Free Talk Live - kids

Bill Nye the Science Guy says denying evolution holds everybody back

Twiggy — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:24:10 +0000

Bill Nye "The Science Guy" asks parents that believe in Creationism not to teach it to their kids. He claims that the denial of evolution holds everyone back.

Police raid wrong door, shoot dog, and beat kids

Crotale — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:21:35 +0000

A St. Paul, Minnesota family claims in a lawsuit that police officers who conducted a wrong-door raid on their home shot their dog, and then forced their three handcuffed children to sit near the dead pet while officers ransacked the home. The lawsuit, which names Ramsey County, the Dakota County Drug Task Force, and the DEA, and asks for $30 million in civil rights violations and punitive damages after a wrong-door raid, also claims that the officers kicked the children and deprived one of them of her diabetes medication.

Shock Treatments of Autistic Children

ecigarettes — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:19:57 +0000

Massachusetts special-needs facility is believed to be the only one in the world that uses 'aversive therapy' in treating children - The UN's special rapporteur on torture has made a formal approach to the US government over a special-needs school near Boston that inflicts electric shocks on autistic children as a form of behavioural control. Juan Mendez has told the Guardian that he has opened discussions with the US mission to the UN in Geneva as a first step towards investigating the school.

Teen Arrested for Distracting Officers in South Texas

antiderivative — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:41:43 +0000

A teenager is arrested for wanting to protect his family. A neglectful mother was reported for endangering her 2 year old. When police decided to remove this child, her son distracted the officers allowing the mother to escape. We're not given details of the 'distraction', but I guess it was only a plea to not loose his sibling. He is being held at $2500 and faced with allegations that could cost $10K & TEN years in prison! The real reason, it seems, that the mother escaped was because she was allowed to get items for the child in her house on her own.

Georgia cops bust 10-year-old’s lemonade stand

joshkm — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:07:28 +0000

When three girls in Midway, Georgia set up their lemonade stand, they intended to raise enough money to go to the water park. But the ever-vigilant local police quickly identified the girls’ effort as criminal enterprise and shut them down.

Kids Lemonade Stand At U.S. Open Fined $500 And Shut Down

Deslock Darkstar — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:28:41 +0000

You can make a fortune selling parking spots outside the US Open, but don't even dream of setting up a lemonade stand. A county inspector ordered the Marriott and Augustine kids to shut down the stand they set up on Persimmon Tree Rd, right next to Congressional. And after they allegedly ignored a couple of warnings, the inspector fined their parents $500.

Kid soldiers perform patriotic flag burning ceremony

ktmohney — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:33:44 +0000

In the land of the free and the home of the brave we introduce our kids to nationalism at a young age... because they are easier to brainwash! A bunch of "young marines" retire a flag in a solemn ceremony and read patriotic flag poetry in full marine fatigues. Can we say Hitler Youth??

School Wants To Allow Bus Drivers To Search Students

mauiguy — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:58:36 +0000

A western Indiana school district wants to give its bus drivers the authority to search students for weapons or drugs.

The Tribune-Star reported that a Vigo County School Corp. proposal would allow the drivers to search a student and the student's belongings if there is an immediate threat of harm or danger to those on the bus.