#parent | #kids | Watchdog group concerned about deaths of Tennessee children in homes known to state caseworkers | #childabuse | #children | #kids

Courtesy Second Look Commission Tennessee’s child protection agency is struggling to keep up with child abuse investigations, and caseworkers have been challenged by a growing number of children entering foster care. Now a new report from a watchdog group finds that an abnormally high number of vulnerable children died after……

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#parent | #kids | 6-year-old Boy Arrested For Shooting Teacher At U.S. School | #teacher | #children | #kids

A six-year-old boy was detained after opening fire at Richneck Elementary School in the city of Newport, Virginia, on Friday, seriously wounding a female teacher. According to a police statement, “this was not an accidental shooting.” “The individual is a six-year-old student. He is right now in police custody,” local……

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#parent | #kids | #minorsextrafficking | Thai women tell of being trafficked, caught up in prostitution inside Myanmar — BenarNews

Promises of high-paid entertainment jobs lured the three Thai women to Myanmar, but they found themselves trapped into prostitution in Shan state near the Chinese border before escaping, they said in telling the stories about their ordeal. Sisters A and Aoy, and their friend, Ploy – all in their late……

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#parent | #kids | #minorsextrafficking | a woman in The House. And everywhere else.

________________________________________________________________ Katie Hobbs (D), new governor of Arizona Women in the State House: in 2022, a Record Number of Women Were Elected Governor — how that happened: 7 Things to Know: #1 — to win, you have to run… _____________________________________________________________________________________ h/t WineRev January 3 — U.S. Mint Begins Shipping American……

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