"I believe the children are the future", this line alone from Whitney Houston says it all when it comes to what is the purpose of sharing the Good News to the next generation.
I (Sal) reflect about my childhood at spontaenous times in life. I'm reminded of certain events when I encounter similar stimulus's (e.g. I was reminded of a neighborhood friend just today-Monday, Sept 27th 2004-when I was working out and a guy that "spotted me"-help lift bench press bar-just look like him) throughout life.
Life is short, so enjoy it as these childhood memories help constantly remind me of this. For more of my childhood stories....
I used to complain that I didn't get this or that because of my selfishness or jealousy. Instead of wishing you could've done this, do something about it by making it happend with a young child nearby. I mentor (get paid too) a child, which I just started this late summer (2004). Three years ago, I started mentoring a teenager, which has been a interesting experience so far.
Baby in the House!
It's been a couple months now since my niece was born, so I decided to do a resource list on baby products:
Diaper-Free
Diaper Free Baby, using no diapers!
*saw this on t.v. on Dec. 2005
Milk Based Formula Powder
-Enfamil
Baby Names
CPR on a Baby
(Mayo Clinic)
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To perform CPR on a child:
The procedure for giving CPR to a child age 1 through 8 is essentially the same as that for an adult. The differences are as follows:
Perform five cycles of compressions and breaths on the child � this should take about two minutes � before calling 911 or the local emergency number, unless someone else can call while you attend to the child.
Use only one hand to perform heart compressions.
Breathe more gently.
Use the same compression/breath rate as is used for adults: 30 compressions followed by two breaths. This is one cycle. Following the two breaths, immediately begin the next cycle of compressions and breaths. Continue until the victim moves or help arrives.
Good Stories:
A miracle four years in the making
By HELEN ANDERSON (JEMS)
Bad Stories:
Common Mistakes in Professional Rescuer CPR Skills
Correcting Medical Mistakes, from Heimlick Maneuver Institute
Family of drowned boy sues country club, from topix
"And when an emergency situation came about, the one in her chair did NOTHING. And the other three came too late, still not knowing what to do. Doing so much as placing a mask on the child, to breath through a hole, and giving infant CPR with two fingers. That proves they had NO idea what to do.
And I completely agree that EVERYONE should know CPR, it's such a simple thing and it could've saved the child's life. "
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Do resuscitation attempts in children who die, cause injury? , from Emergency Medical Journal
"The findings of this study indicate that resuscitation attempts in children who ultimately die do cause injuries and the number of injuries increases with the duration of the CPR. The majority of these injuries however are of a minor nature and would not by their nature be expected to hamper the resuscitation efforts. Indeed injuries such as bruising or abrasions to the face and chest may be reasonably anticipated by the physical nature of CPR being applied under stressful circumstances.
The absence of injuries that may have interfered with resuscitation attempts, indicates that instituting basic life support in a child with cardiorespiratory arrest is a safe practice even when the resuscitation provider may be inexperienced or untrained. This study does not provide information as to whether CPR is effective when provided by an inexperienced or untrained person merely that they do not cause serious injury when doing so.
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Healthwise Handbook
"WARNING: Improper CPR or CPR performed on a person whose heart is still beating can cause serious injury. Never perform CPR unless:"
Neutral ??? Stories:
Stepfather charged in death of 2-year-old in Morris
Not able to have children?
I here so many stories of women not being able t have children...
-Hannah (1 Samuel 1)
" 1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite [a] from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none...
...19 Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the LORD and then went back to their home at Ramah. Elkanah lay with Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. 20 So in the course of time Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, [c] saying, "Because I asked the LORD for him."
Testimonies:
Kids in Church!
" From their youngest years, draw them out, taking their dreams and visions seriously. As the young child Samuel had to be taught, teach them what you know about hearing the voice of God and being obedient to responding to what they hear. You will be amazed at what God will do through your children. "-Kids in Ministries
Articles
Law enforcement investigates baby's death
Morris Sun Tribune
Published Wednesday, June 21, 2006
"Law enforcement is investigating circumstances in the death of a Morris baby.
Paul Marcus Cohen, who was born Jan. 6, 2006, died on June 9 at Minneapolis Children’s Hospital.
An autopsy by the Hennepin County Medical Examiners Office indicated that Cohen had signs of head trauma that were not consistent with a self-inflicted injury, according to Morris Police.
No arrests have been made in connection with the investigation, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are involved with Morris Police, said Morris Chief of Police Jim Beauregard.
“We’re in the middle of the investigation and we want to cover all bases,” Beauregard said. “We haven’t come to any particular conclusion.”
Law enforcement investigators are interviewing people locally and at the hospital, Beauregard said.
There is no time frame involved in the probe, he said.
“There were injuries to the baby,” Beauregard said. “It’s a serious situation and we want to make sure we do whatever’s possible to reach the correct conclusion.”
"Deaths of the innocents
The deaths of two boys in Morris and 10 other children in Minnesota are tragic reminders the state's services can't protect all kids despite their continuing efforts.
