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Michael Brown’s Murder And The Death Of Justice
On August 9th, Michael Brown was shot six times, twice in the head by a Ferguson, Mo police officer. While it has been a couple of weeks since this happened, many heavy emotions continue to rush through me about this incident. I am stunned, afraid, ashamed, and I have a deep anger burning…
Read MoreKelly Rutherford Files Emergency Order To Keep Her Children In US
Almost two years ago, just a month before my son was killed as the result of a Family Court disaster, I heard about what happened to Kelly Rutherford’s children. Reading Kelly’s story terrified me. Here was a woman who was so successful, someone who most would assume could wield tremendous political power, and…
Read MoreThe Parallels between Family Court and the Tobacco Industry: What We Can Do as a Nation to Protect Innocent Lives
This week’s post comes from a my friend and fellow child advocate, Patrice Lenowitz. Patrice is the founder and co-facilitator of The Nurtured Parent Support Group for survivors of domestic abuse. She is also the co-playwright of FORBIDDEN TO PROTECT, a three year play project written with author and dv expert Lundy Bancroft. FORBIDDEN TO…
Read MoreWhen Two-Parent Households Become Dangerous
A couple of weeks ago, The New York Times opinion section published a piece by Sara Shoener titled, “Two-Parent Households Can Be Lethal: Domestic Violence and Two-Parent Households.” Shoener discusses how she has been studying Domestic Violence since 2011, when the Center For Disease Control and Prevention reported that more than one-third of American women are…
Read MoreAn Excerpt from the Upcoming Book, Bullied to Death: The Chris Mackney Story
The author of this week’s guest post is freelance, investigative reporter Michael Volpe. Michael is based out of Chicago and the author of two books, Prosecutors Gone Wild and The Definitive Dossier of PTSD in Whistleblowers. His current project is a book based on Chris Mackney, a father who committed suicide in late 2013 after a long and chaotic…
Read MoreCo-Parenting With A Psychopath: The Story of The Headless Bear
Some of you who have been following my blog since the beginning, may remember this story. I am releasing it from the CQ vault today, because I think it illustrates the complete chaos that many parents feel when forced to co-parent with another parent who is mentally unhealthy (or specifically, a psychopath). I wrote…
Read MoreGender Wars In Family Court Undermine Child Safety
“There is no accountability or oversight in Family Court today. There is no integrity. Who is looking out for our children while everyone is getting rich at their expense?” – Kelly Rutherford, Actress and Co-Founder of The Children’s Justice Campaign Last week, The Good Men Project posted an article about non-custodial fathers. The article discussed…
Read More#JusticeForPrince
My son Prince would have been three years old today, if his father had not murdered him. Prince was born on July 1, 2011. I remember the day he was born as if it was yesterday, but sometimes it feels like a lifetime ago. The first time the doctors put him on…
Read More#Justice Fails A Survivor When…
On Monday June 23rd, a passionate group of women started a twitter campaign to raise awareness of how the criminal justice system treats rape, sexual assault, harassment, domestic violence, and trafficking survivors. The campaign began as a way to ask a seemingly simple question that unfortunately doesn’t have an easy answer. The golden question is, “who…
Read MoreMy Two Year Bloggerversary
Two years ago today, I started writing this blog. For today’s post, I thought it would be fitting to reflect on the past two years. For those of you who have been with my from the beginning (or just had the chance to read the historical posts), you can likely see how my…
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