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...plan may help make up for neglect in the past. It "'calls for more faculty appointments in important areas where our strength is sub-critical," Knowles says...
...economy, not the idea those illegal immigrants "live off the dole." As well, it is often difficult to get hard numbers on what illegal immigrants actually pay into the system as a result of taxes on their income or the food and other goods they buy. These studies also neglect to take into account the intrinsic value of illegal immigrants' labor to the California economy...
...Exploited Children, estimates that about two-thirds of those victims were killed by one or both of their parents. These figures, however, do not tell the whole story. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services calculates that in 1992 about 1,100 children died from abuse or neglect. Far more common than the sensational murders in Union County are the smaller deceptions practiced by mothers who claim that abused or neglected children died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) or accidents. They are also far more perfect crimes. Charles Ewing, a law and psychology professor at the State University...
When the social roots of parental killing are at issue, however, the experts speak nearly unanimously. Susan Hiatt, the director of the Kempe National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect in Denver, explains that "generally parents who kill their children tend to be under a lot of stress. They may be very young and not ready for the demands of parenthood. In all likelihood they are socially isolated and do not have a large social net. They may have been victims of violence themselves." Says Durfee: "The parents commonly have a history of previous violence...
...need to have two parents in the home to make sure our kids are learning-ready," Romney said, citing the decline of the '50s nuclear family as a cause of child neglect. "If two parents work...we need good child care facilities in the community...