Posted on 04/30/2020 5:18:54 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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Pediatricians across the country are sounding the alarm: The stress of unemployment and financial insecurity has strained relationships between children and those who care for them. The closures of schools and day cares have forced children closer to adults who may not be safe.
In a world without school, doctors and advocates say, no one is there to watch, to speak up, until it’s too late.
The American system of catching child abuse relies on kids venturing outside their homes.
Year after year, most referrals to child protective services come from professionals — police officers, lawyers, doctors, anyone who comes into contact with a child as part of their job. But no group reports more than educators, who were responsible for 21 percent of the 4.3 million referrals made in 2018, according to federal data.
After 17 years in the classroom, one fifth-grade teacher in Northern Virginia said she’s learned exactly what to watch for: Students falling asleep inexplicably or stealing peers’ food at snack time. Prolonged absences from school paired with reasons that make little sense — out for a week, she was told once, because the student slid and fell. Promised doctor’s notes that never arrived.
She’s trying to stay in touch with her fifth-graders, holding video class and office hours, phoning and emailing. But the teacher, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to protect her students’ privacy, knows it’s not enough.
She worries about students she says are showing troubling signs — withdrawing, refusing to show themselves on video lessons. She worries especially about a student she has twice reported as a possible victim of abuse this year. Recently, she wrote that student a letter.
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“Ask Farci”
Data is now all “anecdotal” to Emperor Fauci. He can’t possibly change his tune, “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds” thing.
Trump can’t fire him, but should bench him.
I’m not sure why this is believable.
The kids at home now are at home a good part of the day, every day, school or not, anyway.
And we know “child abuse” can be anything anymore from raising your voice to denying a child cookies before dinner.
And we know the msm lies through its teeth constantly.
And we know the organized education system has already voiced its fear of loosing ground and dollars to home ed.
Pesonally, I’m at the point where on any issue related to this lockdown thing my initial and default reaction is...
Uh huh.
Cool story, bro.
Men and boys at heightened risk.
Jew didn’t I hear a couple of doctors in Bakersfield California talking about this?
Too bad their statements were widely condemned, their video taken off YouTube, yet no one has yet to rebut anything they said.
The fallout from this “crisis” is becoming devastating and clear.
But but but, the Democrats had the BEST of intentions!
Who could blame them for wanting to get rid of Trump?
They didn’t know they would actually hurt real children!
Instead of hurting just preborn children, which is JUST FINE with them!
One more reason we’ve got to get kids out of those dangerous homes and back into public schools, where they are safe. /s
As long as there is
trauma, and misery,
loneliness, poverty, and sadness -
as long as there is isolation and perceived injustice,
race war, hunger, anger,
Democrats as we know them will have power.
Gay State Conservative; golux
‘Jew’??
Sorry, that was supposed to say ‘Hey,’
Stupid spellcheck.
My Apologies.
Dude if my kids were 2-5 instead of 10-13 I might be in the same boat after a month and a half if this crap
/ sarc
Agreed. Can’t teachers and concerned family members ask police to do a welfare check, though? I’m willing to bet that cops would be more willing to do that than ticket people for not wearing masks or congregating in large groups.
I also think LEO’s need a bit more training when it comes to recognizing the signs of child abuse. Abuse in general, actually. At least an LEO can request that a social worker follow up, because their word has some influence between agencies as opposed to a family member.
It doesn’t help that the child welfare system is seriously overburdened already and some of the staff is totally apathetic to what they see and hear, on top of a portion of those being corrupt.
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