By Pam Louwagie, Star Tribune
Last update: January 07, 2007 � 1:13 AM
MORRIS, MINN. -- Police Chief Jim Beauregard hung up the phone in his office and sat in silence with his investigators for a moment. The body of a little boy, not yet 3 years old, was lying on an autopsy table, and the medical examiner had just called to say the death didn't look like an accident.
It was the second time in three months Beauregard had been faced with such a case in this prairie college town in west-central Minnesota. To the chief's knowledge, Morris hadn't seen a murder, child or adult, in a half-century. Now, two children younger than 3 were dead, both from suspected abuse, in families previously unknown to child-protection workers.
"How did we fail this child?" he found himself asking. "What could I have done differently? What could someone down the block have done differently? Did anybody know?"
The two victims in Morris were among 12 children believed to have died in 2006 from violence, neglect or other "maltreatment," a review of state death certificates and news accounts shows. The number was consistent with the five-year average in Minnesota, but some cases, including those where social workers tried to protect the children, were especially disturbing to child-protection advocates.
"It's been a tough year, not so much in numbers maybe as the kinds of deaths that have occurred," said Connie Skillingstad, executive director of Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota. "It seemed as though the cases really hit home."
There was 10-year-old Jordan Gonsioroski, of Blaine, who authorities say was scalded to death in July under the care of her father and his girlfriend. That came after the girl was removed from her mother's custody. Court documents say that her mother admitted to a history of drug abuse and that there were suspicions the girl had been sexually abused by others.
Jordan was placed in her father's care, and 13 months after Isanti County determined she no longer needed child-protection services, she was found in her father's Blaine home, her skin blistered.
There was 4-month old Michael Coleman, of Minneapolis, whose father is accused of suffocating him with a quilt to stop his cries in July. Child-protection workers knew about Michael, too.
But in Morris, the police and the Stevens County Human Services said they had no clue that Paul Cohen and David Rutherford may have been in peril. They can only figure the two deaths in their small town were a terrible anomaly.
Paul, a 5-month-old whom neighbors described as a quiet baby with soft, curly hair, suffered traumatic brain injury in June. Authorities say it was at the hands of his father, Jurez L. Slaughter.
David, a polite 2-year-old who was a fan of Spider-Man and Thomas the Tank Engine, bled to death from a torn liver in September. His stepfather, Juan Carlos Herrera-Serrano, is charged with second-degree murder.
While each case has its own set of circumstances, most of the children who died in 2006 were age 3 or younger. That's consistent with U.S. Department of Justice studies, which have shown that children are more likely to become homicide victims in their first year of life than at any other time until they reach about age 15.
When infants are murdered, 61 percent of the time it is at the hands of their mothers or fathers, and 23 percent of the time it is by a male friend, the Bureau of Justice Statistics once reported. In 2006, fathers or other male caregivers were most often accused in the Minnesota deaths.
Looking for patterns
When a child dies in Minnesota, the state takes special notice. In addition to local and county investigations and reviews, a state child-mortality review panel looks for patterns among child deaths including those suspected to result from maltreatment, homicide, suicide, accident, SIDS or unexplained circumstances, and in which the social services system has been notified.
Esther Wattenberg, a review panel member and a faculty member of the school of social work at the University of Minnesota, said she thinks the system has gotten better at identifying children at risk, but it hasn't figured out how to predict when people will snap.
"Every time there's a terrible tragedy, we all feel we've failed in some way," Wattenberg said. "We're not sure we know how to create better surveillance on high-risk families. I think we know more about them now than we used to. Whether our prediction capacity has improved is open to question."
Not just risk assessment
In recent years, the state has tried to take a less confrontational approach when social workers investigate certain types of reports of possible abuse or neglect. Traditional investigations are still required for serious cases, such as suspected child endangerment, sexual abuse or shaken babies, state leaders said. But in less urgent cases, a social worker arriving at a family's door may see what kind of help a family needs in addition to assessing the risk to children.
That help could include getting food stamps, finding stable housing or giving parenting tips about children of various ages. Called Family Assessment Response, the approach became a standard practice in Minnesota in 2004. According to a study published last month, the approach has resulted in families having fewer new child abuse and neglect reports.
Counties are also conducting public education, using public service announcements to warn against shaking babies and to publicize hot lines for parents or caregivers on the edge.
But even those efforts do not prevent every death. State officials keep analyzing what has happened in each case to try to prevent it from happening again, leaders said.
"Unfortunately there are people who do very bad things to children, including killing them," said Erin Sullivan Sutton, who oversees child safety for the state Department of Human Services. "A number of cases will not come to light until a death or serious injury occurs."
Two little boys
Stevens County Attorney Charlie Glasrud has photos of Paul Cohen and David Rutherford in his files.
"Look at him," he said, pulling out a funeral program with Paul's photo. "He's a little kid you didn't meet. He's cute. He never did anything to anybody.
"This is David," he continued, pulling out an obituary with a photo of the wide-smiling toddler. "You don't just get those guys out of your mind."
Paul lived with his parents in a modern two-story apartment building on the east side of town, the kind of place where young parents would gather in a grassy yard in which their children could play.
