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A Childhood Lost
2007-05-31 18:36:00
A Childhood Lost By: Lucy Bouchard (View Profile)Within by heart,Within my soul,Your sordid actionsTook their toll.I built my walls.I closed my doors.You took from me,What wasn’t yours.Upon myself,I placed the blame.I led a life,You filled with shame.I thought for sure,I must have sinned.I buried it allDeep within.A childhood lost,To all the pain,You placed on meFor your own gain.There was less laughter.I hardly cried.I tried to forget.I felt, I died.I kept your secret.I never told.But then again,I was five years old.Though, the yearsHave passed me by,What you have done,I no longer deny.The time has come.I, now, can see,To let my heartAnd soul be free.Upon you now,I place this blame.It is not I,Who bears this shame.Before the Lord,Will come your day,For all your sins,You’ll have to pay.It is my childhood,I must reclaim.My life can neverRemain the same.Now I see,All you have done.My life’s healingHas just begun.Though my journey,May be long and rough,Because of you,I am now toug...

About Domestic Violence
2007-05-29 20:47:00
About Dome stic Viol ence Domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another intimate partner.Domestic violence can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound someone. * Physical Abuse: Hitting, slapping, shoving, grabbing, pinching, biting, hair-pulling, biting, etc. Physical abuse also includes denying a partner medical care or forcing alcohol and/or drug use. * Sexual Abuse: Coercing or attempting to coerce any sexual contact or behavior without consent. Sexual abuse includes, but is certainly not limited to marital rape, attacks on sexual parts of the body, forcing sex after physical violence has occurred, or treating one in a sexually deme...
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Breaking the Silence on Domestic Violence
2007-05-29 20:41:00
Breaking the Silence on Domestic Violence Tough new laws are one way to reduce domestic violence and sexual assaults. Nothing sends a clearer message to a wife-beater -- Department of Justice statistics confirm that women are battered far more than men -- than prosecuting and jailing other wife-beaters. New laws, however, are not the only answer.Too many people continue to believe that domestic violence is a private matter between a couple, rather than a criminal offense that merits a strong and swift response. Even today, the victim of a domestic assault runs the risk of being asked, "What did you do to make your husband angry?" This questions implies the victim is to blame for this abuse. People in our criminal justice system -- police, prosecutors, judges, and jurors -- need to be educated about the role they can play in curbing acts of domestic violence.Even when cases are brought, domestic crimes are difficult to prosecute. All too often victims are so terrorized that they fear ...
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Creating a Strong and Satisfying Marriage
2007-05-28 19:29:00
Creating a Strong and Satisfying Marriage Sharon J. LeighProgram AssistantJanet A. Clark,Program Leader and Associate State SpecialistPause for a moment and think about your marriage. What thoughts come to mind? How do you feel about your relationship? Your marriage may generally provide great happiness and satisfaction for both of you. Or, because of high levels of conflict and unfulfilled expectations, your marriage may be a source of great anxiety and frustration. Another possibility is that life for you and your spouse has become so hectic that you never seem to be able to connect with each other as you once did. Do any of these situations sound familiar? If so, you are not alone. Many spouses could relate to one of these descriptions.About half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. It is obvious that many people do not get married and live "happily ever after." However, marriage continues to be an important goal for most Americans. In fact, over 90 percent of adu...
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Overcoming Anxiety
2007-05-27 21:16:00
SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETYPhysical symptoms: Social symptoms: Psychological:Stress sensationsRapid heartbeatChest tightnessTension headachesLight headednessSweaty palmsFatigue, low energySleep disturbance ShynessIntroversionNervousnessSelf consciousnessFear of embarrassmentFear of public speakingDwelling on mistakesExtreme sensitivity Frequent worryFearing the worstFearing insanitySlight paranoiaWhat if thinkingOverly analyticalDeep thinkingMore Other: Anxiety Attacks Agoraphobia Unreality Hypochondria DepressionARE YOU EXPERIENCING ANXIETYYou are not alone. It is estimated that over 40 million people in the United States alone are affected by anxiety disorder (source: U.S. Census Data / National Institute of Mental Health). But when many of us encounter anxiety, we're not aware of what it is or what to do about it. And that's part of what makes the experience so traumatic - that feeling of having no control over a misunderstood mental state.WHAT CAUSES ANXIETY?Anxiety usuall...
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Reconciliation after Seperation
2007-05-26 19:52:00
Toronto marriage counselling service: Beth Mares home pageRelationship counselling, TorontoReconciliation after separationDear Beth, Two months ago I told my husband to leave, after 11 years of being together. We were fighting a lot and not communicating well at all. Over the past two months I have gone through stages of thinking that it was definitely over - and that I was okay with that - to my recent feelings of really wanting to work it out. We have spoken over the last two months, but usually briefly and over 'belongings'. Most conversations have been civil. I had asked my husband many times to go to counselling with me - he repeated refused! Now that I know that I don't want to walk away from this relationship, how do I open the door again? He told me a couple days ago that he couldn't make any promises, but maybe in March we could get together to talk, and that maybe he would go for counselling. How do I proceed? Is it fair for the ball to always be in his court? I would ...
