Single Parent Network

Rex plan offers parents choices

2007-02-08T02:41:00.000-08:00

State schools chief Jim Rex kicked off the 2007 legislative fight over school choice Wednesday, announcing a three-year plan to let parents send their children across school — and district — lines. Flanked by lawmakers from both parties, Rex said he will push for legislation that would give parents greater flexibility in finding a public school. Rex's announcement upstaged — by a day — veteran lawmakers who say they will unveil today their own school choice initiative, which includes private schools. The transition to a public-school choice system would take three years. Pilot programs to test policies and procedures to allow students to move from one district to another would be in place for the 2007-08 school year. How much would his ideas cost long term? Rex could not say.

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Baxter Single Parent Scholarship winners

2007-02-06T02:38:00.000-08:00

Arkansas State University Mountain Home students who received Baxter Single Parent Scholarships for the spring semester are (from left) Elizabeth Watson, Lisa Bennett, Ann Gee, Cindy Barnes, and Erica Roth. Sarah Roberts, Le Audra Bray, Misty Foster, Lisa Cullen and April Schutze were not available for the photo. A total of $4,600 was awarded. Scholarships may be used for child care, rent, utility bills and car maintenance as well as the traditional costs of tuition and books. The Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund was established in 1990 to encourage and assist those who wish to continue their education in preparation for a higher standard of living for their families. .

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Parents for playgrounds

2007-02-02T02:37:00.000-08:00

Hard financial times have forced school districts to put the burden of purchasing playgrounds on to parents, who have had to raise more than $100,000 to build structures for their children to enjoy. Deer Ridge Elementary School parents have tasked themselves with raising $150,000 to replace a 17-year-old wooden playground they say doesn't comply with state or federal safety guidelines. "If you can imagine what a deck would look like on the back of your house with 500 kids playing on it every day, it gets a little wear and tear," said Kathy O'Shaughnessy, one of two parents coordinating the fundraising effort. Southwest Allen County Schools is giving the school $50,000, which barely covers the cost of the structure. It doesn't cover shipping, installation, groundwork or landscaping.

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Parents sue children for maintenance

2007-01-29T02:39:00.000-08:00

FINALLY, 75-YEAR-OLD Parvati Parab can meet her son, thanks to a court order. Even if the venue is a courtroom, she wants to ask Dilip why he left for the US without telling her. "I wanted to know what faults I had committed in bringing him up that he should behave this way with me," she says. Parab had fought a two-year-long battle in the family court to win a Rs 4,000 a month compensation from her son. At the Mumbai Family Court, this is not an isolated incident. Lawyers are flooded with cases filed by parents against their sons and daughters. So, Manjula Shah (name changed) waits outside the courtroom in the hope of being granted maintenance from her son, while Arpan Desai (name changed) tries to resist his daughter's decision to pack him off to an old-age home.

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Clearly Charming I Heart My Family Red Heart Laser Italian Charm

2007-01-23T03:10:00.000-08:00

Authentic Clearly Charming Italian Red Heart Laser Charms are premium quality stainless steel Italian charm links with official corporate stamp on reverse. They are all laser engraved in the United States for superior quality. The heart is stamped into the stainless steel and filled with red enamel. It will make a great addition to your Italian charm bracelet or a perfect personalized gift. Add Clearly Charming premium quality modular Italian Charm links to your bracelet to create a lasting memory of special occasions, unique moments, and loved ones or simply show off your personality with a few of your favorite things. Fits all major brands of Italian Charms.

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Parents and teachers look forward to new program

2007-01-21T02:42:00.000-08:00

Starting next month, parents of students at 10 of Suffolk Public Schools elementary schools will have access to a tool that can keep them better informed than ever of their child's academic progress.Parent Connection is an Internet program that allows parents to monitor their child's assignments, quizzes and grades for each subject, as well as attendance, on a near daily basis.Currently, the program is available for all high and middle schools and through a pilot program at Northern Shores and Southwestern elementary schools. In February, it will be available to all schools.Terry Napier, principal at Northern Shores, said Parent Connection has been successful so far at his school. They have decent participation from parents, which has enhanced communication between them and teachers."I think the other schools are really going to like it, too," Napier said.

