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Date: Thu, 3 Feb  2011 23:12:05 EST
Subject: Re: LACTNET Digest - 3 Feb 2011 - Special issue  (#2011-95)
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In a message  dated 2/3/2011 7:06:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,   
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In my  opinion it boils  down to the litigious US Society and poor   
screening.
If  agencies were able to screen appropriately,  and did not  have  fears  
of
pedophiles or child abusers getting through the   screening process,  they
would not have to cover their assess with   ridiculous rules, and could
actually allow good parents to provide good   parenting to at risk infants  
and children...   




Maeve and Laura,

Thank you for your illuminating, and  sad, posts about the US foster  care 
system's rules. I only know from  watching my friend lovingly parent the 5  
year old daughter of a mom  who was incapable of caring for her ( never 
resolved  drug dependency),  how much she loved this girl and how amazing 
it was the 
day  she  announced that this little girl, then already 9, was fully, 
legally  hers.  Her face, and the face of her now legal daughter, was the  
definition of the word  "joy." Wow, we obviously have a LONG way to go  
when moms as 
loving as I trust  you both are, are bound by such  rules.

Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC,  LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,   USA
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