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"For the show’s editor, the genre is a new Russian art form, celebrating real-life proletarian characters."

Fizz — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:22:49 -0800

Mother of all TV shows: [Financial Times] Russia’s latest hit, ‘Mother in Law’, makes ‘Big Brother’ look like ‘Sesame Street’.

Reflections on Judging Mothering

zizzle — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:27:49 -0800

(pdf) Chris Gottlieb writes in the "Baltimore Law Review" about judging parents. The article discusses instances of racism and classicism in the family court systems. An adaptation of the "Baltimore Review" article appears in the New York Times. From the full article: The other day, a woman approached me on the subway to tell me that looking at print six inches from one's face could cause eyestrain. I quickly learned she was not worried about me; she was concerned about my baby's eyes because I was carrying him face out, where he was about six inches from the paper I was reading. Not long before, a driver had leaned out of his ice cream truck to admonish me to be careful --- he thought the sling in which I was carrying my son was unsafe. An elderly man on the street told me my baby's legs were cold. A saleswoman was more worried about his arms, but didn't stop at commenting --- she reached out to pull down his sleeves. More than a few strangers "tsked tsked" me when they learned I had my baby out of the house before he was six weeks old. Even when mistakes are caught and unnecessary separations ended, those children can never again have what we like to believe is the birthright of all children: a feeling of security that their parents will always be there for them, that their parents have some power to control an otherwise scary world. We take that away when we act as though parents are so great a threat to their children that it should be easy for government workers to come between them. The judgment that falls on yuppie women in snide remarks made at cafés falls on poor women with a hammer. My friends feel inadequate, a significant burden no doubt. But my clients feel fear. The primal fear that one's child will be taken. The unspeakable fear that your child will be hurt and you won't be able to protect her. Of course, children learn fear too. My clients' children learn too young that their parents are not all-powerful, all-protecting. When these children worry that a monster may come and take them away from their parents, it is true. More on handling unwanted advice for parents: Parents Magazine ParentsAsk The Nurture Center More on children later ruled to have been wrongly taken into custody: Disputed Medical Evidence Polygamist sect in Texas Approved adoption despite wrongful taking at birth A blind couple considered to be unfit parents reunited with their daughter Baby taken at birth when the mother refused a c-section Mother who didn't speak English loses her baby in Mississippi

A Mother's Love

digaman — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:38:27 -0800

With that meeting, Mr. Allo took his first step into an intricate trap. The deeply strange tale of one very determined woman's quest to overturn her son's conviction for murder.

Canadian province says child can have 3 parents on birth certificate.

IronWolve — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:05:27 -0800

Canadian province says child can have 3 parents on birth certificate. Canada approved 2 mothers and father on birth certificate, allowing the lesbian family and birth father to have full legal parental rights. A major step in Lesbian and Fathers rights. Judicial activism or catching up to the reality of families in modern day? The battle continues.

"I'm not a monster."

Yelling At Nothing — Sun, 22 Sep 2002 19:13:11 -0800

"I'm not a monster." Remember the woman caught on film hitting her daughter? She's now in custody. "It's clear here the young lady lost her temper.." Well, yeah.

Kill your five children, go to jail.

dwivian — Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:35:51 -0800

Kill your five children, go to jail. So, what to do to a mother that decides not to be a mother any more?