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Area districts will distribute report cards on schools to parents

2007-01-17T02:54:00.000-08:00

School and district snapshots detailing student performance for 2005-06 will be sent home with students in the Fort Worth district in upcoming days. "It gives you an idea of overall strengths," said Nancy Weisskopf, principal at McLean Middle School. The report cards detail how schools and student groups fared on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills tests and include teacher-student ratios and the amount of money being spent on students. Fort Worth school officials said the report cards were expected to be sent home with academic report cards today, but a printer malfunction caused a delay for several schools. Students from Aledo, Eagle Mountain-Saginaw and White Settlement schools will also receive the report cards soon. Educators said parents should use the information to get a sense of the levels of teaching and learning taking place.

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Parents can be so controlling

2007-01-13T02:40:00.000-08:00

Being a teenager can be a confusing, difficult and emotional stage in our lives. We want to experience new things like having a boyfriend/girlfriend and being independent. There are so many things out there that influence us in a bad or good way. At college nearly half the population experience problems with there parents for a number of reasons. This could be such things as being overprotected, being too strict or simply because their parents don't want to accept that their little baby is all grown up and has it's own life to live. NowIi know some of the things us teenagers ask for, parents don't want to give, for example getting a car or staying out late. They may say no because for one they can't afford a car and for your own safety but that's no reason to suddenly hate your parents.

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Parents pull tot from class in knife case

2007-01-09T03:06:00.000-08:00

PLAINFIELD -- Plainfield School Board will not take disciplinary action on a kindergartner who threatened a student with a penknife because his parents withdrew him from the district Friday, officials said. On Monday night, the board had originally planned on voting whether to expel the boy who attended Charles Reed Elementary School in Joliet. On Dec. 5, while on the school bus the boy allegedly opened a penknife and used threatening language to another student. A third student received a minor cut, less than a paper cut -- from touching the knife blade. State law requires that any student who brings a weapon to school must be expelled for at least one year, but gives the superintendent and the school board latitude to consider circumstances in making the decision.

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Single Parent Scholarship Fund Draws Support

2007-01-07T02:48:00.000-08:00

FAYETTEVILLE -- Diane Aday took the microphone with some trepidation, dismissing her public speaking skills as less than polished."Don't grade me on anything, please," the college student said. Guests laughed appreciatively. They understood the challenges faced by Aday and her peers, single parents struggling to get through college and raise young children.Aday was one of several students who thanked donors for their support at the 22nd annual Holiday Benefit for the Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Washington County. The fund aids single parents striving to better their lives through higher education."I have been so indebted to Single Parent Scholarship Fund," Aday said. "I wouldn't be able to go to school without it." The mother of two is studying elementary education at John Brown University in Siloam Springs.

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Parents reminded not to let kids go near rivers

2007-01-03T02:55:00.000-08:00

Sandakan: Parents here are advised to restrain their children from going near rivers or beaches to avoid any untoward incidents especially during the rainy season. Elopura Assemblyman Au Kam Wah issued the advice Tuesday in the wake of the drowning incident at Sungai Kebun Cina 3, off Mile Four Jalan Utara a day earlier that claimed the life of an 11-year-old boy. The incident should not have happened, especially when it had been raining since early in the morning, he said. The victim Shaharul Nizam went to the river with several friends and was swept away by the strong currents. His body was found three hours later under a bridge. Meanwhile, Au said the heavy downpour at 5pm also resulted in flash floods in areas at Mile 1 1/2 Jalan Utara and mudslide at Taman Sentosa where a portion of the road leading to Jalan Bukit collapsed due to the underground soil movement.

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Goodfellows helps unemployed single parent

2006-12-30T02:49:00.000-08:00

An unemployed, single parent might have a hard time finding a way from keeping the space under her familys Christmas tree from being empty. Throw a multitude of children into the mix, and the limited amount of money the family has for extra spending seems like an even smaller amount. Families like these benefit from the donations to programs like the Goodfellows toy drive. .

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Parents force re-think on schools

2006-12-26T02:51:00.000-08:00

Parent power has forced education bosses to re-think their plans to scrap three Catholic secondary schools in the district. Hundreds of parents and guardians voiced their opposition to the plans after they were sent a document outlining the scheme to build just one super-school. In a devastating blow to Diocese chiefs only 30 people were in favour of the scheme, with nearly 850 against or undecided. Now education bosses are being told to go back to the drawing board in their efforts to re-structure Catholic education in the city. They had wanted to close down St Joseph's Catholic College in Manningham, St Bede's Grammar School in Heaton and Yorkshire Martyrs Catholic College in Tong, and replace them with a single super-school by 2008.

