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The Criminal Mind

Stress in pregnancy hits offspring's emotional brain

Kerry — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:50:16 -0700

Stress experienced by a pregnant female can alter the structure of her offspring's brain, particularly regions vital for emotional development, scientists have discovered. Furthermore, in rodents at least, the effects differ in male and female offspring. That might help explain the different susceptibilities of men and women to emotional and psychiatric disorders, says Katharina Braun, from the University of Magdeburg,Germany. Braun presented the work at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies' annual meeting in Vienna, Austria, on Tuesday. Braun and colleagues at the University of Jerusalem in Israel studied the effects of stress on pregnant rats. If they become stressed in last trimester of pregnancy, their offspring developed fewer nerve connections in two brain regions that control emotions - the cingulate cortex and orbitofrontal cortex. In addition, the nerve cells in several other regions show different branching patterns to normal, with different effects on males and females. In the hippocampus, an important region that controls memory and emotion, males show an increase in branching while females show a decrease. In the prefrontal cortex, the males develop shorter nerve branches, while the females do not. Braun has not yet tested the behavioural effects of these changes on adult rats, but the results could reveal a possible mechanism for the development of emotional disorders seen in humans.

Message in a bottle

Describe your dental health

Kerry — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:46:20 -0600

* My teeth and mouth are very healthy and in great shape\n* I have one or two fillings, but who doesn't?\n* My teeth are a mess (due to neglect) and in need of repair\n* I'm in the process of having professional dental work done due to years of neglect\n

Bartender !?!

When I think of "home", I think of:

Kerry — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:42:06 -0600

* Where I was born\n* Where I was raised\n* Where I am loved\n* Being alone\n

Child placement

Sounds, Sleep, Silence

Kerry — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:36:02 -0600

It's been another sleepless night. My son can't sleep; he's worried about school. I can't blame him, so I stay awake with him, reassuring him it will be alright.

My oldest son is the victim of bullying

It has cost us many many sleepless nights, and now that school has started again, it's reign of terror has begun it's haunting path. Again.

In our case, it has been the school and counselor who has tortured me and my son the most.

How?

Parenting

Should an adoptive mother breast-feed her adopted baby?

Kerry — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:40:46 -0600

* If she can, why not?\n* WHAT?!? Is that even possible?\n* That seems a bit creepy to me.\n

Parenting

Infant/Child Response to Grief

Kerry — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:26:21 -0600

When a child is placed in foster care or an adoptive home, care and concern must be given to the grief and loss that infant or child is experiencing. It is my belief too many adoptees and foster kids are being sent to psychologists because parents do not understand the grief process of children. Remember, the new child in your life now has lost the only parents he/she has only ever known. Imagine what that must be like.

Signs of a Grieving Child

Child placement

Managing the Angry Masses

Kerry — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:24:42 -0600

Since my head injury, many have told me I seem much less angry and have far less rage in my writing. The truth is, I feel as if brain-damage has worked in my favor, as it seems I can't tap-into that rage-filled region of my brain like I did before.

Do I suggest we all have a head-banger's ball, hoping it would rid the world of infuriating rage? Not at all, that would be stupid. I wouldn't wish that traveling road to speech-recovery on anybody -- it ain't fun or pretty.... trust me!

Parenting

Do you really need to buy your infant that patterned 'burp cloth' or Baby Einstein DVD?

Kerry — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:14:06 -0600

No, says Pamela Paul, whose new book exposes the extraordinary commercialisation of parenting

Sally Williams
Saturday May 24, 2008

Guardian

Parenting

Who has the ultimate power over a child's health care?

Kerry — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:09:38 -0600

Child protection powers, cancer treatment, and Children's Aid: who is taking accountability for the well-being of a child, and who can make the medical decisions for a child facing chemotherapy?

Video discusses the case of a child with cancer taken away from his parents by Children's Aid Services because the family refused painful chemotherapy treatment for their child. News article can be found here: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=507009

Parenting

Chemical Dumbing Down of America

Kerry — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:43:03 -0600

May 22, 2008
www.fluoridealert.org
www.infowars.com
www.prisonplanet.com

Why is America so brainwashed by the corporate media? Why do we care more about American Idol and sports games than being poisoned with mercury in our vaccinations and sodium fluoride in our water supply? America needs to wake up and get the facts about our chemical manipulation before it's too late.

Music: Pink Floyd - Sheep/Us and Them

Message in a bottle

Why are Kids Sent to Boot Camps?

Kerry — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:34:55 -0600

April 24: The Today Show features a story about Boot Camps for troubled teens. These rehab-programs are coming under the spotlight of a Congressional panel after safety and abuse allegations.

For more about Residential Treatment Center (RTC) options, see: http://www.askquestions.org/articles/teens/

Child abuse

What God says about your money

Kerry — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:38:59 -0600

Once you've figured out what Christianity, Judaism or Islam preach about making and spending money, teach your kids early and often.

