Once again I find myself involved in another very upsetting and distressing separation case involving a family and their parenting practices being questioned. This time I have known this family on-line for over a year, she is not an unknown face like Habiba, she has been 'part' of my life. For now and forever, the Henderson Family will be part of my life.
Erica and Jeffrey and their six children have been ripped apart and they are also an attachment parenting, home-schooling, non-vaccinating family. Non-vaccinators are being vilified and this Jewish family is being persecuted in their own home by neighbours and the system. Once again the issue here is an attack on natural attachment parenting and although this has scared and angered me, this time it is not just about those parenting styles, this about lives. Real lives are being scrutinised and deemed wanting, .
Their SIX children have been removed and are currently placed in separate homes, separate homes which are non speaking English too. To me *this* part is the most heartbreaking part of it all. Not only do they have to endure the horrors of being wrenched from their parents, they have to suffer alone.
Please consider donating to this family, they have lost everything
The full details regarding the case are here but as part of the efforts being done, I made this video with thanks to Janel Mirendah for help reviewing:
The Henderson Children Belong at Home from Miriam Berlow-Jackson on Vimeo.
The Story - The time Line
hendersonchildrenbelongathome.blogspot.com/2011/07/time-line.html
created by Miriam Berlow-Jackson
Meltdowns: only one but justified
Losing the plot: my fault, am very tired
Breastfeeding: hubby had kids so could work on this so..not much!!!
"We are all Erica"
ReplyDeleteUm no. We're not.
We ARE all Erica. Our Families are just like Erica. Our families have all the same rights at Erica's, and our families rights could have been violated just like Erica's.
ReplyDeleteI also "met" Erica online last year while I was planning my own unassisted birth. As a former foster parent, and a mother who has had to deal with a vindictive "friend" placing anonymous phone calls to DCFS, I can see myself in this family and it breaks my heart that this is happening to them and so many other families across the country.
I think it's hard for people who haven't had some kind of experience with DCFS abuse to understand how it's possible for this to happen to good families. They assume that only "bad" families and "bad" parents get their kids taken away. That's simply not true. DCFS has a history in the US of taking perfectly healthy, happy kids from perfectly loving, capable parents.
Read the headlines.
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it's easy..
THEY DON'T ABUSE THEIR CHILDREN?? THEY HOLD THEIR NEWBORN SONS DOWN ON THE KITCHEN TABLE AND MUTILATE HIS GENITALS AS A SACRIFICE TO GOD. WHAT OTHER RITUALS ARE THEY PERFORMING THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT? WHY DON'T THEY HAVE ANY FRIENDS IN REAL LIFE? IF CPS TOOK MY KIDS I WOULD HAVE A SWARM OF PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING THEIR HOMES AND SERVICES. THE HENDERSONS ONLY KNOW PEOPLE FROM THE INTERNET. Please don't send these manipulating abusers any of your hard earned money.
ReplyDelete"We ARE all Erica."
ReplyDeleteNO, we are not.
If they had done to their daughters what they did to their sons, all of you who are supporting them right now would have a fit. This couple is getting an easy pass because of their other parenting ideologies - while their disturbing actions are being minimized, trivialized.
ReplyDeleteErica and Jeffrey have so much support you have no idea! They have real life bona fide people supporting them, they have real life bona fide people donating breastmilk, doing milk runs, offering them their homes, donating money, finding lawyers (a retainer was organsied in less than 36hours - how's that for support), sending care packages, offering the clothes off their back. They have real life bona fide people who care, support and love them.
ReplyDeleteYou are clearly not aware of all the facts and the things you are saying are libelous and defamatory.
I am VERY pleased to know that if you were ever in this situation you also would have support. However, YOUR kind of support is not required here.