#parent | #kids | #minorsextrafficking | As the state investigates `heinous abuse,’ Philly Council calls for removal of children from Devereux

An Inquirer investigation published earlier this week detailed how 41 children as young as 12, and with IQs as low as 50, were raped or sexually assaulted by Devereux staff members over the last 25 years. Of those, 10 said they were assaulted at Devereux’s three campuses in the Philadelphia…

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#parent | #kids | #childsafety | Back-to-School Online Learning Creates New Security Threats

CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–As the academic year begins, a majority of students across the U.S. will be back online as school districts contend with how to teach during a pandemic. Distance learning can introduce troubling cyber security challenges. “Security is always a major concern when conducting online activities,” says Elena Mauer,…

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#parent | #kids | Texas dad hopeful of son’s return from Brazil after former in-laws jailed in 5-year international custody battle | #childabductors

— — A Texas doctor locked in a five-year international child custody battle says the arrests of his former in-laws by the FBI for their alleged role in his son’s removal from the United States was his last-ditch effort to bring his 8-year-old son back from Brazil. Dr. Chris Brann…

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#parent | #kids | U.K. gambles on “small amount” of “reassuring” coronavirus data to send kids back to school | #coronavirus | #kids. | #children

Edinburgh — Scottish children went back to school for the first time in five months on Tuesday as leaders across Britain try to kickstart a return to education despite a resurgence in the number of coronavirus cases. Scotland’s devolved government has ordered pupils in different parts of the country to return…

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#parent | #kids | Video: Rise in COVID-19 Cases Among Kids Adds to School Reopening Concerns | #covid19 | #kids | #childern

An argument against reopening schools for in-person classes is that there’s not enough data to understand how the virus spreads among kids. Epidemiologists say that’s because they’ve been under-tested, partly due to mild or nonexistent symptoms. It leaves researchers with an unreliable pool of information as they make decisions. Dr….

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#parent | #kids | #minorsextrafficking | Convicted Kearns Sex Offender Charged With Human Trafficking

KEARNS, Utah – A 27-year-old man who previously pleaded guilty to child pornography charges has been charged with human trafficking after allegedly selling homemade child pornography, according to officials with the Utah Attorney General’s Office. Officials said Craig Thomas Defa was sentenced to 364 days in the Salt Lake County Jail…

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#parent | #kids | #babysister | #nanny | Donald Trump commutes ex-advisor Roger Stone’s jail sentence as he has ‘suffered greatly’

President Donald Trump has commuted Roger Stone’s sentence just days before his longtime friend and adviser was due to report to prison, it has been announced. Speaking in a statement, the White House said that Roger Stone had “already suffered greatly”. The comment added: “He was treated very unfairly, as…

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#parent | #kids | Children’s Hospital releases guide for COVID-19 in schools | #coronavirus | #kids. | #children

As the start of the school year quickly approaches, medical professionals are preparing for an influx of questions and concerns about children’s safety. Colorado Children’s Hospital released a guide advising parents, school officials and public health leaders on what to do when a child gets the novel coronavirus. The guide,…

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