Posted in Action File, Family, Parental Rights on Oct 17th, 2011
I am asking the questions that no one is supposed to ask. Is family law in Delaware reasonable? Is the family court helping families or hurting them? Are the polices we are enacting hurting the next generation? I believe there are 4 types of families. They are mainstream families, hurting families, weird families, and dangerous families. [...]
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SB 135 is laid on the table in the House. This bill is unique in that it would be the only state that we have found which would make parents pay for school based wellness services but refuse to allow them to know what they paid to get. As of 5:30pm on the 30th this [...]
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SB 135 is a common sense bill that stops spending Medicaid money on people with insurance by requiring School Based Health Clinics to bill private insurance, if any exists, before billing Medicaid. Medicaid will then pay whatever is left. Currently children of millionaires are covered under Medicaid if they go to their Wellness Center while [...]
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Actually, they don’t seem to have a big problem with apple pie. Parenthood is another issue. Recent legislation passed by the Democrat majority threatens parenthood. In 2009, the Democrat majority decided to fix what wasn’t broken. In 2011. the civil union bill doubled down on the error. While most people focused on the marriage like [...]
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My Representative and friend Darryl Scott D-31 has introduced house bill 231 to require employers provide up to 16 hours of unpaid leave a year to attend children’s school conferences and extra curricular events. Now it should noted that I rarely agree with Rep. Scott’s politics. My initial instincts are to oppose this bill as a mandate [...]
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Legislation was introduced Thursday, March 25, 2010, to involve parents more in their children’s education. The “Parents’ Declaration of Responsibilities”, which would affect all public and charter schools in the state, seems like an unnecessary adoption of common sense. Parents would be asked to sign the declaration at the beginning of each school year stating [...]
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Posted in Family, Parental Rights on Aug 16th, 2009
This past week the official signing ceremony for Michelle’s law occurred. It sets restrictions on teens use of tanning salons and requires annual parental permission. I approve of the law because some teens are not realizing the damage they are doing to their skin in tanning booths. What is not discussed is the fact that [...]
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