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Smith heroic as struggling single parent

2006-12-17T02:49:00.000-08:00

Directed by Gabriele Muccino. With Will Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Thandie Newton. Opens Friday at theaters throughout New Jersey. *** 1/2 BY STEPHEN WHITTY STAR-LEDGER STAFF So far, Will Smith has played a pilot fighting off aliens, a man in black saving the universe, a cop facing down a robot revolution and the Greatest heavyweight of all time. Now he gets to play a real hero: A single parent. There's nothing outwardly impressive about Chris Gardner in "The Pursuit of Happyness." He has a high-school diploma and a job selling medical supplies. He lives in a small apartment with his wife and child, and in the hierarchical world of sales, is definitely Willy-Loman-on-the-totem-pole.

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When hockey parents go too far

2006-12-15T02:45:00.000-08:00

Hockey parents are a breed of their own. Dedicated and supportive of their children's love for the game, these parents are happy to get up before the sun on their only days off and spend part of their mornings at a chilly hockey rink, warming their hands against a hot double double and cheering on their children. These parents should be commended. They are committed — emotionally and financially — to the game and their children. They cheer the victories and console when things don't go the team's way. As with anything, there are those who take things too far. Go to any arena in Northern Ontario on the weekends and you're bound to spot some parent who vocalizes his or her distaste for a player's performance, the referee's decisions, or coaching moves.

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Mom on a mission: Determined single parent focuses on stability ...

2006-12-13T02:53:00.000-08:00

"He kicked me out of his truck on I-5 outside Redding," said Tyson, 36, of her boyfriend at the time. "I still remember all I had on was a bathing suit and a cover up. I didn’t even have my purse." She was four months pregnant with Robert at the time, and her then-1-year-old daughter, Brook, was still in the truck. That was almost 18 months ago. And while Tyson’s life has been chaotic — to say the least — she is getting back on her feet and doing well. Robert is now 1, and Tyson has a furnished apartment, a part-time job and full custody of the two children. What she doesn’t have is enough money to buy Christmas presents for her children. .

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Workshop helps Rockland parents find programs for older teens with ...

2006-12-09T02:51:00.000-08:00

STONY POINT - Robert and Jan Smith's son is a junior at Suffern High School, and right now they're working hard to find a college that will fit him. The fact that their son has Asberger's Syndrome - a high-functioning form of autism - means that their search has to include a school that can handle a child with a difference. That's why they were among the nearly 150 people attending a conference yesterday that focused on helping children with special needs make the transition from public school to the world at large. "One of the things most parents don't do is homework," said Robert Smith. "Like our children get homework, we also have to do homework, and that's what this is all about." "Positive Partnerships, Effective Advocacy" was held yesterday at the Stony Point Conference Center - the sixth conference designed to help parents and others who work with special-needs children navigate the world between school- and community-based programs.

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Single Parent Scholarship board names new officers

2006-12-07T02:55:00.000-08:00

The Arkansas County Single Parent Scholarship Fund met to discuss the distribution of scholarships during 2006, conducting a letter writing campaign and the election of officers and board members at noon, Wednesday, Nov. 15 in the Community Room of the Arkansas County Bank in DeWitt."We had 11 scholarship recipients in the spring and 12 recipients in the all of 2006," Carolyn Turner, vice chancellor of PCUAA-DeWitt campus, said. "That was a total of $5,000." .

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Why some parents blow up

2006-12-03T02:46:00.000-08:00

The parents and adult fans of young athletes often struggle to balance passion for the children with their responsibilities as citizens and role models, experts and parents say. And sometimes, that balancing act falls apart as it did in last Saturday's fight at Kennedy Arena in Rome during a youth hockey game. According to Sauquoit Valley volleyball coach Darleen Philpotts, parents can lose perspective on what youth sports are all about. "It used to be the dream of the child," said Philpotts, whose three boys play soccer. "Now it's the dream of the parent." Spectators in youth sports can run the gamut of emotions in just one game and have to harness all of those feelings into one shining exemplar for the watchful eyes of not only their child, but the rest of the attentive public.

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Parents told they can't help own child unless they get criminal ...

