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We can 'make a difference in the life of a child'
It only takes a minute to make a difference in the life of a child.
Across the nation, April is designated as Child Abuse Prevention Month. In Fresno County, the Council on Child Abuse Prevention (FCCAP) is the conduit for child abuse prevention education and mandated child abuse reporter training.
The lives of thousands of children have been positively impacted because of the services made available by FCCAP to social service agencies, law enforcement and the general public. Our challenge is to continue with these educational services, at the most productive level, to insure the continued well-being of our children.
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Liberals and children
Proposition 83, Jessica's Law, will protect our children from child molesters by requiring mandatory minimum prison sentences and predator-free zones. This proposition is on the ballot because liberal Democrats in the California Legislature blocked its approval. While liberal Democrats were blocking Jessica's Law here, other states have had Jessica's Law blocked by the same liberal agenda.
This is an interesting scenario considering the self-righteous attitude liberals took concerning former Republican Rep. Mark Foley's sex e-mails. However, Foley resigned his House seat and was condemned by his Republican peers for his disgusting actions.
The Democrats are guilty of a double standard about protecting the children. Their opposition to Jessica's Law and their allies in the liberal press sitting on the Foley story for months cast doubt on their concern for the children.
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The World's Children Represented by the 'Little Ambassador,' Know They Are All Born With Human Rights, But Why Not in the USA?
The following is being issued by Ariel Foundation International and Ariana-Leilani Children's Foundation International:
"All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart or whether we commit ourselves to an effort, a sustained effort to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children and to respect the dignity of all human beings." (Obama, speech, June 4, 2009)
President Obama is called upon by the "Little Ambassador", Ariana-Leilani (Germany/USA) and Madison (Panama/USA) to join the rest of the world in recognizing children's human rights. The Ariel Foundation International (AFI) and the Ariana-Leilani Children's Foundation International (ALCF) will hold a press conference this month about the USA and the CRC in Geneva. The participants are Richard Harrison (UK/France): United Nations International civil servant; Roy Morris, JD (USA); Birgit Kruassman, JD (Germany); Dr. Ariel King (Germany/USA), President
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Too many Valley children slipping through cracks
In the final beating of her life, 3-year-old Erianna Beltran was hit with an extension cord, bitten on the arm and left with so many bruises that doctors couldn't count them all.
Although her case has received little public attention, Erianna's death in January 2008 is part of a disturbing pattern in Fresno County -- the third time in about two years that a parent or guardian has been charged with killing a child after county social workers had already been warned about abuse or neglect.
In each case, relatives or lawyers have accused the county of failing to protect the children by not taking more decisive action before they were killed.
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Jessica's Law comes to Calif.
SACRAMENTO Voters will be asked Nov. 7 to add California to the growing list of states enacting Jessica's Law, a politically popular measure that toughens sex-crime penalties and requires lifetime monitoring of some offenders.
In Fresno County, where there is about one registered sex offender for every 94 children under the age of 15, Proposition 83 as it will appear on the ballot would seem to be a sure-fire winner.
But some elected officials are concerned about a controversial provision they fear would attract sex offenders to the region.
The real child abuse
Once again our childish lawmakers are looking for another dog to wag. Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, D-Mountain View, has attempted to divert attention away from democratic opposition to Jessica's Law by "protecting" our children from "spanking."
Are we supposed to be impressed with disputed studies and data that includes current illegal child abuse? Piercing an infant's ears fits the legal definition of assault better than a swat to deter a 2-year-old from touching a stove.
Poor diet and lack of exercise will create much more health and psychological issues for children than non-abusive spanking. Shall we arrest those parents who cannot afford a proper diet? Or should we simply redirect our efforts back to protecting children from child predators instead of replacing them in a cell with a mother who gave her 2-year-old a swat?
Eric Fletcher
Fresno
'Ludicrous' elected officials
Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, D-Mountain View, has introduced a bill that would make spanking a child under 3 a misdemeanor punishable up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine. There is serious doubt this bill will make it out of conference, but it shows how ludicrous some of our elected officials are.
While this bill has been introduced to prohibit spanking, these same elected officials refused to approve Jessica's Law protecting our children from child molesters by requiring mandatory minimum prison sentences and predator-free zones. However, the electorate overwhelmingly approved Proposition 83 making Jessica's Law law.
The only conclusion one can come to is that the inmates are running the California Assembly and Senate in Sacramento. God help us!
Ed Staples
Visalia
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