Sustainable Mothering » Abuse http://www.sustainablemothering.com Mothering as a Human and Civil Right Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:39:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Could Your Six Year Old Be Arrested, Handcuffed and Shackled in School? http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2010/07/20/could-your-six-year-old-be-arrested-handcuffed-and-shackled-in-school/ http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2010/07/20/could-your-six-year-old-be-arrested-handcuffed-and-shackled-in-school/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:36:37 +0000 Jake http://www.sustainablemothering.com/?p=974 According to a class action lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) , a six year old boy was arrested and chained because he did not move when his teacher told him to move . No one was being hurt, no one was in danger, no crime was being committed. Little J.W. simply [...]]]> http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2010/07/20/could-your-six-year-old-be-arrested-handcuffed-and-shackled-in-school/feed/ 5 Another Intoxication Allegation So Rescind Alcohol Treatment Option?? http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/08/13/another-intoxication-allegation-so-rescind-alcohol-treatment-option/ http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/08/13/another-intoxication-allegation-so-rescind-alcohol-treatment-option/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:06:21 +0000 Jake http://blog.jakemarcus.com/?p=563 Stacey Anvarinia, the North Dakota women who pled guilty to child neglect for allegedly breastfeeding her infant daughter while intoxicated, has been arrested again.  According to the Grand Forks Herald, within hours of Anvarinia's sentencing to 18 months imprisonment, all but six months suspended and with an option to serve part of the six months [...]]]> http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/08/13/another-intoxication-allegation-so-rescind-alcohol-treatment-option/feed/ 5 Jury Back in Drunken Breastfeeder case … Oh, Wait, She Didn’t Get a Jury http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/08/07/jury-back-in-drunken-breastfeeder-case-oh-wait-she-didnt-get-a-jury/ http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/08/07/jury-back-in-drunken-breastfeeder-case-oh-wait-she-didnt-get-a-jury/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:22:23 +0000 Jake http://blog.jakemarcus.com/?p=531 As promised, here is an update on Stacey Anvarinia, the North Dakota women who pled guilty to child neglect for allegedly breastfeeding her six-week-old daughter while drunk.  For more on what appears to be a startling lack of evidence, see my post here. My suspicion that Anvarinia pled guilty as part of a deal for [...]]]> http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/08/07/jury-back-in-drunken-breastfeeder-case-oh-wait-she-didnt-get-a-jury/feed/ 10 The “Drunken Breastfeeder” Case: Will the Real Felon Please Stand up? http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/08/02/the-drunken-breastfeeder-case-will-the-real-felon-please-stand-up/ http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/08/02/the-drunken-breastfeeder-case-will-the-real-felon-please-stand-up/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:56:17 +0000 Jake http://blog.jakemarcus.com/?p=487 When I read the Associated Press story this past June about the guilty plea for "child abuse or neglect" by a North Dakota woman alleged to have breastfed her child while intoxicated, a few things leapt off the screen at me. I wondered why this mother had pled guilty. As a lawyer I know that [...]]]> http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/08/02/the-drunken-breastfeeder-case-will-the-real-felon-please-stand-up/feed/ 19 15 http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/07/25/15/ http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/07/25/15/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:35:44 +0000 Jake http://blog.jakemarcus.com/?p=472 I woke up this morning shaking from a nightmare. My jaw hurt from grinding my teeth. My palms were sore from clenching my fists.

I knew immediately that it had been a bad dream but it has been difficult to shake off. In it, I was in a hotel room in a foreign city with my [...]]]> http://www.sustainablemothering.com/2009/07/25/15/feed/ 4