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Peanut Butter- The Latest in Adolescent Bullying

Posted on April 18, 2008.

Peanut Butter and Deadly Taunts
A Combination of Bullying and Peanut Allergies May Put Some Kids in the ER
By LAUREN COX
ABC News Medical Unit
April 17, 2008
Late last spring, 14-year-old Sarah VanEssendelft of Mastic, N.Y., experienced bullying worthy of a teen movie.
“There was a group of five girls … and they decided they didn’t want me sitting [...]

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In the Best Interests of the Child

Posted on January 18, 2008.

As a sort of continuation of my last blog post, I’d like to delve more into the subject of a parental rights amendment and the UNCRC. BTW, if you’d like to read more perspectives on the subject, check out Dana’s blog at Principled Discovery.
Our rights as Americans are not granted to us in the Constitution. [...]

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The Battle on the Horizon

Posted on January 16, 2008.

The conflict I see brewing isn’t about the best educational methodologies, socialization, standardized tests, how to define home education, or even PCs vs. Macs. What I perceive is that we are coming to a crossroads where it will be decided exactly what role parents should play in the lives of their children, and what was [...]

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Enlightening Expose- “The ABCs of Betrayal”

Posted on January 10, 2008.

I have been reading this investigative series  and the follow-up articles in The Columbus Dispatch since October. It has been enlightening and frightening.
During the past 10 months, The Dispatch has fought to obtain records that detail how teachers across Ohio have been disciplined since 2000.
Using those records and other information, reporters built a first-of-its-kind database [...]

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