This story is about an abusive Alaskan mother.
Posted on 01/28/2011 6:54:33 AM PST by greyfoxx39
Edited on 01/28/2011 8:38:11 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Anchorage police have filed misdemeanor child abuse charges against an Anchorage mother who appeared on the "Dr. Phil" TV show -- and who provided the show with home video (see below) showing her punishing an adopted 7-year-old son by pouring hot sauce into his mouth. The Anchorage Press also reports the video has become "somewhat notorious" in Russia, where authorities, citing incidents of abuse, have halted adoptions of children to American parents.
From the Press:
[Jessica] Beagley, 35, was shown on video forcing a 7-year-old boy, her adopted child, to rinse his mouth with hot sauce while Beagley screamed in the boy's face. Beagley has also become somewhat notorious in the Russian Federation, where the hot-sauce discipline has become a small part of a larger news story involving international adoption, child abuse and homicide at the hands of adoptive American parents, and two former superpowers trying to restart a relationship regarding adoption that's been put on hold by the Russians while some of their leaders demand a treaty be signed.
oops forgot to ping you as being referred to. So sorry.
My response above: Point taken. I wish I didn’t have to do this at all but the anti-Mormon propaganda flows so frequently here.....
I’ll consider your idea. I wonder if Elsie will? Thanks!
Sure, but I learned something today: I had no idea the Woolly Mammoth was the State Fossil. I thought Ted Stevens was the State fossil.
This story is about an abusive Alaskan mother.
Welll...mormons enjoy their much publicized "squeaky-clean image" and as in the Brock case in Phoenix, which ALSO is about abuse of a child of 14, I see that TODAY the LDS church "Newsroom" has a long article on child abuse.
Brock pleads guilty (Woman and daughter both have sex with underage male-Phoenix)
Brock Police Report: Removal of "Temple Garments," a Meeting With LDS Officials
From the official LDS website, the article on Child Abuse states: "But child abuse was not always the subject of national media reports. This evil lurked in the shadows, mostly unseen, almost always unmentionable. Yet even before the issue first came to the forefront in the United States, Gordon B. Hinckley, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, publicly denounced child abuse as a terrible evil. In the early 1980s, he captured our thoughts and feelings when he said in a worldwide conference broadcast: "I am glad that there is a growing public awareness of this insidious evil. The exploitation of children . . . for the satisfaction of sadistic desires is sin of the darkest hue."
Child Abuse, LDS Newsroom 1/28/2011
There are questions in the Brock case about the Bishop having some knowledge of the Brock abuse a full year before the guilty woman (she has pled guilty) was charged. The parents of the child went to the Bishop instead of to the police with their suspicions, and HE didn't report the suspicions. So much for the much boasted about mormon "lay clergy"!
Ok, so when a story is posted about say an abusive Californian mother are you going to enlighten us with facts about the state? I do not care what state this creep is from, she deserves a swift kick in the pants.
Phil McGraw was the straight-talking Texan whose advice won Oprah her lawsuit against angry beef farmers. He is the former college linebacker who became a hit TV psychologist.
It seems everybody knows who Dr Phil is. The plain-spoken Texan became an instant celebrity, seemingly out of nowhere, when Oprah Winfrey nicknamed him "Tell It Like It Is Phil" and made him a regular on her show. Since 1998, his brutal honesty has shaken up hundreds of lives, and it regularly spikes the show's ratings.
From that platform, he wrote three self-help books that topped the bestseller lists. Fans will get a daily dose of Dr Phil's tough medicine this fall, when his syndicated show debuts. But who is the man behind the TV persona? What did he do before he became a national phenomenon?
What landed McGraw in psychology was the example set by his father Joe, who returned to school to study psychology at 40. He inherited his father's fierce independence and restless nature. As a 6-foot-4 inch, 174-pound high school linebacker in Kansas City, KS, he won a football scholarship to the University of Tulsa. But his playing days ended in his sophomore year, after he injured his head and neck on the field.
Later, he returned to school to study psychology at the University of North Texas, picking up his master's and Ph.D. in just four years. When he wasn't hitting the books, he courted and married Robin, now his wife of 25 years.
After he graduated, McGraw went into practice with his father in Wichita Falls, Texas. Very soon, he realized that his heart wasn't in one-on-one therapy, and he began to search for non-traditional ways to use his psychological training. The result was a series of successful businesses; one of them, a popular self-motivation seminar called Pathways, revealed Phil's charisma and ability to work with large groups.
