Adam Said:

Airports can be protected with security - but for some reason people think this impossible for schools?

We Answered:

I agree with above....it would be too expensive for the school districts to have an on-campus officer.

On the other hand, If the school boards would stop squandering the tax payers' money on useless, needless things, there WOULD be enough money in the budget for an officer to be on school grounds. ALL school boards and communities need to take a look at this.

Evelyn Said:

How can I cure my phycological swallowing problem?

We Answered:

Why not get a therapist who knows a method that can help you quickly resolve your choking fears and all the rest, instead of trying a therapy that wont help and will drag it out forever and you through the emotional mud of your dads death and all that.
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Alvin Said:

child abuse law is read.......?

We Answered:

Obviously, that's appalling behavior, and the mother should not allow that. Shame on her.

The truth is, the system is much less perfect than the mother in question. The state can barely support the kids who are abandoned, burned with cigarettes, raped, starved, and/or locked in closets at home. It does not have the resources to correct every bad parenting decision (nor should it even try). And let me assure you that if that child is otherwise cared for, and, more importantly, loved, at home, he is better off there than in some over-crowded group home, where he will either be abused by more street-wise kids, or learn to be a more hardcore street-thug.

Best thing you can do is let it go, and be a good role model for the child.

Adam Said:

Has Sen. Obama accomplished anything in the senate?

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Id say so! Go Obama!

Courtney Said:

positive mantoux, child care center...HELP!!!!?

We Answered:

Generally they don't do Mantoux testing anymore because it is notoriously inaccurate. They usually prefer to do an IPPD, which is the needle beneath the skin, rather than the old multi-poke prod. You don't describe a positive reaction, you describe an allergic reaction. You could have had an interaction with any number of things, even the soap you used to bath in that day or your perfume. There is no booster effect in TB testing, the bacilli used are dead. It is simply a test for antibodies, and you either have them or you don't. If you do, all it means is that you have been exposed to TB somewhere- and it's anyone's guess where that was. It doesn't mean you have TB either. Most healthy adults can actually fight off TB, which leaves you with just the antibodies. In some cases, TB can go into a suspended animation state, and live in a cell in the body. Usually a lung cell, that's what they prefer- but any cell will do. It waits there until you are not so healthy and your immune system is busy, and wakes up. TB is also slow growing as a rule, so it's not something that will kill you in months. It's more like years and years. Once they determine you don't actually have active TB, they give you medication for a year, which can kill it in the inactive state IF it's present somewhere in your body. Even if you have active TB, it's treatable. They made a big deal of the drug resistant variety, but failed to make as big a deal about that being really rare to get. And TB isn't that easy to catch either. The kids you are taking care of have all been screened for TB already- it was required before they could enter the US. It's not unusual to see kids and adults in a daycare setting with chronic coughs and colds. Day care centers are germ soups, kids are cold carriers at the best of times, and more suseptible to it than adults. We already had our share when we were younger, and now enjoy a certain resistance kids are still getting.
The next logical step in your treatment should be an x-ray to make sure you don't have active TB lesions on the lungs, and then probably an IPPD. If the chest x-ray and IPPD are negative, then you can relax- because you don't have TB. You probably don't, in all likelyhood. The AFB culture can take a month or more, as I said, TB is some seriously slow growing stuff. Just remind yourself, you are living in an industrialized country with good sanitation and not in the middle of some tropical jungle here. Minnesota is not a hotbed of TB. Chances are you are fine, and don't have TB. And even if you actually do, it's not a death sentence. You can be treated, easily enough, and move on to whatever is next in life.

Theodore Said:

question for stuart/wrg or anyone knowing about child abuse?

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If DCS is doing their job, they investigate much further than telling the mother not to let the son smoke weed.

If you have credible evidence that the mother is actually providing the son weed and letting the son smoke it, and you have credible evidence that DCS knows about this behavior, you have a duty to report it.

The first line of reporting would be to the management or higher-ups at DCS. If you're not comfortable with that, you can report it to the district attorney's office or the juvenile court clerk's office.

Frankly, if you're telling the whole story here, there are a couple of people who need some jail time: the mother, and the DCS investigator.

- Stuart
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***EDIT*** Because DCS is a government agency, it is overseen at the state level, usually. (In some states, the county has jurisdiction, also). You are unable to sue DCS unless the state allows you to do so, typically. However, it is the mandate of law that the courts act when there is a matter of unresolved law - as in the case of an agency being irresponsible. An attorney could probably guide you through the intricate workings of government and get you in to speak with officials, but I think a persistent person could do the same thing. You are aware of a felony - or worse, an ongoing felony - where the mother is on multiple occasions providing drugs to the child. That should be enough for the DA. I'd simply talk to the DA's office and get their take on this to test the waters. If they are as indignant as you, you did good. If they blow you off, you know you have t keep digging.

I think the DA is required by law to take action in this case. There is felony involvement in it. WRG's question is a good one, though - your involvement with the people in this case will have some bearing on how the DA views you as a complainant.

- Stuart

Jane Said:

child abuse laws read?

We Answered:

If DCS is doing their job, they investigate much further than telling the mother not to let the son smoke weed.

If you have credible evidence that the mother is actually providing the son weed and letting the son smoke it, and you have credible evidence that DCS knows about this behavior, you have a duty to report it.

The first line of reporting would be to the management or higher-ups at DCS. If you're not comfortable with that, you can report it to the district attorney's office or the juvenile court clerk's office.

Frankly, if you're telling the whole story here, there are a couple of people who need some jail time: the mother, and the DCS investigator.

- Stuart