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Major Issues we
are currently following: |
Travel and Transportation
for Children
Airport Policies in regards to the searching and scanning of
children. It is our generally position that there is no justification
for adults to have their hands on children, except when providing
medical care. We are also concerned with long term radiation
effects on children, resulting from scanners. |
Sex Texting Laws
and Arrests of Children
Arrests of children under "sex texting" laws and the
number of children entering the jail and prison system. There
is a need to punish extreme offenders, but there seems to be
a growing trend of punishing the more minor cases. |
Surveillance
of School Children
The use of cameras, GPS, and other technologies to monitor and
track children at school and potentially in the home. There needs
to be family friendly and privacy conscious solutions developed. |
Vaccines
What is the long term effect of vaccines on children. Are all
these inoculations really needed or a cash cow for the Pharma
industry. Who owns the body of a child, shouldn't a child be
allowed to refuse vaccines at some age. Could cancer and other
serious diseases actually be the result of the vaccines? |
Media and Missing
Children
How the major networks are profiting from cases in the news and
have purchased photos of missing children or paid parents of
the missing for media appearances. Reporting news regarding missing
children is one thing; but funding principal parties and defense
attorneys; raises many ethical concerns. |
National Statistics
in Regards to Children
The release and availability of accurate statistics regarding
missing and abused children. There is a need for more efficient,
faster, and a more accurate national reporting system. |
Obesity and Bullying
Policies
How these social issues are being addressed. For example there
was a recent case of a school installing cameras to monitor the
food plates of children in school cafeterias; a pretty extreme
measure. |
Online Privacy
How children can be tracked or identified on social networking
sites, that indirectly aid child predators. Deeper thought has
to be given to these web sites, so that entertainment does not
become tools for predators. |
School Environment
Some schools are creating a "prison like" feel to public
education such as random searches, police dogs, cameras, and
excessive drills. There needs to be a balance between security
preparation and a positive educational setting. An example, is
a lockdown drill that holds children outside in freezing temperatures
for two hours; whereas other schools complete the drill in thirty
minutes. |
Sexual Offenders
Interstate Travel
The ability of offenders to travel to different states and lag
in updating their new address in the offender registry. This
is also a concern of licensing of teachers and other professionals
who can pass background checks by changing states. |
Forced Child
Labor
Is the global economy an excuse for expanding the use of forced
child labor in developing countries? Should product labels indicate
products that are being manufactured by children under eighteen
years old? |
Child Sex Trade
There appears to be a growing trend of children sold into these
sex rings. We need more information and more media coverage of
this underground economy which could be a much bigger problem
then is being portrayed. |
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As an Advocate
for Children, Bring Kids Home is Committed to Closely Monitoring
All Issues that affect the Quality of Life for Children. |
