Should Children Trafficked to the UK be Allowed to Stay

I am very glad to see that UNICEF is championing trafficked children in the UK.

The issue revolves around youngsters who have been brought to the UK to work as sex slaves or forced labor, and UNICEF's recommendation is that they be allowed to stay in the country to recover from their ordeal.

Specifically, the story states, "Children trafficked into Britain to work as sex slaves or in other types of forced labour should be allowed to stay in the country to recover from their ordeals, a report has said.

"A system of renewable residence permits should be introduced for youngsters rescued from such abuse, said the study by Unicef and children's rights organisation Ecpat (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes).">> more

I believe this is a just and fair solution. The children come from depressed Third World countries, and returning them home, even if they are not stigmatized because of what they were forced to do when slaves, they will return to the kind of poverty and hopelessness that prompted someone to sell or steal them into slavery in the first place. But the other point is that if it were not for the avarice, perversions or greed of UK citizens and residents who promote or condone this slavery, there would be no market for these children to be brought to the country.


A good, stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart is about the best therapy a child can have.~~~L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion

Child Soldiers and Sex Slaves in Today's Congo

While you are propped up in front of your TV or out at a disco or football game, 9000 miles away boys are being abducted and forced to serve as soldiers, and young girls are being seized and forced into sexual slavery.

And as much as I wish this were just some edgy new Hollywood TV show, it is deadly serious.

Today, Michel Bonnardeaux, a spokesman for the U.N. Mission in Congo confirmed that children are being recruited by different armed groups, "especially by the rebel forces of warlord Laurent Nkunda."

This, despite the Universal Declaration of Human Rights having been signed over 60 years ago.

There's nothing wrong with Sunday football or a night out at your favorite club. But there is everything wrong with Americans taking no responsibility for their fellow man who picked up a body this lifetime in a country like the Congo.

Write to your Congressman or Senator to tell them you want America to broker peace talks in the Congo so child soldiers are no longer needed and those who are getting away with such heinous anti-social acts are no longer protected by the pretense wartime expediency.


A good, stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart is about the best therapy a child can have.~~~L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion

Why Does Suicide Prevention Backfire?

Suicide is always shocking, but it is particularly alarming when it involves our children and youth. And among indigenous communities the statistics are more than condemnatory.

According to TheAge.com.au:

"This year ... the Howard Government announced national emergency measures to protect Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory from abuse. Almost three months later, it is time to consider whether the action is improving the lives of children in remote communities. Sadly, the answer is that it is not."

This same article reports that in one small community in Australia, 31 young people attempt suicide in the space of eight months — 8 per cent of the population of 452 people.

So why does suicide prevention backfire?

The reason is that unless one addresses the real cause, suicides will continue.

No matter what measures you take, if a person is bent on suicide he/she will ultimately succeed. unless you help him/her change his/her mind.

A study of Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health and Science of Survival by L. Ron Hubbard are essential for an understanding of the spiritual and mental phenomena that underlie suicide, what causes a person to seek to take his/her own life and simple therapies to raise a person's emotional tone to the point where he/she would no longer seek such a solution.

In Dianetics, Survival is shown to be the basic motivation of life, but Mr. Hubbard also clearly lays out how it is that someone can be driven to go to such extremes that he appears to have given up on surviving entirely. When you read it, it suddenly makes sense to you.

In June, David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of RTC, announced the release of new editions of all the basic Scientology and Dianetics books and lectures recorded by L. Ron Hubbard that give the background and research data, providing even greater understanding of the books themselves.

Anyone really serious about helping potential suicides needs to study these texts. Without a full understanding of the mind, however earnest you may be in your intention to help, you will accumulate failures. And when it comes to child suicides, even one such failure is far too many.



A good, stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart is about the best therapy a child can have.~~~L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion

Don't Break that Kid

So many kids are prescribed drugs because of behavior problems. Today, when there are more and more single-parent households, and where even more traditional families usually have both parents working, what can a mother or father do to help his or her child with discipline problems?

In the Scientology Handbook there is a section titled "How to Live With Children," in which L. Ron Hubbard stated:

"The main consideration in raising children is the problem of training them without breaking them. You want to raise your child in such a way that you don’t have to control him, so that he will be in full possession of himself at all times. Upon that depends his good behavior, his health, his sanity."

