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Another criticism is that the layoffs are an attempt to impress Wall Street. In particular, some analysts suspect that the equipment-manufacturing business will take the heaviest hit--23,000 layoffs--because it is the only one of the three companies into which the parent is being split that will sell new stock, in addition to distributing shares to present AT&T stockholders. An initial public offering of as much as $3 billion, which might be the biggest ever, is planned for late March. Allen concedes that "there is some pressure from the ipo to get things right and look...
...TEACHER AND PSYCHOLOGY GRADUate who has worked with children for 40 years, I know the child always loves the parent, even if that child is being neglected or mistreated. When a child begs not to be returned to her mother, something is certainly terribly wrong. Please listen to the children. Elisa's pain and humiliation were heartbreaking. SURVIVOR OF CHILD ABUSE Gloucester, Ontario...
...attorney who has represented mothers, children and the state in protective proceedings, I know all too well that there are no easy solutions to the problem of child abuse. I have witnessed firsthand the drawbacks of overzealous protection of children. Separating a child from a parent can have a devastating effect upon both parent and child. Until we are certain that a parent presents a true danger to a child, we must continue to promote the preservation of the family. When a child like Elisa falls through the cracks, we should be careful to place the blame where...
...YEAR-OLD TO BE MURDERED is a shame. However, America does not have a duty to protect children from their parents. The family has a duty to safeguard its own members. The girl should not be "let down by the system" because there should be no system, child welfare, court or otherwise. As a family-law attorney, I must support the right of parents to see their children under the basic concepts of American rights and freedoms. No system should interfere with this, and none can protect a child from its own parent. Final responsibility lies with the family...
...deep source of frustration, certainly, is that no solution seems adequate to the pain and suffering that caseworkers see every day. Says Parent: "As you got there to check on the safety of one child, you felt like every child, everyone in the building or in the whole block, should be removed." Marsha Hurda, a veteran social worker and Davis' colleague, used to handle only cases that were already in the court system. "Back then," she says, "I used to feel like an avenging angel. I felt good that I was able to keep...