On the twelfth day of November 1934, Kathleen Maddox, a 16 year old hooker, gave birth to an illegitimate son. The infant was born “no name Maddox”. Two years later, Kathleen filed a paternity suit against a man from Kentucky, who went by the name “Colonel Scott”. Kathleen won a total of five dollars per month to provide support for “Charles Milles Manson”. Before he died in 1954, without even acknowledging his son, Scott defaulted on the judgment.
Dahmer was paroled from the work release camp two months early, and he soon moved into a new apartment. Shortly thereafter, he began a string of murders that ended with his arrest in 1991 (Wikipedia, June 2009. Jeffrey Dahmer: Early Life). As early as 1989, when Jeff was facing sentencing for child molestation, Lionel felt that his "son would never be more than he seemed to be — a liar, an alcoholic, a thief, an exhibitionist, a molester of children. I could not imagine how he had become such a ruined soul... For the first time, I no longer believed that my efforts and resources alone would be enough to save my son.
32,500 children have been neglected in 2010, and in Ingham County 42 percent of children have been abused or neglected (milhs.org). In Ingham County, 8.5 children of every 1000 are in out of home care, referring to foster homes, etc (milhs.org). Unemployment rates and low income is affecting the youth and children in terrible ways. WLNS.COM reported in an article titled “More Michigan Children living in Poverty” that there are a lot of reasons why neglect and abuse has gone up 92%. Now there are more health professionals available to investigate issues of neglect and abuse and family court in Ingham County has become a strong source of help for
Child abuse has been around for ages with people choosing to ignore it but in the early 1870’s it was brought to our country’s attention by a little girl named Mary Ellen Wilson. This eight-year-old orphan was getting daily whippings from her foster home (findlaw). At the time, there was no foundation that was there to protect abused children so the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals handled the eight-year-old orphan’s case (findlaw). As a result, the foster mother was convicted with assault and was given a one-year sentence in jail (findlaw). Marry Ellen’s case caused such an outrage that our citizens formed the first Society for the Prevention to Child Cruelty (findlaw).
In New Orleans, poverty among young children was high, partly because many parents were out of work or in low-wage jobs; also, a high percentage of families were headed by a single parent. Parents’ poor education, health limitations, and disability probably also contributed (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 2004). The sketchy information available on the health and development of New Orleans’ young children suggests that many were not doing well. This is not surprising: a wide range of studies consistently shows that poverty and low incomes correlate with worse outcomes for children (Golden 2005). Before the hurricane, Louisiana’s capacity to meet the needs of these young children was limited.
The belief that working to end child homelessness will have far-reaching and lasting effects on the future of our society. Homeless families are increasing at an alarming rate in the United States, with profound effects on millions of American children. One in fifty children experiences homelessness in America each year, according to a recent study by the National Center on Family Homelessness. Nearly half of those children are under the age of six – the most vulnerable group of all. ( Horizons for Homeless Children, November 23, 2011 ).
Hannah McLeod Mr. Ziehm American Literature 5 February 2012 Not For Sale The United States serves as a passage way and harbor of many human traffickers throughout the nation, “each year about 17,500 individuals are brought into the United States and held against their will as victims of human trafficking” (Talati 1). Human trafficking may be defined as the acquiring of humans as unwilling subjects for the purpose of making a profit. Next to the drug industry, human trafficking is now the most profitable and fastest growing criminal industry in the world (Anderson 8). This industry is today’s modern time slavery. Although the severity of this situation is not fully known because of its secrecy, organizations are working towards this goal
People also think that it could lead to an insecure attachment and lead to psychological effects on the child later in life. There are many studies which argue both sides to the effects of day care and I am now going to look at some closer. Clarke-Stewart studied 500 children and found that children in care for up to 30 hours per week were no more distressed than other children who had attended much lower hours of day care when separated from parents in the strange situation. This shows that children can form strong attachments with mothers even if they are in their 24/7 care, although the experiment could direction the other way as the experiment was only done in one area opposed to several so it lacks in population validity. Roggman et al (1994) compared infants who had attended day care in the first year with those who had remained at home and they found no difference in attachment with mothers.
Community based programs are one way to tackle issues facing communities, that if not properly addressed will only worsen. A program that will teach general trade working skills, as well as provide prenatal and preventive healthcare services offered through a local free clinic or community center will not only prove beneficial, but will also reduce the number of vulnerable mothers and can help to open doors for mothers leading them and their children to a brighter and healthier future. Women without the proper resources become vulnerable the moment they become pregnant. Vulnerable mothers place themselves and the baby in harm’s way from the time of conception. Vulnerable is defined as being without adequate protection, being susceptible or open to physical or emotional harm physically or psychologically weak, unable to resist illness, debility, or failure.
Atlanta day shelter for women and children offers educational, childcare, computer children, housing assistance, and health care programs. This day center is a temporary place for women and children to come to doing the day. Many of these women come to the day center because the women are going through financial and economic problems. These problems are very general for women who are single mothers who have lost their job and their homes. This center wants to show women that their predicament is only temporary and with the right people and resources the women and children will be back to having a place of