Cooperative parenting with your ex can give your children continued stability and close relationships with both parents—but it certainly isn’t easy. In reality, putting aside relationship issues to co-parent amicably can be extremely stressful and difficult. Despite the many challenges, though, it is possible to initiate and maintain a cordial working relationship with your ex for the sake of your children. You have the power to remain calm, stay consistent, and avoid or effectively resolve conflict with your ex—all in the name of putting your children’s needs first.

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http://helpguide.org/mental/coparenting_shared_parenting_divorce.htm

Law Enforcement, Courts, & Prisons: Crimes and Crime Rates

Crimes and Crime Rates by Type of Offense, Crime Rates by State, Crime Rates by Type, Murder Victims by Age, Sex and Race, Homicide Trends, Forcible Rape–Number and Rate, Violent Crime Between Intimate Partners by Sex of Victims, Hate Crimes–Number of Incidents, Offenses, Victims, and Known Offenders by Bias Motivation, etc.

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http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/law_enforcement_courts_prisons/crimes_and_crime_rates.html

A Soddy-Daisy man has been indicted by the Hamilton County grand jury on a charge of child rape. The parents of a 12-year-old girl told Soddy-Daisy police in June that Earl Boles, the 67-year-old manager of Earl’s Game Room at 9619 Dayton Pike, had raped their daughter at the pool hall.

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http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/oct/06/soddy-daisy-man-67-is-indicted-on-child-rape/

In his ten years of medical experience, including working on the front lines of Ground Zero during the weeks after the World Trade Center tragedy, Dr. David Marks has witnessed today’s children having to cope with stresses that their parents never had. The statistics are disturbing – one out of three American children suffers from stress-related illnesses such as headaches, stomachaches, chest pains, dizziness, sleep and eating disorders and depression. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Marks shows how much of this suffering can be avoided, and treated without medication.

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http://www.amazon.com/Raising-Stable-Kids-Unstable-World/dp/1558749519

TULSA, Okla. —Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton says the district attorney’s office has now filed a total of 7 counts of lewd molestation and 4 counts of first-degree rape against a man who describes himself as a youth pastor and scout leader. Joe Cheater, Jr., 39, remains jailed in Rogers County on bonds totalling $500,000, Walton told KRMG Monday.

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http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/more-charges-filed-additional-victims-sought-youth/nD9Kn/

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http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/312600#ixzz1aQE3jZZx

Demolition began on office of Earl Bradley, a pediatrician convicted of raping and sexually abusing more than 85 children.

Demolition began Monday morning at the offices of a former Delaware pediatrician convicted of raping and sexually abusing his young patients. On October 5, items were removed from Dr. Earl Bradley’s offices on Delaware Route 1 in preparation for the demolition.

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http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Crews-Destroy-Offices-Where-Doc-Raped-Kids–131460193.html

Advocates for children’s rights promote Child Abuse Prevention Month and claim that protecting children in Ontario is a community responsibility. It is clear to many Canadians that child protection and protection against child abuse starts at home. This is especially true when the statistics show that more than 47% of adult Ontarians have been exposed to or know someone who is the victim of child abuse and neglect.

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http://www.soschildrensvillages.ca/News/News/child-protection-news/child-rights-news/Pages/October-Child-Abuse-Prevention-Month-Ontario-Canada-056.aspx

An Arab woman accused of capital murder in the January 2008 death of her 1-year-old infant pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated child abuse. Marshall County Circuit Judge Tim Jolley sentenced her to 20 years in prison, and she will be deported when she is released. Perla Edith Hernandez, 28, of Lowery Road has been in the Marshall County Jail since her arrest more than three years ago.

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http://www.thearabtribune.com/articles/2011/10/10/news/news3.txt

A Milwaukee woman is accused of killing a 23-year-old mother and removing her unborn from her womb. Unfortunately, both the mother and her child died. Maria Garcia says her best friend showed all the signs that she was pregnant. Even her daughter believed a baby was on the way. “She had a big belly for a while. Her belly was always big, and we would think she was going to have her baby,” she said.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/witi-20111009-fetus-abduction,0,4251997.story