Lilly Manning was 15 when she escaped from a cramped closet in south Sacramento, after being stabbed and beaten and shoved into the darkness. This time, she said, she knew she would have to save herself. Government documents confirm she was right. Four different agencies visited the family at least 11 times on reports of suspected abuse or neglect in a five-year period but did not move to protect her or her siblings.

“ZERO TOLERANCE” Law: Mandatory Sentences for Child Abusers

“ZERO TOLERANCE” Law ProposalOUR GOAL: Petition the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives and the President of the United States to pass the “Zero Tolerance” bill into Federal Law.

WHO: Dreamcatchers for Abused Children is an official non-profit 501(c)3 child abuse & neglect organization dedicated to educating the public on child abuse symptoms, intervention, prevention, statistics, reporting, and helping victims locate the proper resources necessary to achieve a full recovery. We need YOUR help to petition the government for mandatory sentencing for child abusers and pedophiles.

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http://www.change.org/petitions/zero-tolerance-law-mandatory-sentences-for-child-abusers#signatures

In the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)’s new report, The State of America’s Children 2011, we give a comprehensive overview on the well-being of America’s children. But just who are America’s children and families today? Children make up almost one in four of the people living in the United States today. More than one-quarter of our nation’s children are young — infants, toddlers or preschoolers. They are the poorest age group in America. And the younger they are, the poorer they are — cheating them in the years of greatest brain development. In chapters on child population and family structure we take a closer look, and a national child and family portrait begins to emerge.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/a-national-family-portrai_b_913729.html

Many are getting upset over Facebook spy ware software for parents. I was looking at one, Spector Pro, the other day to understand what it was all about. The software allows you to secretly record emails, instant messages, and chats. It also prevents private information from being revealed (how is that possible) and can set restrictions like time allowed on the child. It also filters adult-related web chat and emails.

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http://www.nj.com/parenting/guest_bloggers/index.ssf/2011/07/spyware_for_parents_to_monitor.html

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Veronica Coriell expressed shock Friday that her ex-husband allegedly kidnapped, raped and tried to murder their 8-year-old daughter. She never saw it coming, she said. “Did something happen along the line that made him not be right in his head?” Veronica Coriell said Friday morning. “Maybe he snapped somewhere.”

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http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/126422163.html

A Hastings man has been arrested after authorities say he broke a 4-month-old’s leg when the infant would not stop crying and delayed taking him for treatment. Jay Louis Bergeron Jr., 21, was charged Thursday with aggravated child abuse and is in the St. Johns County jail on $500,000 bail. The state Department of Children and Families investigated after the child was hospitalized in February.

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http://m.jacksonville.com/news/crime/2011-07-29/story/infant-suffers-fractures-broken-leg-hastings-man-arrested

ALBERT LEA, Minn. – There may soon be harsher punishment laws on the books for child abuse cases in Minnesota. Recent cases in our area as well as across the country are prompting state lawmakers to take action. State Senator Dan Sparks from Austin is planning to meet with Mower County Attorney Kristen Nelsen next week. There they’ll discuss introducing legislation that would create harsher punishments for child abusers, a topic Sparks says he’s heard a lot about recently from constituents.

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http://www.kimt.com/content/localnews/story/Harsher-Punishments-for-Minn-Child-Abusers/eYhOT3ZnRE2A3aDI0WZMng.cspx

LAS CRUCES, N. M. — A Las Cruces father was arrested Thursday on child abuse charges after police said he struck his 9-year-old daughter multiple times.It all began Wednesday, when Las Cruces police said 26-year-old Reyes Francisco Perez was injecting himself with a hypodermic needle while his 9-year-old daughter was watching. That’s when police said Perez became angry and repeatedly hit the girl.

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http://www.kvia.com/news/28715537/detail.html

Cop: Suffocated Girl Was Locked in Box as Punishment for Taking Popsicle

PHOENIX, Arizona — Police have arrested four people in the death of a 10-year-old girl who suffocated inside a footlocker used to punish her for taking a popsicle without permission. The victim, 10-year-old Ame Deal, was found dead on July 12 in the home where she lived with an aunt, grandmother and two cousins following what police said at the time may have been the tragic ending to a game of hide-and-seek.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-suffocated-girl,0,7986405.story

DALY CITY — A Daly City man was convicted Monday of burning his 17-month-old son in a hot stove while trying to teach him that ovens are dangerous.Gregory Colver Jr., 21, was remanded into custody after a San Mateo County Superior Court jury convicted him of felony child endangerment and cruelty to a child. He faces 12 years in state prison when he is sentenced Aug. 16.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/18/BA0H1KBU2G.DTL#ixzz1Tc7FSAdq