Paul's father, Jurez Slaughter, would often bring the 5-month-old out during the day while the boy's mother worked, neighbors said.
"He was a gorgeous little guy," said neighbor Geri Bjornebo.
Then came June 2. According to a criminal complaint, Slaughter gave police different accounts of what might have happened to the baby, saying at one point that he dropped him.
Slaughter took him to the emergency room in Morris just after 7 p.m. and said, "My baby is dead," the complaint said. The medical staff revived Paul, however, and he lingered long enough that a group of friends and neighbors came to visit him at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis, where he had been transferred.
Authorities charged Slaughter in September with second-degree murder.
A lot of questions remain
Some of the neighbors have since moved away, Bjornebo said, and they're all left to wonder about what they didn't see.
Some neighbors would later tell police that Paul's parents left him and a half-sister "home alone for inappropriate periods of time," but authorities said they received no reports.
"There were people here that they could have reached out to," said Sherry Cline, Bjornebo's mother, who also lives in the building. Young parents "need to find somebody that can help," she said.
About three months after Paul died, David Rutherford's stepfather brought David outside and yelled for help. Neighbors called 911.
The boy had fallen down a flight of stairs, the stepfather, Juan Carlos Herrera-Serrano, would tell police, giving varied details in several accounts. David was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital.
His maternal grandmother, Pam Allison, said she saw nothing to concern her when the family lived with her right before they moved to Morris last summer.
"If I would have seen any signs, I would have questioned it in a heartbeat," she said.
Little David followed her everywhere, she said, saying please and thank you with his polite little voice. He taught her words in Spanish and helped his mom set and clear the table, she said.
"He was the world," Allison said. "He taught me how to be a grandma."
The family had lived in Morris only a few weeks, but neighbors started to bring over food right after the boy died. Some went to his funeral, too.
"I think it's a matter of showing support for the families," said neighbor Jean Ekern.
Feeling heartsick and helpless
The two deaths left the community of Morris looking inward, paying more attention to the people they see around them and hoping it doesn't happen again. Joanie Murphy, director of Stevens County Human Services, said her entire department felt heartsick. She couldn't sleep some nights and felt "helpless."
Systems can intervene only when trouble is known, officials said.
The families "were unknown to us," Murphy said. "I don't have a crystal ball."
Maggie Fletcher, who with Ekern helped organize a pancake breakfast benefit that seven churches put on for David Rutherford's mother, said the community has been soul-searching, asking questions such as "Why didn't we stand up for this child? What did we not see? Is there an ignorance among ourselves?"
Fletcher and others say residents are more aware now, trying to pay closer attention to the children around them as they go about their busy lives.
And, she said, they're hoping it's something the community won't soon face again: "There was a sadness in each person's heart."
Staff Writer Glenn Howatt contributed to this report.
Pam Louwagie � plouwagie@startribune.com
Labor-Pregnancy
-Classes
Labor Class by Stevens/Traverse Public Health
Contact them for exact schedule.
Director: Betty Windom-Kirsch
621 Pacific Ave.
Morris, MN 56267
(320) 589-7425
-Facts
-Resource
-Store
Child Care
Do you ever get calls to help babysit? Wouldn't it be nice to have a list?
Country Day Nursery
2 Columbia Ave
Morris, MN 56267
320.589.3493
Morris Area Child Care Center
1001 1/2 Scotts Ave
Morris, MN 56267
320.589.3341
Foster Care
*this was a forward announcement sent through my local church on Friday, February 13th of 2004
Services
-Religious
What? "Faith Weaver Friends": Kids Get-Together
Where? Morris Evangelical Free Church
What? 1 1/2 hour break for parents by dropping their kids (K-6th grade) of for various activities after school
When? Sept-May (every Wednesdays @3:30p-5p)
Contact: Youth Pastor: Chris Schaffer
Legal Issues
Baby
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Shower:
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Miracle Baby
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A newborn amazes even her doctors at St. John's Mercy Medical Center. Her mother's water broke at 14 weeks, leaving her without the amniotic fluid so crucial to development. Most babies with this condition don't make it. See this baby's inspirational story of survival. For Crisis Pregnancy assistance nationwide, call (800) 848-5683 or visit: www.PregnancyCenters.org online Abortion Breast Cancer www.Abort73.com www.BlackGenocide.com"
Books
Child Support
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E-Cards
Education
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Legal Issues
Childhelp� USA National Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-4-A-CHILD�
(1-800-422-4453)
TDD: 1-800-2-A-CHILD
*referred by about.com
Online Games
Magazines
https://www.angelfire.com/mn2/goodnewsumm/children.html https://www.angelfire.com/mn2/goodnewsumm/children.html Movies
Songs
*can be used for Sunday school
Sunday School
Noah Cartoon
*decided to find these links below this evening (Saturday, July 28th of 2007) in preparation for a "last minute" activity for tomorrow when I do Children's Church (Sunday School lesson) at my local church
-Games
-Miscellaneous
Television
-Regualar T.V.
-Cable Shows
Toys
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Video
Psalm 23 as only a child can tell it...this adorable video illustration is a must see.
Miscellaneous
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