Later he built a successful legal strategy business. That company, called Courtroom Sciences, Inc., helped high-profile trial lawyers to build airtight cases using psychology. Phil discovered he preferred the orderliness and instant results of courtroom work, while the adversarial nature of trial work got his competitive juices flowing.
By the time he met Oprah Winfrey, he was already a financially successful and happily married father of two boys. But that encounter changed his life. It happened during the talk show host's big beef trial. A group of Texas cattlemen claimed that when Winfrey swore off hamburgers during an April 1996 show on mad cow disease, she cost them a large chunk of their livelihoods. And they wanted millions in damages. Oprah's attorneys contacted McGraw to help plot a way for Winfrey to beat the cattlemen on their own turf. Phil found Oprah in an uncharacteristic state of despair, but his coaching helped her win what looked like an impossible case, and she made him a star.
His weekly appearances on Oprah, 'Tuesdays with Dr Phil', allowed him to do what he couldn't do in private practice. He won fans telling crybabies and wallowers to "get real." Tearful guests received common sense advice, delivered in a down-home Texan drawl, not self-help jargon. And with his tough demeanor, he became a relationship guru that men felt comfortable listening to. It all translated into instant popularity and a new self-help empire, as Dr Phil generated three New York Times bestsellers in as many years. First came 'Life Strategies' in 1999, then 'Relationship Rescue' in 2000, and finally 'Self Matters' in 2001. But perhaps the truest measure of his success is that he was spoofed on 'Saturday Night Live'.
Phil has recently moved from Dallas to Los Angeles to launch his new syndicated show, 'Dr Phil', the most eagerly anticipated new show of the season.
Please provide a URL link to the source for your article in post #16. Thanks.
When it makes more sense than her religious affiliation, then yes.
If your intention is to sidetrack the thread away from the mormon connection, please provide source links to the articles you post.
A Latter-day Saint congregation is like a big family, a group of people working together with an attitude of mutual support. The Church has long encouraged families to talk about child abuse, to educate themselves on how to recognize and prevent such tragedies. Since 1976, more than 50 news and magazine articles have appeared in Church publications condemning child abuse or educating members about it. Church leaders have spoken out on the subject more than 30 times at Church worldwide conferences. Child abuse is the subject of a regular lesson taught during Sunday meetings.
The Church has also developed extensive training materials and videotapes. These materials are used to train Church leaders on how to identify and respond to such abuse. A 24-hour Help Line staffed with professional counselors provides customized advice so local leaders can take appropriate action in each case.
Finally, the Church is doing everything it can to strengthen families. Every person and institution must do their part but, in the end, strong, loving and watchful families are the best defense against child abuse. President Gordon B. Hinckley has said: "All of this will happen and get worse unless there is an underlying acknowledgment, yes, a strong and fervent conviction, concerning the fact that the family is an instrument of the Almighty. It is His creation. It is also the basic unit of society."
Isn't this more of an Alaska connection? Or a Dr Phil connection?
I see the mother has brown hair. Did you even consider that connection?
Did you know that over 80% of all child abusers drank at least one Coke in the month leading up to the abuse?
Bastards!!
Obviously the church recognizes there is a child abuse problem in the membership..."long encouraged families to talk about child abuse"....
Denial is not just a river....perhaps you should stay away from this type of thread.
Obviously the church recognizes there is a child abuse problem in society.
..perhaps you should stay away from this type of thread
As a Baptist, my faith requires me to defend my Mormon brothers in Christ. Not to worry. This is not a burdensome requirement. I want to.
I have many disagreements with Catholics, and would eagerly rush to their aid as well. Fortunately, you never hear of child abuse in that Church.
Blame Alaska!!
Timely and topical...
For another time and topic...
Brilliant point if mormons were Christians. Baptists believe in an eternal Christ, lds believe in a created christ. Do a little research on what lds teach and profess before calling lds Christian.
I don't doubt your sincerity, and appreciate your benevolent guiding hand in who I consider my brother.
You mean to rule well, but you mean to rule.
No thanks. I prefer ruling myself, and will choose my compatriots accordingly.
Even though every time it’s replied to the thread is bumped, I suggest we quit feeding the troll...a look at posting history shows that it may be one of those who just like to play games of disruption.
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