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☆ Bruised and malnourished twins, 16, flee Texas home where they were allegedly handcuffed
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The twins were hospitalized and are in the custody of Child Protective Services, according to NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston. PRCMcShan said it took authorities several hours Monday to determine which house the twins had fled. When they arrived, the children’s mother, Zaikiya Duncan, 40, and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Jova Terrell, had apparently left with Duncan’s five other children, McShan said. "The children were found at a relative’s house and have been deemed safe by the Louisiana State Police. Duncan and Terrell were arrested after a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon, Louisiana State Police said Wednesday.

☆ CPS workers search millions of homes a year. A mom who resisted paid a price.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Eli Hager | Eli Hager Is A Reporter For Propublica Covering Issues Affecting Children | Teens In The Southwest. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Ferguson, a nurse working 16-hour double shifts, knew instantly who she’d find in her hallway that day in February 2019. A domestic violence survivor who previously lived in a shelter, Ferguson had never been accused of child abuse, ACS case records show. But many parents don’t know that they have the right to deny these government agents or don’t push back for fear of losing their children, according to parents and their advocates. It’s a staggering reality — likely millions of warrantless searches a year — and one that has not been reported before. Ferguson believes her constitutional rights were violated that day at her apartment, and is now suing New York City in federal court.

Instead, data and child welfare experts suggest the changes may have done the opposite. State child welfare officials say more vigilance in documenting severe cases of abuse likely contributed to the increase. Child welfare experts say these findings cast doubt on the effectiveness of the primary tool that states rely on to protect children: mandatory child abuse reporting. These policies, the bedrock of America’s child welfare system, were first implemented more than half a century ago in response to growing national awareness of child maltreatment. “We are continuing to tell mandated reporters, ‘Report, report, report,’ and nobody can handle it,” Berger said in an interview.

☆ The Teen Mental Health Industry Is Failing Them - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Alexander Stockton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +26 min

Sometimes they are treated in ways that are illegal to treat prisoners, let alone kids seeking mental health treatment. But former patients from residential treatment facilities whom Times Opinion interviewed said they received one-on-one therapy only once a week, if that. The company owns dozens of hospitals and hundreds of behavioral health facilities and makes about $11 billion a year. In 2017, when he was 15 years old, his mother, Renee Hanania, sent him to a UHS facility in Virginia. America’s patchwork mental health treatment is still insufficient.

☆ School officials unknowingly gave accused Michigan shooter his backpack with gun and magazines, lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Marin Scott | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Details of the exchange came from depositions provided by school officials after several families sued the Oxford Community School District in federal court last year. According to Hopkins' testimony, Johnson said, the counselor commented on the backpack's weight after the teacher gave it to him. After returning to the meeting, Hopkins gave the bag to Ejak, who passed it to the teen. Johnson said some school officials missed other red flags, including an incident Nov. 29 where the suspect's teacher saw him looking at images of bullets on his phone. After the teacher began reviewing his classwork and noticed his interests "leaned toward the violent side," Johnson said, she reported what she found to other school officials, including Hopkins.

☆ The Tucker Carlson origin story
▼ + stars: | 1998-01-28 | by ( Aaron Short | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +57 min

Tucker Carlson is remembered as a provocateur and gleeful contrarian by those who knew him in his early days. It was Tucker Carlson. (Note on style: Tucker Carlson and the members of his family are referred to here by their first names to avoid confusion.) In 1979, Richard Carlson married Patricia Swanson, heiress to the Swanson frozen foods empire that perfected the frozen Salisbury steak for hassle-free dinners. Tucker Carlson attended St. George’s School, a boarding school starting at age 14.

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