A gold star for Houellebecq!

I helped my uncle, Jack, off his horse.

We neglect commas at our peril.

30 years of missing the welfare of a child, who became a woman, equals failure.
Some one highlighted the wombat dads but the truth is worse.
So many mums should never have kids drugs grog and too many wrong men drive some to abandon children.
We know, those of us who care, police often ignore claims about children in danger.
And we know also they and every one who has the task of looking after us ignores pleas for help.
We are about to see our country say sorry for yesterdays crimes against kids in care.
How often must we say it
Every ten years every day?
Or will we act, I have My doubts yes we hound that man, we have talked about him before from our towns.
But why is he free?
was his punishment equal to his victims pain?
Julie I know you care for kids as much as I do.
But mate some kids are in the hands of drugys who want the cash .
My country should be ashamed.

G'Day All,
Belly they will never stop the abuse Why?
Because of the drugies alcoholics drunks etc.
Why are the above in Society?
Because of the abuse that has been perpertrated on so many before today. Drugs & Alcohol is an escape from their own prison & a way to "self medicate" to ease their own pain
To accept the Senate Committee Report, Stolen Generations both Indigenious & White, Wards of The State, Out of Home Care Children label it what you like I prefer "Stolen Innocence" to group all together as one. There is now that many of these people through our Society that depression affects near all families in Australia.
How are we going to do this?
Easy Attachment & Bonding if a family is affected to such an extent that children are forcibily removed then Society is to blame.
To fix a problem you MUST fix the cause.
Our society is destroying the family base with temptation & indulgences. If you bring a child into this world or take a child on then you give up 18years automatically then you give up the rest of your life in worry whether you did right or wrong.
To quote the phrase at the start of the Senate Report,
"Any nation that does not care for and protect ALL of its children does not deserve the right to call itself a nation" Nelson Mandela.
Thanks for your time have a good life from Dave

The protection of children should matter to
us all. We've got to bring child abuse out
into the open. Unfortunately it often gets
hidden - not many cases are reported for a
variety of reasons, and most people don't seem
that interested - seeing it as 'someone else's
problem.'

It should be everyone's problem.

We need to talk about this issue. -
We need to take away the stigma
associated with having been abused.
We need to teach children to report incidents
- and not be afraid to
discuss the subject. Parents need to be more
aware - as to what their children are doing,
and with whom. They need to learn the tell-tale
signs - and changes in their child's behaviour,
especially towards any given relative, neighbour,
or friend. Parents need to be aware of what goes
on in their child's school - and generally pay more
attention - of what goes on in their child's life.

No child should ever feel that they are on their
own without having an adult they can turn to
for help. Building a child's trust - is very
important in this process - otherwise this matter
will remain hidden - to the advantage of the abuser.

As for the abusers - I'm not sure what to suggest -
personally I'd be for castration - but I don't
know if that would solve the problem.

Hey Burb, How did we go from children being abused to being paranoid about taking photos, in public, of our kids?

Me and my hubby are always taking photos in public and will happily tell anyone complaining about it shove off forthwith. But you know, we’d probably use more modern language. Could make a national “Get out there and take a Photy Day.”[smile] Sony etc would back it.

And you can call and call the dude behind the desk, usually it’s a chick, and they wont listen. You could storm on in and take the kids yourself but I suspect the government would be more than just regulating your life if you tried it.

OUG. What is the botox thing about?

Hi Suzy, I don’t know about sexual perverts so can’t answer. Do they register or anything here?

Belly:”Julie I know you care for kids as much as I do.
But mate some kids are in the hands of drugys who want the cash .
My country should be ashamed.”

I do care Belly and I understand this topic is something you care about it. I believe children are in danger inside the foster care system. I’ve seen them horribly damaged by “casework”.

Taking kids from bad parents is one thing but not if they are then going to be placed in hurtful situations where no one hears them or considers their worth until booted out at 18 years old.

Australia should be scared; “Sorry” might not cut it the next round.

The little Aussie foster children should be the countries responsibility more than any other child and they have no voice.

Even I am ashamed, and more ashamed as I am forced to be part of the damage.

And you know what? I am thoroughly confused between this topic and the one over in Articles.

Dave I have followed your story and feel your pain.
As one of such a big family welfare haunted us as kids, got it very wrong very often.
Pied piper I shared for much of my life your life, see I took over my dads roll after his early death at age 54.
5 of my siblings had to be rared then after unfortunately 5 of my sisters kids, at times in fact eight of them.
My job takes me into places few want to be, if you do it well, if you truly believe and are proud of it, you get requests for help in things you can not believe.
No saint me, a rough nut and proud of it, on helping some one earning much more than I ever did, who was sacked for drug use.
I found kids living such horrible lives, other peoples kids in care of him and his equally silly wife.
For every headline story like the 30 years of abuse maybe a thousand, maybe ten thousand exist unknown.
If do gooders want to help offenders and put children at risk doing it we are lost.