Divine_msn
My ex's parents had no criminal record but my ex was already recieving mental health assistance & had been for 18months prior to the removal of what I thought was my son.
Related to the DoCS workers in that town allowed my ex to run the streets when she was only 12-13 years of age also had their own son needing mental health assistance all three of the children of those parents have alcohol and drug problems.
If you would give me some where to send it to you I would send you what the ex had to say in her assessment about her mother
The son that I thought was mine at the age of 11 was not coming home until 4am in the morning sleeping until 10-11 am in the morning
The ex's grandfather uncle father and brother have had allegations of pedophilia connected to them.
The son that I thought was mine has little or no education made himself physically sick for his mother and who he thought at the time was his father held to the words of the man who he bears the name of words that we would stick together
So much for your idea
Child Abuse some elses problem
Bye from Dave

Looks like the media are making an effort to end the myths and the silence. Here's the latest article on child abuse in Australia (published today): http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/6089613/mum-not-dad-more-likely-to-neglect-kids/1/oldest/

Government statistics are a little more factual than the bedtime stories Barbara Biggs has been feeding the press in the last few weeks/months.

YEAH it's about time the media started telling the truth about the ugly side of child abuse.Ms Biggs and her cronies have a lot to answer for.The authorities in WA are to be congratulated for releasing this type of data. I believe the other states have refused to release these statistics even under FOI requests. What are they afraid of. Why do people like DOCS prefer to leave a child with a neglecting and abusing mother rather than place the child with a father who might well be a better parent.

Hi All,

I agree that it is time to end the silence on child abuse.

As a victim of child brutality in an orphanage run by "so-called" Christians, the religious organisation offered an apology and a small some of money as payment without prejudice. If I did not accept that then I would have to wait, possibly years before it was heard in court and I would also have to pay all legal costs of litigation.

I accepted it as at my age, each year I live becomes a bonus, so after stating to them that neither they or I would be able to agree on what should be considered fair compensation, after suffering the outcome of brutality during my years in the orphanage 1939 January-Xmas 1945. Being a positive person by nature I would have to say thankfully I did not suffer sexual abuse. I feel very deeply for those victims.
I suffered only from the brutality of people who used the boys as "whipping objects" when someone had a dirty liver.

I built a wall around myself as a result so that nothing they did could reach or hurt me. Unfortunately that wall stayed with me all of my life and I am now 76. It makes it very difficult for me to get close to anyone, even while married.

I dislike bullies in any form, whether individuals, corporations of government and have spent my retirement as a community advocate on behalf of those more vulnerable and unable to fight or speak for themselves.

Obviously, I still feel angry at the injustices forced upon all children in those circumstances.

I would stress that after so many years any apology will tend to be taken with a grain of salt and judged as merely a public relations exercise.

While governments publically espouse the cause for an apology, departments fight to minimise any compensation offered, some arguing that it would bankrupt the organisations if they had to pay a reasonable compensation.

continued

Look closely at these organisations they have become commercial enterprises at the expense of the suffering of others. Their administration centres (head offices) are buildings that would not shame a government to be seen administering the country from.

The administration is top heavy and so much of the collection is done by other organisations on contract. This is where most of the money is wasted with little reaching the people they are supposed to be helping

Clothing, furniture and other items donated to some organisations are sold off at near market price.

Many depots are franchised who then are forced to charge prices to be able to pay for the franchise and also earn a living.

I also see many donated goods taken to the tip as not being trendy enough for sale or furniture that might need a little repair is not deemed worthy to put in their show rooms.

Many religious groups have lost sight of why the came into being.

They have become profit motivated as any other businesses. social issues are of a lesser concern.

However, let me make this point quite clear. Not all of the charities behave in such a manner and those devote their lives and efforts to help those in need.

However, some of the high profile religious organisations do generate considerable revenue from government funding and the donations of those, who in themselves may not have much but believe in helping those in need.

While there is no question that the aboriginal people have suffered much, but even white children of that time did not fare well if they became immates of an orphanage.

As an advocate I often am faced with a mentality of those who have never been in need, suggesting that these victims must have done something wrong, or are lazy, or are dole-bludgers and so on.

I have always preached a philosophy that until you have walked in the shoes of these people then you should not judge them.

Regards
professori_au

"Mothers carried out almost 68 per cent of cases of emotional and psychological abuse committed by parents, about 53 per cent of physical abuse and more than 94 per cent of neglect cases."

University of Western Sydney academic Micheal Woods said yesterday that the statistics debunked the myth that fathers posed the greatest risk to their children.

Mr Woods, co-director of the university's Men's Health Information and Resource Centre, said if similar data was available in other States it would show similar trends."

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/6089613/mum-not-dad-more-likely-to-neglect-kids/1/oldest/

The data for other states is available, with the QLD Commisioner for Children releasing similar data in QLD last year.

By far the greatest danger to children is "neglect", with single parent mothers the greatest threat as a parent.

Those are the facts, but unfortunately they are not facts that can be publicly made available in a feminist, anti-male and anti-father society.