2006-11-25T02:53:00.000-08:00

PARENTS of a boy who suffers from a form of autism are taking their council to court after they were banned from helping him on board his school bus. Kenneth and Catherine Palmer, from Glasgow, were told parents would not be allowed to fasten their children's seatbelts on the school bus because they didn't have clearance from Disclosure Scotland, the body set up to reveal criminal history information to employers and councils. The couple, whose son, Matthew, 10, sufferers from Asperger's Syndrome, received a letter from Southern Coaches, which operates a contract service to Our Lady of the Missions School, in Thornliebank, explaining the ban. .

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Parents suspected relationship, court told

2006-11-21T02:45:00.000-08:00

THE parents of a high school student had suspected for several months that their daughter was having a relationship with her female teacher, a court has been told. But the student's mother, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said her daughter repeatedly denied there was anything untoward about the relationship before she finally asked for help. The 26-year-old teacher appeared in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court today for the second day of a committal hearing. The teacher has been charged with 229 counts of indecent dealing with a young student over a two year period starting in 2003 when the alleged victim was 13 years old. The mother of the now 17-year-old student told the court that the teacher would sleep at their house in her daughter's bedroom at least once a week, and that she even went on a family holiday to the Gold Coast with them.

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ESRB, PTA seek to educate parents on game ratings

2006-11-17T02:48:00.000-08:00

With the efficacy of the video game ratings system such a hot topic among politicians and demagogues, the video game industry continues to fight back. The latest effort comes the Entertainment Software Rating Board, the entity responsible for handing out video game ratings. In a joint press release, the ESRB and the Parent Teacher Association announced a new educational campaign targeted at parents. The aim of the campaign is to better educate parents about the video game ratings system and the type of content that games of a particular rating may contain. To that end, the PTA will be distributing 1.3 million brochures to 26,000 local PTA chapters nationwide, which will in turn be given to parents. Along with a list of the video game ratings used by the ESRB, the educational brochure contains a handy list of the ESRB content descriptors and definitions.

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High schools ask parents for homework pledge

2006-11-05T02:37:00.000-08:00

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Parents of students at four Charlotte high schools are being asked to sign a pledge that they'll be involved in their children's education. The pledge is part of the district's effort to raise scores at the troubled schools. A Wake County judge has threatened to close those schools and about a dozen more if performance doesn't improve. It's the outcome of a long-running lawsuit over funding for schools in poor districts. Among other things, the pledge asks parents to make sure kids get to school on time, monitor homework and communicate with teachers. Some parents said they don't mind the contract. But others at a meeting this week said they found it condescending. They also felt it singled out schools that serve low-income, minority students. Copyright 2006 Associated Press.

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Muhlenberg helps single parent attain goal

2006-10-30T02:59:00.000-08:00

Working as a nurse recruiter for St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, the 33-year-old woman had little time to orchestrate a stint in nursing school herself -- a lifelong dream the former Plainfield resident said she's had since she was a little girl. Add the fact that Hillman is a single parent raising a 9-year-old daughter, and her goals began to seem less attainable. But then a friend saw a television appearance by Muhlenberg Schools Dean Judith Mathews. Mathews was announcing an innovative new program the school was able to offer for the first time this year at its new Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools of Nursing, Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Sciences. Mathews talked about a nursing program specifically geared toward single parents -- the type of program Hillman had been waiting for.

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China single-parent job plan fuels mass divorce frenzy

2006-10-26T03:38:00.000-07:00

BEJING: Chinese education officials have scrapped a job cut plan that allowed single-parent teachers with children to stay in work after it prompted a rash of divorces, a Chinese newspaper said. The plan to cut teachers in primary and middle schools in Dandong, in northeastern Liaoning province, had resulted in 41 teachers at a single school filing for divorce in a week, the Shanghai Daily reported. "In comparison, their town divorced a total of 34 couples in the whole of 2005," the paper said. The mass divorce alerted officials, who suspended the plan and persuaded 39 of the 41 teachers to re-marry their former spouses, the paper said. The education board's plan was not the first time pragmatic Chinese employees have swapped marital vows for work.

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Single-parent job plan fuels divorce frenzy

2006-10-25T00:58:00.002-07:00

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese education officials have scrapped a job cut plan that allowed single-parent teachers with children to stay in work after it prompted a rash of divorces, a Chinese newspaper said on Wednesday. The plan to cut teachers in primary and middle schools in Dandong, in northeastern Liaoning province, had resulted in 41 teachers at a single school filing for divorce in a week, the Shanghai Daily reported. "In comparison, their town divorced a total of 34 couples in the whole of 2005," the paper said. The mass divorce alerted officials, who suspended the plan and persuaded 39 of the 41 teachers to re-marry their former spouses, the paper said. .

