Children’s rights have always been a huge concern of mine. Having adopted five children, I personally know that there are many more deserving children out there that need good homes but are never placed because of custody laws or other reasons. There are many kids that fall through the cracks due to incompetence from social workers, CASA workers and the fact that many foster parents are used only as “soldiers” to take care of the children but cannot voice the child’s needs in court because they are not asked or allowed to speak. Who better would know a child than the people that spend 24 hours a day with them. Also, when a drug-addicted parent that has more than one child already in custody is believed before a licensed foster parent that goes through much screening, background checks, fingerprinting, training and many other hoops to jump through before being licensed, it is sad. But in personal experience, parents have more rights than the child. When drug addicts are allowed to keep having children that have emotional, physical and psychological problems because of the parents’ addictions, mandatory birth control should become an issue for the whole country.
Other legal concerns I have are copyright and trademark laws due to the business I am in. My husband and I are business owners that do embroidery and silk screening. There are times that I wonder when logos or graphics are given to us, if they are not trademarked when they look similar to something else out there already.
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