A California man gunned down his wife and two of her children in their home on Monday night before turning the gun on himself in what police believe was a murder-suicide. Stepfather Ramon Miranda, 38, apparently shot and killed 34-year-old Silvia Miranda and her children, 12-year-old Ramon Jr. and 10-year-old Rayna, the San Bernardino County coroner’s office confirmed on Wednesday. Neighbors reported hearing the Fontana, California family arguing before the violence broke out. READ MORE HERE

Should Your Child Be Spanked at School? In 19 States, It’s Legal

Corporal punishment is still active in schools nationwide in the United States. Two-thirds of Tennessee school children attend “Paddling Schools” TODAY! Corporal Punishment is Prohibited in Nashville and Memphis schools. Florida, Alabama and Tennessee among states where Schools Can Paddle Students Against Parents’ Wishes. It is one of the most controversial methods of child discipline, but spanking in school — usually with a wooden or fiberglass paddle — is still allowed by law in 19 states. The practice is most prevalent in the Midwest and South. According to a report from the Juvenile Information Exchange, more than 28,500 students in Georgia were spanked in 2008, mostly in rural counties. The number is much smaller in Florida — around 3,600 last year — but that’s where the issue is getting new attention.

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Where the states stand on corporal punishment:

SOURCE:  Family Education

Corporal Punishment in Public Schools, by State

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State Laws on school corporal punishment

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Corporal Punishment in Schools

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A Briton who murdered his two young children in France by slitting their throats has hanged himself in prison, authorities said yesterday. Julian Stevenson was awaiting trial for killing Mathew, ten, and five-year-old Carla in an apparent fit of rage over a custody battle with his French ex-wife. The 48-year-old’s body was found in a sports hall at Corbas prison near Lyon on Monday and assistant prosecutor Pascal Guinot said there was ‘no doubt’ he had taken his own life. READ MORE HERE

Father/Child Killer, Julian Stevenson:

Mother claims staff have stopped feeding her girl, 13, and now coldly refer to her as ‘the body’

The mother of Jahi McMath has alleged that the hospital where her 13-year-old daughter is on life support is not feeding her and have now begun to refer to her as ‘the body’. The shocking allegations made by Latasha ‘Nailah’ Winkfield come just one day after she won a court injunction to stop the Children’s Hospital of Oakland from unhooking her girl from the machines that are currently keeping the teen alive. ‘To watch my daughter just sit there and not have food … I’m just so happy that she is kind of a thick girl so she still looks good,’ Latasha Winkfield said today. READ MORE HERE

Mother told police she suffocated her daughter “with her bare hands.”

A first-of-its-kind report by Kentucky’s state health agency has found authorities in the Bluegrass State investigated 20 allegations of human trafficking involving 25 children over only about a four month period in 2013. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the Cabinet for Health and Family Services issued the Kentucky Child Victims of Human Trafficking Report on Nov. 1 as part of the state’s ramped-up effort to tackle not only a growing problem in Kentucky, but also one that many believe has long been under-addressed by state authorities. READ MORE HERE

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