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(LEAD) SINGLE PARENTS' SUCCESS - Students outline achievements in ...

2006-10-25T00:58:00.001-07:00

THE OVER 30 students who gathered at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel yesterday may have been the focus of the Governor-General's youth consultative breakfast, but it was their inspirational stories of single-parent resilience that moved a captivated audience. As it has done since its inception earlier this year, the function gave some of Jamaica's youth leaders an opportunity to give their views on problems facing their country, as well as possible solutions. Governor-General Professor Kenneth Hall and ICWI's Dennis Lalor, who was the moderator, heard high school and tertiary-level students speak on issues from drug abuse among youth to the effects of growing up in single parent homes. Tearful tribute Nothing, however, tugged at the heart strings as the stories of determined parents who paved the way for their success to date.

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SINGLE PARENT PAST MAKES DIDDY THINK TWICE ABOUT MARRIAGE

2006-10-25T00:58:00.000-07:00

LATEST: Rap mogul SEAN COMBS' broken home past is the reason he can't bring himself to propose to longtime girlfriend KIM PORTER. The rapper-turned-designer insists Porter, who is pregnant with his twin girls, will be the woman he weds but he needs time to make sure marriage is right for him. He says, "I don't want to make that pledge in front of God and not be able to see it all the way out. I didn't grow up around a married family, so it's taking me a bit longer. "A lot of guys out there get married, and they still do their thing. I don't want to get married and fail." 21/10/2006 09:33 .

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'Number Of Single Parent Families Rising'

2006-10-25T00:57:00.001-07:00

Two-parent families in Britain will be outnumbered by single parents within 50 years if current trends continue, new research shows.Less than eight-in-10 of today's families fit the traditional profile of a couple and at least one child, with the number of families fitting that description falling sharply over the past 30 years.At this rate we will see the end of the dominance of the two-parent family by 2060, according to Whitaker's Almanack 2007.The data shows a rise in the number of single parents as the percentage of families composed of a couple and at least one child has fallen from 92 per cent of households in 1972 to 77 per cent last year.At the same time the number of single mothers has trebled although there has been very little change in lone father families which make up about one per cent of the number - the same as 34 years ago.Families with grown-up children are also undergoing great change with more young people than ever are still living with their parents.Last year 57 per cent of 20 to 24-year-old males and 38 per cent of females lived at home with their parents - compared with 50 per cent and 32 per cent in 1991.More sons and daughters live at home for longer - 23 per cent of men aged 24 to 29 compared with 11 per cent of women.

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Single parent's dating life can teach kids

2006-10-25T00:57:00.000-07:00

I think our culture is demonstrably screwed up in how it looks at almost every aspect of divorce. But here I'll skip over the lead-up, and go straight to taking on the universal belief about dating after divorce: a new relationship shouldn't be introduced to kids until it's really ''serious.'' Check out all the divorce books, magazines and online advice -- this one is written in stone. As a divorced mom, I'm raising four young kids on my own. Fortunately, I have wise friends who have helped me to see that the ''experts'' just don't make sense. The universal fear is that children will get attached to a new friend in Mom's life, and then that new friend will be gone. Can't have that, the thinking goes. Why not? As long as Mom is dating good and worthy men and is not being sexually intimate with them, what's the problem? Kids have great adults going in and out of their lives all the time -- teachers, pastors, parents' friends.

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Single-Parent Adoption vs Gay Adoption

2006-10-25T00:56:00.002-07:00

In most countries, single-parent adoption is legal, but regulated, while gay adoption is banned. To circumvent the regulations, same-sex couples wishing to adopt overseas typically have one partner file as a single parent. Think of it as a don't-ask-don't-tell policy. But if you are an officially-married gay couple, hey tough luck! Your best bet would be to adopt a child from your home country. The China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) says in a post on its website dated Oct. 2005 that homosexuals cannot adopt children from China because "the China Mental Disorder Classification and Diagnosis Standard classifies homosexuality as sexual obstruction, belonging to psychiatric disease". As far as Shanghaiist understands, that isn't true. China declassified homosexuality as a psychiatric disorder in 2001.