Published March 14, 2008

Faiths usually offer parents very clear direction on child-rearing. Premarital sex, for instance? That's pretty much a no-no, no matter what deity you worship. Dietary rules can also be pretty straightforward -- no pork for Muslims and Jews, no beef for Hindus.

Parenting

Unmarried fathers

Kerry — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Heritage's FamilyFacts.org draws our attention to its latest featured finding, from the American Sociological Review. The finding concludes that out-of-wedlock fatherhood is problematic for men just as out-of-wedlock motherhood is problematic for women:

Parenting

Herding the Flock: An American Industry Filled with Farm-Land Foundlings

Kerry — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:51:45 -0600

The American response to Baby Farming has been the following:

Child abuse

Is Amsterdam's wild-life going up in smoke and getting bagged for good?

Kerry — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:10:39 -0700

New drug policing puts squeeze on Amsterdam

Geraldine Baum, Los Angeles Times
Sunday, January 6, 2008

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The vacation sort of just flew by.

Bartender !?!

My father was in the military

Kerry — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:02:51 -0600

* Yes\n* No\n* Both fathers were in the military\n* I'm not sure\n

Child placement

Psycho-mom

neophyte — Sun, 25 May 2008 13:02:55 -0600

I've been thinking about how and why I feel like I'm a deranged lunatic, and I've come to the conclusion that I get my f-ed up fears and neurotic behaviors from my psycho mom. Yes, she made me the fruit-cake nut-job that I am. Although, to be fair, the men in her life sure as hell didn't help me, either!

Child abuse

Baby trafficking and other adoption secrets

Kerry — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:59:09 -0600

From Confessions of a Cryokid

Child abuse

Stem-Cell Veto, Snowflake kids, and Christian Eugenics

Niels — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:20:03 -0600

from: barf.org

By Lauren Sabina Kneisly

Ok, so why were there kids as the backdrop setting for Bush's remarks following his veto of the stem cell research bill?

Because these kids are not merely cute props, they are emblematic of, and the end product of one particular corner of the so-called 'culture of life' that Bush and his allies are attempting to remake America into.

Child placement

Psycho Foster Mom (part 1)

Kerry — Sun, 25 May 2008 07:08:50 -0600

January, 2008
This just goes to show that foster care needs reform worldwide, not just north america. Just because CPS is desperate for people to "care" for the children does not mean they should accept anyone who applies...

The Criminal Mind

The Cost of Cultural Sensitivity -- who keeps losing?

Kerry — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:43:28 -0600

I read an interesting article about the duty and obligation teachers and schools have to the social-learning of it's child-population. [Religion in the History-Social Science Textbook Adoption] Of course, each school lesson must make the tax-paying parents happy, because when the parents are happy, the school-board is happy. I have grown to accept happiness is found in the superficial, especially when it comes to public bureaucracy...

Child placement

Losing a Parent to Suicide: Reflections of a Brown University Alum

Kerry — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:03:44 -0600

A Daughter's Grief

She learned to cope with her mother’s suicide.
Then everything fell apart.

By Dara Huang '99, '04 MD

My mother hanged herself in the basement of my house. I was 15. This is the most significant event in my life.

The Bleeding Grounds

Homosexual Teen Suicide

Kerry — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:58:43 -0600

Shaun Bourget, M.A.,M.F.T.
GayHealth.com, 2000/05/09

Abuse within child placement cases

Planned Parenthood Conceals Statutory Rape, Sex Exploitation

Kerry — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:43:07 -0600

Abortion Clinics Concealing Statutory Rape and Child Abuse. View TV news report exposing Planned Parenthood and clinics concealing sexual exploitation of young girls. On a daily basis older men exploit young girls and use secret abortions to cover up their crimes. Hear Planned Parenthood staff in many California cities (and other states) caught on tape telling a 13-year-old girl that they will conceal her sexual exploitation by a 22-year-old predator. No young girl should undergo any invasive medical procedure performed secretly by an unknown person at an unknown location.

The Criminal Mind

Living in Limbo: The Non-Divorce

Kerry — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:11:19 -0600

Debbie Mandel

Intimate relationships

Father, daughter: woman gives birth to her sister/daughter

Kerry — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:09:19 -0600

April 08, 2008
An Australian man and his daughter have created a furor after going on television to admit an incestuous relationship which has produced two children.

John Deaves and his daughter Jenny pictured in the 60 Minutes interview.

John Deaves, 61, appeared on the 60 Minutes show with daughter Jenny, 39, and their child -- nine-month-old Celeste, Melbourne's The Age newspaper reported.

Intimate relationships

Children of no one

Niels — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:53:32 -0600

Once, out of wedlock meant out of luck for kids and parents. That began to change in 1968.
By Nancy Polikoff
May 20, 2008

Parenting