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Some of the most serious health problems for your children may start in your home. This booklet explains some of these health concerns and tells what you can do about home safety. Allergies and Asthma are health problems that may be caused or made worse by things in the air you breathe. Since you and your children spend a lot of time at home, the air inside needs to be clean. Does someone smoke in your house? Do you have pets? Is your basement damp? These may cause, or add to, breathing problems. Too much dampness can cause mold to grow. Some mold is very harmful and some can make allergies or asthma worse. There are household products and chemicals that are dangerous to breathe (click here to learn more about household products). Stoves and heaters may produce harmful gases in your home if they are not used properly. It is important to let fresh air in and bad air out. Do you want to know if your home has healthy air? Click here. Until recently paint and water pipes often had a metal in them called lead. Lead was also in gasoline and got into the air and soil from car exhaust. It's not used in these ways any more, but there is still plenty of lead around. Lead can poison your children by getting into their mouths or breathing it in from the air. If a pregnant woman gets lead in her body, it can harm the unborn baby. Lead poisoning is a serious problem for young children. It can cause problems with learning, growth and behavior that can last a whole lifetime. Even small amounts of lead can be harmful. Most problems with lead come from old paint. You are most likely to have lead in your home if you live in an older house or apartment. You can't always tell if you have a lead problem just by looking. Lead can be a fine dust from the paint in your house or in dirt tracked inside. Lead can also be in the soil and air around your home or in your drinking water. Click here to see about lead poisoning in your home. Do you know where your drinking water comes from? If it comes from your own well, you need to make sure it is safe to drink. Have your water tested every year to make sure it does not have chemicals in it that can make your family sick. There are things you can do to take care of your well to keep the water clean. Click here for ideas. You may get your drinking water from a water company. Water companies always test the water before they pipe it to your house to make sure it is safe. You can ask them to give you a report on what they found in the tests. Even if it is okay at the water company, the water can still become unsafe after it gets in your home. Click here to see if your water is safe to drink. Some products in your home can harm your family's health if they are not used properly. Common chemicals like bleach, rat poison, paint strippers, and drain cleaners can be dangerous. Children can be poisoned if they get into harmful products. Even very small amounts of some chemicals can cause health problems if you touch them or breathe them in. Remember: if you spray or pump something, it goes right into the air. When you and your family breathe, those chemicals can enter your bodies. Click here to learn more about how to use, store and dispose of household products. Almost every household uses pesticides. But most people do not understand that pesticides can be a danger. Bug spray, flea powder, rat poison, and garden weed killer are all types of pesticides. These products have chemicals that kill pests. That also means they can harm you and your family. If they are not used safely, some pesticides may cause serious health problems
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Does a parent have to be home during visitation?
If their parent is not present to take advantage of their court ordered visitations the custodial parent should return to court to change the order, especially if there is a concern for the child's safety. The child has the right to be in the care and custody of the non-custodial parent during visitations and should not be forced to spend their visits with others in the absence of their parent.
Can a child be removed from custodial parents home at a preliminary hearing for reversal of child custody?
Only if there are grounds for concern for the safety of the child, or that the parent will run.
Should a single parent stay at home with their child?
Im not sure. The husband might come looking for you (no offense or anything). I did. But I was the child not the single parent.
Can cps in tucson Arizona remove a child from the home because the parent is on ssi?
Not in and of itself, however is the parent has a disability that prevents them from being able to care for the child, than it becomes an issue of safety.
Will a non-custodial parent get into legal trouble if they let their child live with them because the child refuses to go home to the custodial parent?
That parent would be in violation of a court order, so yes, they would be in trouble. The adult makes the decisions, not the child. The child should be put into a car and driven home.
Does family counseling between a child and an abusive parent work?
Occasionally. The parent should be removed from the house or the child from the home. To start to heal the relationship the parent has to gain the child's trust, sometimes it cannot be gained thru a counselor
What are the pros and cons to parents being responsible for their children's actions?
cons:a parent can't control a child when they are away from home. pro:a parent should have shown a child right from wrong before they leave home.
If a parent is abusive to a child can they leave the home?
they should go talk to someone. they shouldn't have to deal with it
What is a child whose parent has left them?
well they should be in a foster home but if not then a homeless child I think the best term would be an Estranged child
Do you have to pay child support in the state of NC for a child that does not live with custodial parent?
The court should be aware, but I would not think so. The child is no longer at home.
If a child lives with one parent can the other parent who does not live in the same home claim that same child?
Not on taxes no. The parent the child lives with has the main right to claim the child. But if that parent can't or doesn't want to then the other parent can
Is it legal for a mother to remove her child from her home if the child is 16 and has no where else to live?
Probably not, but she may turn the child over to child services if the child is unmanageable. Most parents would choose to keep their children close and at home. However, that does not mean that the parent has to go above and beyond when the child is abusive, involved in illegal activities--generally when being in the home is doing no one any good. It stands to reason that both parties have to take the responsibility to make home life work--most teenagers know what they have to do. I do not feel that the child is automatically entitled to be provided for if they cannot cope or manage the system. Even kids who must leave for safety need to do so on their own.