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Pretoria school is a gangland - parents

2006-10-25T00:56:00.001-07:00

Lyttelton Manor High School is becoming a "gangland", according to concerned parents. Several parents approached the Pretoria News on Tuesday following a stabbing outside the school on Monday afternoon. Speaking on condition of anonymity because they feared for the safety of their children, they said several incidents proved the school was becoming more and more unsafe. Motheti Madityana, 29, was stabbed during a fight, allegedly by a Grade 9 pupil. The fight was allegedly over money and drugs. .

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Parents come forward in DVD abuse case

2006-10-25T00:56:00.000-07:00

THE parents of three boys allegedly involved in the filming of a teenage girl being sexually abused and degraded have asked police to interview their sons. Victoria Police Detective Acting Inspector Simon Clemence of the sexual crimes unit said police were today arranging the interviews. "We have three parents that have contacted us so far and have asked us to come and have their boys interviewed and we're in the process of facilitating that right now," he said. Det Clemence said he was not surprised the parents had been forthcoming to police. "I'm not surprised at all actually - I think that the parents are doing what any normal parent would do in the circumstances," he said. "They're obviously quite upset at what's occurred and they're fairly anxious to try and establish what exactly the circumstances are." Werribee detectives and members of the police sexual crimes unit searched a Werribee house yesterday afternoon where they seized evidence and spoke to its occupants.

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Deadbeat parents targeted

2006-10-25T00:55:00.001-07:00

THE disturbing trend for social workers and lawyers to leave children with "deadbeat" parents, even when there is clear potential for abuse or neglect, will be reversed by the Iemma Government. NSW parliament was last night debating a bill presented by Community Services Minister Reba Meagher that would allow authorities to remove a child from parents who had previously abused a sibling. Under the reform, these parents would need to prove to a court why they should be able to keep their other children. "The burden of proof will be on the parents to demonstrate that the risk of harm has been removed," Ms Meagher said. "These changes are about ensuring that we can deliver a standard of protection immediately for those children that are born to deadbeat parents." Premier Morris Iemma told parliament he was "not prepared to find out the hard way" about cases where children had been hurt or killed after a sibling had been removed by authorities.

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New project to keep addicted parents from losing kids

2006-10-25T00:55:00.000-07:00

Hoping to keep adults who abuse drugs and alcohol from losing their children, state officials announced a new project Tuesday aimed at treating substance abuse among parents in child abuse and neglect cases. It is a horrendous problem throughout Kentucky, Tom Emberton Jr., commissioner of state social services, told a crowd gathered at the Bridges of Hope Neighborhood Place in Louisville. State officials say 8 of 10 Kentucky children removed from homes lived with adults involved in substance abuse. The state is awarding nearly $1 million to nine communities about $335,000 to Jefferson County for the program called START (Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Team) and other services aimed at helping families affected by substance abuse. It will rely on teams that will work through local drug courts to help parents recover from substance abuse so they wont lose their children to state care.

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Indigenous parents slam welfare agencies for removing children

2006-10-25T00:54:00.000-07:00

The Northern Territory's child welfare agencies have been criticised at a public forum for not informing Aboriginal parents before taking their children into protective custody. A number of parents at last night's forum said their children were taken whilst at school and they were now only allowed access for one or two hours a week. Parents also complained about a lack of support from welfare agencies and said their efforts to improve as parents were ignored. Many readily admitted to serious family problems. But some, like mother Ravell Netwon, say the Family and Community Services Department has ignored her successful completion of parenting courses. "It has been documented, but the departments aren't bringing it forward on my behalf for a positive output, I guess," she said.

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Judge concerned about Hinckley's elderly parents

2006-10-24T03:28:00.000-07:00

WASHINGTON - A federal judge signaled his desire Monday to re-examine conditions for presidential assailant John W. Hinckley Jr.'s visits to his parents' home near Williamsburg, Va., citing the advancing age of the elderly couple. The man who shot President Reagan and three others in 1981 - and was found not guilty by reason of insanity - has completed at least seven visits to his parents' home in the upscale resort community of Kingsmill in Virginia, lawyers confirmed in court Monday. While those visits were considered successful, Hinckley's father no longer serves as custodian of his son because of the elder Hinckley's fragile health, prosecutors said. Hinckley's mother, who recently turned 80, now has sole custody during the visits, each of which is of four nights' duration, according to prosecutors and Barry Levine, Hinckley's longtime attorney.

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