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Teach Me How, Asmy Fayad
Teach Me How, Asmy Fayad
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In Teach Me How, director Asmy Fayad shows how the new generation are being educated on gender identity. Some parents believe that their kids should learn about gender identity at an early age either at school or at home. These parents take their kids to events such as the Drag Story Hour at the libraries or parks, for them to learn about gender identity and interact with Drag Queens. However, other parents are against this type of education because of their own beliefs that would be explored.
New York's Daily Foster Care Reimbursements, Mariah Brown
New York's Daily Foster Care Reimbursements, Mariah Brown
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Foster parents in New York say financial support from the government to care for the state’s most vulnerable kids has lagged, impacting the care they are able to provide.
In Philadelphia – a nearby city with a significantly lower cost of living -- foster parents get more government aid than in New York. Philadelphia officials raised the city’s foster care reimbursement rates by a third this year.
New York foster families have been fighting for raises for years. And there is some hope. A coalition of foster care agencies sued the state in 2010 in federal court in Brooklyn alleging …
How Drugs And Incarceration Tore One Family Apart, Deonna Anderson
How Drugs And Incarceration Tore One Family Apart, Deonna Anderson
Capstones
My capstone project follows the life of a mother and her children after her addiction to drugs and a prison sentence. It explores the impact of the criminal justice system on women and families.
Link to capstone project: http://deonnareports.com/2016/12/12/how-drugs-and-incarceration-tore-one-family-apart/
Webcam Child Sex Abuse, Lena Masri
Webcam Child Sex Abuse, Lena Masri
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Webcam child sex is a booming global industry, a twist in pedophilia as fast growing and difficult to police, according to law enforcement officials.