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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Posthttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...rother-remains
Abandoned children found living in Texas apartment with brother’s remains
The skeletal remains of a child and three surviving siblings who appear to have been abandoned have been found inside an apartment in the Houston area of Texas, US.
One of the children, a 15-year-old, called the Harris county sheriff’s office on Sunday afternoon and told authorities that his nine-year-old brother had been dead for a year and the body was inside the apartment, the office said in a statement.
Deputies responded and found the teenager and two other siblings aged 10 and seven living alone in the apartment, said the Harris county sheriff, Ed Gonzalez. The other child’s skeletal remains were also located.
“It appears that the remains had been there for an extended period of time. And I emphasise extended,” Gonzalez said.
The sheriff said it also appeared the surviving children were “fending for each other”, with the oldest caring for the younger two. It was unclear whether any were attending school.
The younger children appeared malnourished and had physical injuries, the statement said. All three were taken to a hospital to be assessed and treated.
The mother of the children and her boyfriend were later located, authorities said. Both were being questioned.
Neighbours expressed shock and disbelief when they learned about the children. Kayla Williams told the Houston Chronicle she had two children but did not plan to tell them what happened. “I don’t need to put this in their heads,” she said. “This is crazy.”
One does wonder why no one in an apartment block noticed anything. That the mother "and her boyfriend" have been located raises some serious questions.
Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
I'm curious why you posted this in Civics. It's a tragic story, yes, but was there a point you thought was worthy of discussion or debate?The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
I'm curious why you posted this in Civics. It's a tragic story, yes, but was there a point you thought was worthy of discussion or debate?"It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
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Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostIt is just another example of what appears to be, at least on known facts so far, parental neglect.
Given that similar incidents occur across the world, one wonders how and why some parents behave in such a manner. Of course abandoning children is nothing new but in western societies it is generally considered somewhat reprehensible.
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
It is just another example of what appears to be, at least on known facts so far, parental neglect. Given that similar incidents occur across the world, one wonders how and why some parents behave in such a manner. Of course abandoning children is nothing new but in western societies it is generally considered somewhat reprehensible.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Sparko View Post
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
While it is reprehensible, like many of society's ills, it is a symptom of a larger problem that I believe has its roots in the concerted effort over the past 50-years or so to remove God and religion from the public sphere. The more secular the US becomes, the more these sorts of things seem to rear their ugly heads."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
That's one factor.
It has very much to do with the nuclear family, which the liberals have been targeting for destruction for years."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostRather a naive comment given that when US society ostensibly had "God and religion" in "the public sphere" it was hardly less abusive and inhumane.
Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostThe use of child labour in the late nineteenth century comes to mind as well as the appallingly low age for the age of consent [in the 1880s in most states it was set at 10 or 12 years old].
I'm always still in trouble again
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
The phrase "nuclear family" is somewhat fluid and has not always referred to an entirely separate living area wherein reside two biological parents and their offspring, which is how we understand the phrase today.
IOW, you have it backwards.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostWe haven't 'had "God and religion" in "the public sphere"' since around 1960 when the courts started removing Him. Some would argue that there is a direct correlation between that and the steady increase in sociopathic and criminal behavior we've witnessed in the intervening decades.
Originally posted by rogue06 View PostRemind me again, what is Germany's age of consent, not in the 1880s, but in the 2020s.
In Delaware USA it was seven years of age. In other US states in the same year the age ranged from ten years to twelve years of age.
https://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/teaching-mo...rces&source=24
"It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostTell that to George P. Murdock when he coined that term in 1949. Up until recently it was defined as being a two-parent household where both parents are married, but that definition was changed in recent years.
IOW, you have it backwards.
http://anthropology.iresearchnet.com/nuclear-family/
Nuclear Family
The nuclear family is one type of conjugal, or marriage-based, family, consisting of a husband, wife, and their children who reside together. Characteristics of the nuclear family that set it apart from some other family types is that it contains only two generations and that it contains a married couple. A single-parent family is considered a nonconjugal family.
In large-scale, Western, industrial societies, nuclear and single-parent families are the predominant type of family form, but in other, smaller-scale, less Westernized cultures, the nuclear family may be relatively rare and unimportant, or even nonexistent. In larger-scale societies, individuals can function more independently of their families, and the functions that larger, extended families used to supply to their members have been increasingly taken over by other social institutions, such as schools, churches, hospitals, police, and paid leisure and entertainment industries.
Some historians and demographers have suggested that the rise of the nuclear family in northwest Europe, traced back to 1300 in some regions, developed in response to a unique set of ecological conditions, laying the foundations for industrialization hundreds of years before the first factories were built. Northwestern European families followed a neolocal residence pattern, whereby a couple did not marry until they were able to establish their own household.
In general, nuclear families are characterized by normatively stronger marital bonds between husbands and wives than are expected in extended-family or other societies. Societies where nuclear families are common are more likely to allow young people to select their own spouse, with less involvement on the part of their parents. Relations with in-laws are likewise attenuated, although kin-based work groups and socializing may still be extensive. Divorce is also more likely to be tolerated, with one spouse perhaps simply putting the other spouse’s belongings outside their home to indicate the end of the marriage.
Nuclear families are less likely to be found in agricultural societies where most families work the land cooperatively. A nuclear-family structure facilitates mobility, whether it is migratory labor or movement to urban areas or across borders. The smallest societies, hunter-gatherers, are frequently organized into small groups of nuclear families who work cooperatively and are characterized by significant gender egalitarianism. Members of society are “produced” by families by the process of providing food, shelter, clothing, health care, and emotional intimacy. Individuals are also provided with social status through membership in their families of origin, although in societies with many nuclear families, social mobility is typically possible, which allows individuals to have more of an influence over their own social class.
Nuclear families share with all families the function of producing new adult members of society through conception, birth, nurturing, and socialization. Families regulate the sexual activities of their members, allowing regular sexual relations between spouses and prohibiting sexual relations among all other members. When children in nuclear families reach adulthood, their legal responsibilities to their families of origin and their parents’ obligations to them are generally reduced, replaced with voluntary companionship. This creates the possibility of extreme isolation for nuclear families, which have fewer resources for child care, elder care, and assistance throughout the life course.
References:- Goode, W. J. (1963). World revolution and family patterns. New York: Free Press of Glencoe.
- Goode, W. J. (1964). The family. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Laslett, P. (Ed.). (1972). Household and family in past time. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Shorter, E. (1975). The making of the modern family. New York: Basic Books.
"It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
Rather a naive comment given that when US society ostensibly had "God and religion" in "the public sphere" it was hardly less abusive and inhumane. The use of child labour in the late nineteenth century comes to mind as well as the appallingly low age for the age of consent [in the 1880s in most states it was set at 10 or 12 years old]. Then of course there were the abuses of people of colour with random murder [lynching] regularly taking place.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
The phrase "nuclear family" is somewhat fluid and has not always referred to an entirely separate living area wherein reside two biological parents and their offspring, which is how we understand the phrase today.
Meanwhile....
Charges have been filed against the mother of three children rescued from a west Harris County apartment, where authorities also found the long-dead body of a fourth child inside the a bedroom.
Gloria Williams, 35 was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges of injury to a child by omission and tampering with evidence, in this case a human corpse. Her boyfriend, Brian Coulter, has been charged with murder in the death of the child found in the apartment.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the child was 8 at the time of his death in 2020.
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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