CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING, BUT WHERE IS THEIR “#METOO” MOVEMENT? by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 5, 2018) — On Tuesday, someone using a “US Senate” ISP accessed three different articles about a Tennessee mother who lost custody of both of her daughters in what she described to us as a web of corruption, deceit, and unconstitutional acts […]
PARENTS VOW TO “NEVER STOP FIGHTING” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 16, 2017) — On August 21, a petition for rehearing in the case of two children ordered to be adopted by the Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) was denied by California’s Second Appellate Court, Division Four, with the parents, Roosevelt and […]
AT HANDS OF DCFS, JUDGE MARGUERITE DOWNING by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 14, 2017) — The parents of three children scheduled to be adopted by their maternal grandparents have just filed an appeal brief to the Second Appellate District, Division Four in Los Angeles in the case of their third child. As The Post & Email […]
HOW ASSIDUOUSLY DID THEY SEEK A MONITOR? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 25, 2017) — A hearing to take place on Tuesday to contest the decision of the Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, CA to award legal and physical custody of a toddler to her father will not provide the opportunity for the mother to […]
BUT WILL HE INVESTIGATE? by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 2, 2017) — On March 15, The Post & Email sent a letter by certified mail, return receipt requested, to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra regarding its observations about the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) agency based on information gleaned from three cases covered directly […]
PARENTS CLAIM “ADOPTION WAS ALWAYS THE PLAN” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 13, 2017) — A hearing will take place on Tuesday for the third child of Roosevelt and Kanika Williams at the Edelman Children’s Court in Monterey Park, CA to begin the adoption process by Kanika’s parents, Willie and Katie Grant. The two elder children […]
ERICA HENDERSON TO APPEAR AS GUEST by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 8, 2015) — A new radio show on the IPM Radio Network will host Erica Michelle Henderson, mother of eight children taken away by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), on which The Post & Email has reported extensively. Initially, six […]
“STEALING KIDS LEFT AND RIGHT” by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 22, 2014) — On Tuesday, The Post & Email spoke with Jeffrey Henderson, the father of eight children who were taken from his wife and him by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Families (DCFS) more than three years ago. Six of the children now […]
IS “THE IMPOSSIBLE” POSSIBLE? by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 1, 2014) — There will be a rally for the reunification of Justina Pelletier with her family. The 16-year-old has been separated from her parents for almost 16 months after a difference of opinion on her medical diagnosis occurred between two doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital and […]
THOUGH THOUSANDS CONTINUE TO SUFFER, BOTH IN AND OUT OF CPS CUSTODY by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 18, 2014) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau sponsors a “National Child Abuse Prevention Month initiative” every April. In 1974, President Richard M. Nixon signed the first federal legislation aimed at raising the awareness […]
WILL THE HEAVY HAND OF GOVERNMENT BE LIFTED? by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 15, 2014) — A rally is scheduled for Monday, March 17, 2014 in front of a Boston courthouse to urge the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) to return custody of 15-year-old Justina Pelletier to her parents, who live in Connecticut. In […]
“SEPARATE THE FAMILIES” by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 14, 2013) — The father of eight children who have been in foster care for nearly three years despite no evidence of abuse or neglect has told The Post & Email that the adoption process has begun for his five elder children. Jeffrey and Erica Henderson have been […]
WHY ARE THE CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE WHEN THEY HAVE A LOVING, COMPETENT MOTHER? from a friend (Oct. 31, 2013) — I have to say a public thank you to each and every person here who has sent out a prayer for Erica and her babies. Many of us have been here for two years […]
“DCFS STANDARD TACTIC” from an Eyewitness (Oct. 16, 2013) —[Editor’s Note: The following account was submitted to The Post & Email on Wednesday evening from an eyewitness in the courtroom for the hearing expected in the Henderson case, wherein eight children are in foster care with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family […]
FOSTER CARE CONTINUES FOR THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE FAMILY by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 8, 2013) — After a long break during which the Hendersons had asked for no press coverage, The Post & Email can report that Erica Henderson gave birth to a baby girl approximately two months ago. However, the infant was taken […]
LOS ANGELES CHILD PROTECTIVE AGENCY WORKERS TOLD TO “DO YOUR JOB“ by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2013) — On October 1, a rally for higher wages was held by members of Local 721 of the SEIU labor union which included social workers employed at the Los Angeles, CA Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). […]
“I DIDN’T WANT TO BE A LAWYER” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 3, 2013) — A father of seven children taken away from their parents nearly three years ago by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has been accepted to an American Bar Association-accredited law school for the spring 2014 semester. […]
CHILD WELFARE AGENCY DIRECTOR WORRIED ABOUT CAUSING EMPLOYEES “STRESS AND CONCERN” AFTER CHILD DIES FROM ABUSE, TORTURE by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 24, 2013) — The Los Angeles County, CA Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has issued “threat to discharge” letters to four employees following the wrongful death of an eight-year-old boy whose home […]
FOR “UNETHICAL PRACTICES” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 5, 2013) — For approximately eight months, The Post & Email reported on the Henderson family, which was torn apart as a result of an altercation with the Pasadena, CA Police Department, their former landlord, and the subsequent involvement of the Los Angeles Department of Child & Family […]
MOTHER OF SEVEN STRUGGLES TO MAKE ENDS MEET from Erica Henderson (May 1, 2013) — [Editor’s Note: The following message was posted by Erica Michelle Henderson, the mother of seven children who have been in foster care through the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) for nearly two years. In March, […]