing up in Monahans in the 1960s, Arlinda Valencia said she was used to hearing about the valor of the Texas Rangers in school and on television. “I grew up…
#parent | #kids | Help children cope with COVID-19 anxiety | #covid19 | #kids | #childern
BY STEVEN SIEGELUniversity of Southern California, The Conversation The news coverage on COVID-19 is pervasive, persistent, and in my view as a professor of psychiatry, perilous. Sometimes it seems as though the pandemic is all we talk about. As difficult as this experience is, it’s easier for adults than it…
#parent | #kids | Reopening Schools Is Key to Unlocking the Full Potential of America’s Children | #covid19 | #kids | #childern
Our Nation’s children deserve the very best, and no one should be kept from reaching their full potential. If schools remain closed this fall, many children will continue to face adverse effects from school closures caused by the pandemic shutdown. The Council of Economic Advisers estimates that just the three…