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You will soon have no rights over your own children: The government will be sending in specialists to evaluate your children medically, emotionally, physically, ... for 5 medical conditions.  "The federal definition of developmental screening for special education also includes what they call socioemotional screening, which is mental health screening," Dr. Effrem said. "Mental health screening is very subjective no matter what age you do it. Obviously it is incredibly subjective when we are talking about very young children."   (WND) 

Next this they will want to TAKE the babies and raise them in a government run commune somewhere.

Big Brother to teach you how to be parent

Proposals would give Washington unprecedented control over children 

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to debate two bills that could give the federal government unprecedented control over the way parents raise their children – even providing funds for state workers to come into homes and screen babies for emotional and developmental problems.

The Pre-K Act (HR 3289) and the Education Begins at Home Act (HR 2343) are two bills geared toward military and families who fall below state poverty lines. The measures are said to be a way to prevent child abuse, close the achievement gap in education between poor and minority infants versus middle-class children and evaluate babies younger than 5 for medical conditions.

'Education Begins at Home Act' – HR 2343

HR 2343 is sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., and cosponsored by 55 Democrats and 11 Republicans. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that implementing the Education Begins at Home Act would cost taxpayers $190 million for state home visiting, plus "such sums as may be necessary" for in-hospital parent education.  (WND)

Comments

[Debbie]

EDGE:

How did we ever survive with only our parents to raise us? It's a miracle!

Faultline:

TypePad is not really compatible with Microsoft/Word. I can't even use Word to draft my articles. TypePad SUCKS.

MK:

Yep, this is not a sursprise, just part of the expected progression by the Liberals and ignorant who follow their lead.

SKUNKFEATHERS:

Big difference in the contract with America and this sort of stuff.

Debbie Out.

[EDGE]

Boy, to be a kid again with the guvment bringing me up...good grief!

[Fautline USA]

Ok this timje my copy/paste worked. What most people fail to realize is that Child Protective Services in every state has had this right for well over 30 years. Sadly, as with most of the “progressives” and their unintended consequences plans, the poor are the ones who will be most affected!

[Skunkfeathers]

Yawp...give Democraps control, and they'll socialize all they can. Remember when Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) shrieked "they're coming for your childrun!" over the Republican "Contract With America" back in '94?

The lying snake in the grass was actually talking about his own party's long-range objectives.

[MK]

Oh what a shock, Democrats behind this. Shame on those few republicans, we expect this sort of treachery and fascism from the left but not from you lot.

[Fautline USA]

I wrote my comments in Word (spell check) and for some reason I can't copy them here any more. Good article though.