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In April, Mitt Romney took a dig at Hillary Clinton's vision forchildren in America. He claimed that the "it takes a village to raise a child"concept was wrong. Instead, he said, "It takes a family." |
Author of Newly Released 'The Walking Man' Weighs in on Hillary
Clinton/Mitt Romney 'Village' Snit
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/9/prweb553857.htm
The re-release of Hillary Clinton's New York Times bestseller "It Takes
a Village" is all about politics. Or is it? Constance O. Irvin, author
of newly released "The Walking Man," says the real issue is America's
memory of a time when children were safer.
Ft. Myers, FL (PRWEB) September 18, 2007 -- A newly released novel by
Constance O. Irvin, "The Walking Man," set in the innocence of 1950,
hits at the heart of Hillary Clinton's assertion that "It Takes a
Village" to raise a child.
In April, Mitt Romney took a dig at Hillary Clinton's vision for
children in America. He claimed that the "it takes a village to raise a
child" concept was wrong. Instead, he said, "It takes a family."
Many of us remember a time when we had parents and a village
"Many of us remember a time when we had parents and a village," says
Irvin, an author whose background includes teaching at both high school
and college levels. "The parents instilled values and the village kept
the children safe."
Irvin spent her formative years near Birmingham, Alabama, in a town
where the village concept was a way of life. Children were free to roam
the streets because everyone from the shopkeeper on the corner to the
patrolling policeman watched out for the kids.
"And they didn't just make sure you were safe," Irvin laughs. "You never
did anything wrong because if you did, your neighbor would whip your
butt as fast as your mom or dad!"
This seemingly mythic world has been recreated in Irvin's latest novel,
"The Walking Man." Set in rural Alabama in 1950, the book recalls a
single summer from the narrator's youth. Mornings were spent gawking at
the general store's display of pinwheels and caramels while afternoons
were spent wading in the Cahaba River. The book conveys a sense of
freedom that children these days rarely, if ever, experience.
But even those long-ago days knew evil. Things go bad when Maggie and
her friends follow Wallis Walker, a mysterious figure who spends his
days pacing for miles around town. Although the kids have spied on him
before, when they follow him into the woods, their game turns deadly.
One of the children does not return. When Maggie goes out again with her
brother, she finds her friend's body at the foot of a waterfall. The
girl has been strangled and Maggie can't understand why. "There's other
things you don't know about," her older brother tells her. "You don't
know about bad people...not bad ones like this."
Today, most of our children know about those kinds of bad people. They
have to if they want to stay safe. But, as Clinton says in "It Takes a
Village," "children are not rugged individualists." America needs the
corner shopkeepers and the neighborly discipline now more than ever.
In "The Walking Man," Maggie returns to Taneytown more than fifty years
later to keep a promise she made while still a child. The general store
has become a Dollar General and the river seems smaller than what she
remembers. "But then," the book says, "most things are smaller than what
we remember."
After reading "The Walking Man," you'll see that the village concept is
both smaller and larger than we think.
Information on Constance O. Irvin and her books is available at
www.constanceoirvin.com. "The Walking Man" is being featured at Barnes &
Noble in Ft. Myers, starting in November.
Irvin is available to speak on childhood and community issues. Her
background includes work as a protective services case worker for the
State of Michigan. She was also a secondary school teacher and an
adjunct college instructor. She brings a caring, comprehensive viewpoint
to her presentations.
After indulging her passion for teaching, Connie Irvin spent ten years
as a freelance news correspondent for a CBS affiliate. She traveled
extensively to cover everything from murder to arson, American villains
to African zebras. Her first novel, "The Seasons of a Heart," follows
two women who struggle to survive after their plane crashes in the
frozen Wisconsin wilderness. Like "The Walking Man," "Seasons" explores
the elusive emotion called love along with themes of family,
intolerance, and the inherent goodness of mankind.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Author appearances: 239-454-7328 or 269-598-4505
Email: author @ constanceoirvin.com
Website: www.constanceoirvin.com
CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....
CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.
every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf
http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com
Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS
*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*
Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5
Imagine that, 6.4 children die at the hands of the very agencies that
are supposed to protect them and only 1.5 at the hands of parents per
100,000 children. CPS perpetrates more abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse
and kills more children then parents in the United States. If the
citizens of this country hold CPS to the same standards that they hold
parents too. No judge should ever put another child in the hands of ANY
government agency because CPS nationwide is guilty of more harm and
death than any human being combined. CPS nationwide is guilty of more
human rights violations and deaths of children then the homes from which
they were removed. When are the judges going to wake up and see that
they are sending children to their death and a life of abuse when
children are removed from safe homes based on the mere opinion of a
bunch of social workers.
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...
BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...
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18 Sep 2007 03:45:43 AM |
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On Sep 18, 1:05 am, fx <f...@starband.net> wrote:
In April, Mitt Romney took a dig at Hillary Clinton's vision for
children in America. He claimed that the "it takes a village to raise a
child" concept was wrong. Instead, he said, "It takes a family."
One point for Romney.
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| Title: Re: In April, Mitt Romney took a dig at Hillary Clinton's vision for children in America. He claimed that the "it takes a village to raise a child" concept was wrong. Instead, he said, "It takes a family." |
18 Sep 2007 07:42:37 AM |
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On Sep 18, 4:45 am, wrote:
On Sep 18, 1:05 am, fx <f...@starband.net> wrote:
In April, Mitt Romney took a dig at Hillary Clinton's vision for
children in America. He claimed that the "it takes a village to raise a
child" concept was wrong. Instead, he said, "It takes a family."
One point for Romney.
Good 'ole Romney. If it takes a family, well, the repugs aren't doing
so well. Out side of Romney all the candidates are at least on their
second wives. Now Romney's got a problem, if you thinks that every
child is raised exclusively by one family he's not just an idiot but
he's dangerous.
We are social animals, have been since we became homonids. We need
other people and to do that we need to know how to adapt. If our
children don't learn that skill the species will die. Of course the
right wing wants only Authorized Persons to come near their sweet'ums
so the kids don't learn. Then they go to Approved Colleges and they
learn zilch. And they become more useless. The good news is at this
rate the really dumb will die out. Lets cheer them on.
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