Numbers offering an initial glimpse of how Minnesota’s new “Safe Harbor” law is working suggest that more than 150 children have sought help in the law’s first year from the Minnesota Health Department’s front line workers, called “regional navigators.” Additionally, there were nearly 200 requests for housing or other assistance….
Helping parents talk safety with their kids
. Croix County Investigator Brandie Hart is all too familiar with how children can be victimized in her role as the chief investigator of child and sexual abuse for the sheriff’s office.
Parental guidance: Don’t forget to say sorry even to kids
Here’s one very important lesson in raising your child the right way. Apologies are important even to children who are six or seven years old — an age when they build social skill foundations that last a lifetime, suggests a new research. Saying sorry for any minor transgression may not…
Three women nabbed for taking kids to a drug den
The Local Drug Action Committee (LDAC) of the Department of Social Development helped police arrest the women who were found with children below the age of nine (9) in the drug hub on Thursday morning‚ the department said in a statement. Lolly Lounges are drug hubs named after the glass…
The Invisible Victims of Identity Theft: Our Kids
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Somewhere between 10 million and 16 million Americans get “got” by fraudsters working the seams of identity-related crime every year. The methods are many and various. There are, of course, the familiar scams and frauds, but one harder to detect area…
Obese Kids at Risk for Heart Disease: Study
Obesity and heart disease have always been interlinked in almost adult cases, but not in children. However, recent studies indicate that obese children as young as 8 manifested early signs of heart disease, reported WebMD. The research by lead author, Linyuan Jing, a postdoctoral fellow with Geisinger Health System in…
SA kids: the good news and the bad
By the end of March, 11.7 million children were getting the R330
Convicted child sex offender busted after scaring kids while working as ‘monster’ for haunted house in Wisconsin
It was one monster pretending to be another. A convicted child sex offender in Wisconsin brazenly entertained kids while working as a volunteer creature at a charity haunted house, authorities said. The gig was up for Andy Hawthorne, 36, earlier this month when he took off his mask to comfort…
Operation Trick-or-Treat 2015, Keeping Kids Safe from Sex Offenders
In an ongoing effort to make Halloween safer for the children in our communities, the U.S. Marshals and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department are conducting “Operation Trick-or Treat”, a four day joint law enforcement operation in Clark County, Nevada to ensure compliance with sex offender registration requirements by sex…
DOC teams out on Halloween to keep Del. kids safe
The DOC says on Halloween, all high risk sex offenders and sex offenders with child victims who are under supervision, have to stay inside of their home, with outside lights turned off beginning at 6:00 PM. They are not allowed to hand out candy, participate in Halloween related activities, or…