19 years later - French village meets the woman who killed her father

Ida Beaussart returned to the village of Salomé in northern France at the weekend for the first time in 19 years.She was there to attend a special screening of a film that depicted the days that led up to her...

Swedish officials allow parents to give their children silly names

A few weeks ago there were reports about an unfortunate 9-year-old girl. Her parents had decided to name her Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. When her parents started a custody battle as part of their divorce a family court judge found out about the girl's name. He declared...

Violent Acres: Self Imposed Insomnia

"They called me on a Saturday. “Please come and get her,” they said, “Please. There’s no one else.” I turned to my husband. “Absolutely not,” he said. But when they opened up the evidence folder and showed him the pictures of her broken malnourished body, he...

Finland Considers Legalising Male Circumcision

Why to legalize child mutilation? Why to cause unnecessary pain for several days while urinating on open wound? Ministers should have a circumcision and then they could consider it again. Causing unnecessary pain for children is and have to be illegal. What next? How...

An email conversation with Robert Wadman- Omaha NE ex chief of Police

  This is David Shurter from Omaha Ne.  On Friday, July 25, 2008- Noreen Gosch recieved a letter with intent to sue from Robert Wadman.  He wants her to take down the videos that I have made on her site JohnnyGosch.com.  It occured to me that you might...

Florida: "Habitual Liar" Mother of Missing Tot Stays in Jail

While the Orange County Sheriff's Department works a tip that someone may have seen a child looking like toddler Caylee Marie Anthony get onboard a plane, the girl's mother remains in jail. And, her grandmother...

FAMILY ABUSE AND CENSORED DEATHS, by Mary Neal

Family court judges who decide cases based on a misguided desire to protect parental rights often thrust families into danger.  When judges are informed of parental abuse by the other parent of minors, they...

Mom Drugs Kids, Forces Them to Have Sex

A mom and her boyfriend have been sentenced to life in prison...another goes on trial today. AP A building that once housed a daycare center and later became a "swingers' club" in Mineola, Texas turned into a house of horrors for four children who were...

Is There Really A Global Fight Against Sex Slavery?

"Millions of vulnerable women and unsuspecting children throughout the world, some as young as ten years old, are trapped into a vicious and ugly world of exploitation, disease, and abuse. These children are sold, traded, prostituted, and trafficked under the watching eyes of...

Working flat out - the child labour behind your Egyptian cotton sheets

"They work 10-hour shifts in 40C heat for 20 pence a day. Their job? Picking the cotton that makes the world's finest bed linen. The musky scent of cheap patchouli rises from a cracked clay incense burner in the tiny courtyard of Shaban Abdulal Zarhel's decrepit mud and brick...

Mom Takes A Bite Into 9 Month-Old Baby

In a rather disturbing and weird incident, a Tennessee woman bit her 9 month-old baby because the baby allegedly 'bit her first'.

Isle of Man/Mannin - Call for retrospective child care audit

The Celtic League has asked the Isle of Man Chief Minister, Tony BrownMHK, what steps have been taken to facilitate a retrospective child-careaudit for young people who were in care 30-50 years ago.The League point...

Interpol's Worldwide Hunt for Paedophile Suspect

In a rare public appeal, Interpol has asked for worldwide assistance in arresting a suspected paedophile who has allegedly sexually abused several young Asian boys.About 800 photos of the man, his possible victims...

Shopaholic Mom Leaves Tots Home Alone

Apparently, this woman will go to extremes to shop without her kids. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Sure, we know a trip to Macy's with three toddlers is no walk in the park. But that's no excuse for what 26-year-old Sarah Bracamontes, mother of three, reportedly did...

Picture-Perfect Mom Goes to Trial

You'll never believe why this Mom is being accused of child abuse. Yesterday in Moms Are Talking About,we told you about the mother who was arrested for leaving her child alone in the car for less than a minute. We spoke exclusively with her husband, Tim Janecyk.Mom•Logic:...

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