Teachers Face License Suspension for Sex Crimes
Closing what Senator Jack Scott (D-Pasadena) called a loophole, the California Senate last week voted unanimously to automatically suspend a teacher’s license if their license had been revoked in another state for sexual misconduct. Previously teachers were allowed to remain in the classroom while the California Teacher Credentialing Commission investigated, a process that can take […]
Sex Offenders Living at Day Care Homes
It’s every working parent’s worst nightmare. You leave your child with a person you trust to cherish and care for them as you would only to find they may have sexually abused your child. That’s the horror some California parents faced who sent their children to several different Los Angeles area day care homes.
Last week […]
Assembly Considers Tougher Penalties for Child Abuse
A 16-year-old Fresno County girl was arrested today for child abuse. Her severely injured 4-month-old step-sister was rushed to Children’s Hospital of Central California with multiple broken bones and head injuries. A 22-year-old Redding father was charged with cruelty to a child likely to cause great bodily injury. His 4-week-old daughter is recovering from bleeding […]
Is It Child Abuse?
I’ve been following a Minnesota child abuse case with a kind of fascinated horror. The facts go something like this: a twelve year old boy is disobeying his father, sneaking out of the house at night and doing other naughty 12-year-old boy kinds of things. The father, at his wits end, warns his son that […]
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