Bully Sign: 'Don't Be Like Me'

Thu, 17 May 2007 23:56:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The "sign of shame" idea seems to be spreading!

Student Bully's Sign: 'Don't Be Like Me'

TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) -- A seventh-grade girl got suspended from school for a week for bullying another student. Then Mom got involved, and things got worse for Miasha Williams.

During the suspension week, the 12-year-old's mother, Ivory Spann, made her daughter stand outside various schools with a poster reading: "I engaged in bullying behavior. I got suspended from school and this street corner. Don't be like me. Stop bullying."

The suspension came May 10, after Miasha and some friends at Gardner Middle School heard that they had been insulted by another student and aggressively confronted her.

Miasha's last day on sign duty was Thursday. "I don't want to hold the signs, but I think it's the right punishment," the girl said.

"My theory is this: Parents know their children far better than we do as educators," she said.

Tags: shame, punishment, education, parenting, school, bullying

Got any nude photos of your baby? Shred them. Now!

Tue, 15 May 2007 20:55:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Several people, all of whom I'd objectively call "innocent," have been investigated by the FBI, humiliated, arrested, and effectively destroyed by scandal when photo-developing and computer-repair shops discovered that they had photographed their young children naked. One father lost custody of his kids for taking a photo of them mooning him. The argument is: "we all have to view innocent photos through the eyes of a pedophile, for the good of the children." Effing scary. I mean, I've taken several pictures of my son in the bathtub, and according to this article, that makes me effectively guilty of child pornography. Better take those shots off of Snapfish.com.

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How a Photo Can Ruin Your Life

Your family photos could get you arrested. Just ask one New Jersey grandmother.

By Neal Matthews
June 2007

Tragically for a number of people all over the country, innocent family photos turned over to the police have led to financial ruin, divorce, debt, public humiliation, and lifelong scorn as a registered sex offender for mothers and fathers.

Some cases involved pictures much less provocative than Sarah M.'s. Based on the way prosecutors interpreted photos in a few of those cases -- Marian Rubin, a New Jersey grandmother charged for taking nude photos of her granddaughters, then aged 3 and 8; and Jeffrey B., a New York father who lost custody of his two daughters after he shot pictures of them mooning him -- it's possible to spot red flags where our innocence used to be.

The claim has been made that we all have to view innocent photos through the eyes of a pedophile, for the good of the children.

Tags: photo, image, parenting, law, depressing, scary

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Bully Sign: 'Don't Be Like Me'

Got any nude photos of your baby? Shred them. Now!

How a Photo Can Ruin Your Life

Your family photos could get you arrested. Just ask one New Jersey grandmother.