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Safe haven laws are good ideas—and I support the concept. Sometimes though, even a good idea can go horribly wrong. Perhaps you have never heard the concept of “safe haven laws”. These are laws passed by states in the United States to prevent the abandonment of infants.

Somaly Mam an advocate against human trafficking Somaly Mam Escaped Years of Sexual Slavery, But Not the Burden of Helping Others Do the Same By David Montgomery For so long, silence equaled survival for Somaly Mam — when she was raped in her Cambodian village at 12; forced to marry at 14; sold

The Associated PressThis identified Nebraska mom left her 18-year-old daughter at a hospital under the state's safe haven law after a spate of her daughter's bad behavior. The mom says she hoped her daughter would get help. Nebraska has amended...

By Muralidhara Khajane JSS School at Suttur provides free education to children from rural areas — PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM SAFE ENVIRONS: Children from Meghalaya and Manipur at JSS School in Suttur. Lahkumeen (13) of Jowai region in Meghalaya, who is studying in the sixth standard at JSS School of Suttur Math, sings the Vachanas of the Sharanas fluently in a mellifluous voice.

Sometimes, making a mistake teaches an invaluable lesson.  And so it is with the loophole in Nebraska’s “safe haven” law, a statute that allows parents to drop off children at hospital emergency rooms if they are unable to care for them.  The trouble is, Nebraska lawmakers neglected to define

We spent the weekend at my sister-in-law Anne’s farm on the Monaro Plains in southern NSW. There were all manner of country pursuits including feeding the sheep, watching the kids have goes in the tractor and letting the toddler have a go of the steering wheel.

This is the latest in a series of posts I have done criticizing Nebraska’s legalized child abandonment laws. You can find my earlier posts via my Nebraska tag. *** (Consider this a personally posted action alert of sorts.

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Are you a concerned parent who is searching for a way to increase your childs Earth savviness? If so, I’ve found the perfect Holiday gift for you! Idbids. This little guy is the water drop, Waverly. He is here to teach you about protecting and preserving water. Waverly has two friends, Lola the Flower and Scout the Cloud.

By Alisa Miller They say bad habits are hard to break, but maybe not if you replace them with good habits that reward you with good health and financial rewards. The following habits range from daily routines to activities that will keep you mentally and physically fit to ways you can keep more money in the bank.