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  1. Attention Deficit (Mother Jones)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Attention Deficit Physical and sexual child abuse grab all the headlines.But what you may not realize is that neglect can be worse. By Deborah BlumOriginally published in Mother Jones Magazine, Jan./Feb. 1999 They were brothers raised in the…

  2. DCF Aide is Found Drunk, Cops Say (The Miami Herald)

     PRINTABLE PAGE DCF Aide is Found Drunk, Cops Say She was drunk in car with baby in back seat, Gables police say By Carol Marbin MillerOriginally published in The Miami Herald, July 27, 2002 A Department of Children & Families…

  3. Toxic Childhoods (HealthScoutNews)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Toxic Childhoods Angry, cold families produce sick kids who may become sick adults By Randy Dotinga, HealthScoutNews ReporterOriginally published by HealthScoutNews, April 12, 2002 A troubled home life can literally make children sick—even after they become adults. Researchers…

  4. Police: Abusive Dad Ruled House of Horrors (Boston Herald)

     PRINTABLE PAGE Police: Abusive Dad Ruled House of Horrors by Ed Hayward and Franci RichardsonOriginally published in the Boston Herald, June 15, 2001 SALISBURY — Isolated from the outside world by their tyrannical father, the six McMullen children lived anonymously…