Adoption Essay

Lucretius explained the fear of children when approaching unknown scenarios. This is how it must feel for a child that has to enter an unknown system with multiple flaws. For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true (Lucretius quoted in Bartlett’s F.Q. 113). This quote is saying that everyone is afraid of the worst, and we sit and…

A very small percentage of (UASC) will have claimed asylum at a port of entry. Therefore, it may be a social worker from the local authority accommodating the child who will have to assist (UASC) to apply for asylum . The (UASC) applying at an Asylum Screening Unit will be given an initial asylum screening interview, providing the completion of a welfare pro-forma confirms that the child is fit to be interviewed. Unaccompanied migrant children arriving at ports are not given an asylum-screening…

Everyday there are about 120 youth sleeping the night in a residential placement, and between 20,000 and 40,000 youth needing mental health accommodations according to the Center for Mental Health Services (as cited in Kolos, 2009). Youth in a residential placement may be coming from a failed placement with a foster parent and or removed from a biological parent or family member’s home. There appears to be a lack of tolerance for behavioral struggles in foster placements, especially for…

Custody Tips From a Father’s Rights Lawyer Mothers and fathers have equal rights under the law in North Carolina; however, in a custody battle, those rights may be modified by the court. Unfortunately, when parents separate, children are not able to live with both parents at the same time any longer. Children must split their time between parents either through joint custody or through a visitation schedule. In situations where the parents can agree on a parenting plan that includes a mutual…

Community Resource Agency Assignment Scope Voices for Children is a non-profit organization that helps foster children in San Diego and Riverside Counties. I phoned the agency and spoke with Kristen Balelo, Senior Assistant Program Manager, on November 1, 2016. She described the societal problems affected by foster children when they are removed from their homes. On any given day there are about 3,500 open cases of child abuse in San Diego County. These large numbers of foster children…

Rumors have spread like wild fire this past week about President Donald Trump teaming up with congress to end all child support payments as of 2018. It has been said that President Donald Trump has arranged a meeting with congress to pass a law that will end all child support payments. Come January 2018 the child support bill will be abolished for all participants. According to the Child Support Law once a married couple has separated or divorced, or when only one of the parents who are…

Looking at the Solid Gold Dog Food Company: Sissy McGill founded Solid Gold Health Products for Pets, Inc in 1974, as the first holistic pet food company in the USA. They make natural, holistic pet products for dogs and cats, including dry food, canned food, treats, and supplements. In 2016, they moved their corporate headquarters from Greenville, South Carolina to west St. Louis County, Missouri to be closer to their supply chain and manufacturing facilities. Who makes Solid Gold dog food?…

Back home, one of my former classmates awaits his sentencing after recently being found guilty of capital murder. He has a calm temperament, a few friends and ability for genius endeavors. No one thought anything of him, until he killed a elderly man and attacked the man’s wife in the couple’s own home. He chose the house because it “felt right” and the day because the “weather was beautiful,” He came to school the next day and aced his chemistry test. The following day, police arrested him and…

Estate Planning for Post-Divorce Individuals After a divorce, certain estate planning measures should be taken in order to ensure that your best wishes are intact in case anything unfortunate should happen. You will need to be sure that certain details are attended to, such as replacing your former spouse as a beneficiary of your will. If you are rearranging your estate and probate needs following a divorce, hiring a professional to assist you may be the best course of action. The following are…

I have owned a total of four dogs and two cats in my short eighteen years of life. To say the least, I’ve always loved animals, specifically dogs. They’re fun loving, easily excitable creatures who bring out the best in all of us. Unfortunately, many of them are without families living in pounds and worst, some are living in abusive homes. After many years of weeping to Sarah McLachlan's singing, “ In the Arms of an Angel” and promising to help save the lives of the many dogs and cats without…