It's easy enough to say that, but how do you actually bring it about?

To do anything in life required a understanding and skill. You wouldn't think of trying to drive a car without learning what each of the various systems did or you'd step on the gas instead of the break and end up a casualty before you even got started.

But where's the the parent's "owners manual"?

Well, if you understood life better, and if you understood why people react, when they do, wouldn't that help you with your kid as well?

The basic books and lectures of Scientology and Dianetics (released in June by David Miscavige), cover all the fundamentals a parent needs

A good, stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart is about the best therapy a child can have.~~~L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion

How Much Does Your Happiness Affect Your Child?

L. Ron Hubbard once wrote, " main problem with children is how to live with them. The adult is the problem in child raising, not the child. A good, stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart is about the best therapy a child can have."

So it really comes full circle. How to help a parent to be a "good stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart," in our turbulent, stress-ridden society. How to be stable when you don't know how you're going to make ends meet, when you come home from work feeling frustrated, tired and insecure?

One thing anyone can do is visit the Scientology Handbook web site. There is useful information there for so many things that rock one's stability, make one feel insecure, upset, stressed and introverted.

I suggest just reading through the various sections or chapters, finding one that interests you, reading what it has to say and trying out the suggestions in there. Just see if it doesn't make you feel a bit better. Then observe how the people around you do when you are doing better.

Another thing I highly recommend is the Scientology basics -- the basic books and lectures of L. Ron Hubbard. Here is the basic knowledge of life and the mind. When you really understand yourself you can do something about it all.

If not for you, how about doing it for your kids. You are the most important influence in their lives. They will do as well in life as you are a "good stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart." And it will certainly make you happier too!


A good, stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart is about the best therapy a child can have.~~~L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion

Benin: Unicef Envoy Angélique Kidjo Spotlights Rights of Children

11 September 2007

The singer and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo is touring her home country of Benin this week to raise awareness about the rights of children, spotlighting the importance of education and protection from exploitation and trafficking.

During her four-day trip, which began yesterday, Ms. Kidjo will take part in the launch of Benin's girls' education campaign, visit schools and meet with both women's groups and child victims of human trafficking.

UNICEF said Ms. Kidjo's trip is designed to help raise the awareness of decision-makers in Benin about the rights of children, particularly that girls need to attend school and complete their primary education.>> more

A good, stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart is about the best therapy a child can have.~~~L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion

Exploiting Kids to Make Pharma Money

Once more our kids are about to be exploited, all to the greater good of psychiatry and Big Pharma.

Over 300 articles listed in Google News yesterday screamed about some "new study" showing a huge increase in bipolar kids.

Wow. Is this coincidental, or is it a direct correlation to the increase in prescription "meds" being given to kids to get them to sit up straight and not fight or disagree with their teacher? (oops, excuse me, for "ADHD" -- called "behavior problems" when I was a kid and usually handled by letting the kids blow off steam in the school yard or making sure they ate breakfast).

Why should we use our kids to bear the brunt of the pharmaceutical industry's need to expand their capital?

Over the years, with the help of briefings at Scientology events (even as recently as this last July when David Miscavige [Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center] covered the subject in a speech on reversing the current social catastrophe ). I've come to realize how responsible the psych/pharma syndicate [my words, not his] is for the degradation of our civilization). It has opened my eyes to what is really going on on this planet. Especially after I toured the CCHR (Citizens Commission on Human Rights) museum -- Psychiatry and Industry of Death. So much so, that when this latest "announcement" came out it was completely transparent to me.

Want to bet how long it takes for someone to come up with a new (expensive) miracle patent to charge our insurance companies and the US Congress (through appropriations) to "handle this mental health emergency." Leave me a comment on this blog on how long you predict it will be before the "fortuitous" announcement of the latest miracle drug that coincidentally solves this "new" problem.

What's even worse is that anyone can pick up one of the basic Scientology books or lectures by L. Ron Hubbard and find dozens of things they can do to help a kid. It's so easy to chill kids out. But once you start stuffing them full of meds you are setting them up for a life of desperation.

And by the way, if you want the real lowdown on big pharma "ethics" check out Michael Moore's new film, Sicko.

A good, stable adult with love and tolerance in his heart is about the best therapy a child can have.~~~L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion