tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949272793553548917.post8468457795782230490..comments2023-07-23T04:38:55.832-07:00Comments on Pam Roach Report: Reader Comments On Saturday WFU ConclaveState Senator Pam Roachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18192817037938680418noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949272793553548917.post-26203139128129695922009-11-22T23:00:16.956-08:002009-11-22T23:00:16.956-08:00Children are resilient? Is that why my granddaugh...Children are resilient? Is that why my granddaughter is hording food at her new home? Is that why her speech is delayed? Is that why she must grow up in day care? She has a loving sister and grandmother at home who can, and will, give her all the love and attention she can handle. If this is resiliance, God help us. Ms. Dreyfus, PLEASE go to the foster homes! Take a look around. Compare the family home vs. the foster home, just one time. Put yourself in the child's place, just one time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6949272793553548917.post-2662031572409336972009-11-13T20:45:43.584-08:002009-11-13T20:45:43.584-08:00Best interest of the child is hammered into the la...Best interest of the child is hammered into the law as if the child has no way to express intent. William O Douglas, US Supreme Court Justice wrote extensively about the age of a child to validly express intent in medical services. He felt that by age 10, a child had a clear expressed intent of life choices. <br /><br />Thanks to family advocates in Washington State, a child may request a hearing at age 12 so that the court may attend to the child's INTENT of residence. How many CASA GAL have the moral integrity and guts to represent the child's INTENT of residence? <br /><br />There are CASA GAL who really pay attention to the child's INTENT of family preference and are willing to champion the opportunity of choice of a safe loving placement of a child with the family of preference. <br /><br />The state law 13.34 stresses priority placement of a child with the "family of origin" with the expectation and requirement of a safe and loving family. Despite the law, many advocates and families see county CASA and judicial systems corrupt the law to their own will, despite the child, despite the family.DenisonPineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061992936068305432noreply@blogger.com