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Helping Children Overcome Stress and Fear
2007-05-25 18:52:00
Helping Children Overcome Stress and Fear By Debbie Milam News of an impending war, terrorism alerts, and the economy has created an enormous amount of stress for many adults and this stress greatly affects our children. When we are fearful, are children are fearful. When we are stressed, our children are stressed. So what steps can we take to help ourselves and our children let go of stress and fear?• Make time to de-stress yourself: One of the most powerful ways to distress yourself is waking up half hour before your kids and spending that time in meditation or prayer. Journaling is also another wonderful tool to help release stress. Finally, spend some time nurturing yourself by taking a warm bath with lavender oil and kosher salt, give yourself a massage, exercise, or go for a walk.• Turn off the news: As negative as the news is for adults it is even more fear evoking for a child. If you choose to teach your chil...
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Dealing with Abandonment Issues
2007-05-24 17:45:00
Dealing with Abandon ment Issue s by Sue AndersonWhen a relationship ends, both partners experience turmoil and loss, but the one who is left feeling abandoned bears the brunt of the pain. Why does it hurt so much when someone leaves us?Loving and wanting someone who does not love us back engenders a deep personal wound. Rejection hits a raw nerve whose root begins in childhood. It arouses our abandonment issues. Abandonment is primal fear, the first fear that each of us experience as an infant. It is the fear that we will be left, literally abandoned, with no one to care for us. Abandonment's wound is cumulative. It contains all of our losses, disconnections and disappointments from early on, the death of a parent, a teenage breakup, being out-shown by a sibling, these experiences make us more susceptible to heartbreak when we are abandoned as adults.The abandonment wound, stored deep within the limbic brain, is easily triggered. You feel its raw nerve twinge when you fail to get rec...
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Relationships/commitment
2007-05-23 18:34:00
HOME::Relation ships /Comm itment Relationshi p Success - The ABCs of Successful RelationshipsBy Michelle VasquezAppreciation & Acceptance: Many people need appreciation more than their need love. Accepting your partner and letting go of the need to fix him/her is a sign of maturity and will help you live a more peaceful life.Benevolence: See your partner with loving eyes. Remember daily why you chose to be together.Commitment: Without commitment, you don't have a relationship. Commitment is the glue that holds the relationship together. When you're committed, you're saying, "I'll do whatever it takes to make my relationship work."Dropping Defenses: When you defend yourself, you are looking at your partner as if s/he were your enemy. Seek first to understand instead of raising your shields.Encouragement: Invest in your relationship by being generous with your words of encouragement.Forgiveness: We all make mistakes. Choose to be the first to forgive and you'll find that you're forg...
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Interest in sex
2007-05-22 18:43:00
Levin wrote:Dear husbands and wives, This is my first posting to this group, and my topic is probably one that has been covered ad nauseam in this group.My situation is the same! If you haven't read my post, my husband hasLD and is possibly hooked on porn as a way to keep interested in sex.I'm not really expecting anyone to give me a solution to the problem (though I'm all ears if you think you might have one), but I would be grateful to hear about others' experiences, especially from those who have been married for a long time. I've been married only for two years, and very happily, but I am getting worried and extremely frustrated about my wife's decreasing interest in sex. I would never have dreamed that sex would become the issue in this relationship, much less that this would happen so soon.For me this was the worst part too, the shock. It really took me bysurprise and makes me question myself much more. When sex stops beingthey way it used to, *I* think it's only normal...
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Six Steps to a Healthy Self-Esteem
2007-05-21 21:22:00
Six Step s to a Healthy Self-Este em by John Leonard Are you in control of your life and career, or do you feel trapped in some dead-end job that seems to be sucking the energy out of you? Do you believe you have the power to shape your destiny and call the shots, or do you believe you are forever at the mercy of nameless, faceless forces over which you have no control? The answers to these questions can be very different, depending on your level of self-esteem. As Dr. Nathaniel Brandner points out in his book How to Raise Your Self-Esteem, "How you feel about yourself crucially affects virtually every aspect of your experience." Self-esteem is the key component that allows you to confront problems, improve and promote yourself, be resilient in the face of apparent failure, and take charge of your life. When your self-esteem is high, problems are not looked upon as roadblocks but as opportunities for success. When your self-esteem is high, you are proactive rather than reactive, you h...
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YOUR ESTEEMED SELF
2007-05-21 18:55:00
YOUR ESTEEMED SELF BACK TO HOMEBy Suma VarugheseHow much do you think you are worth? No, don't check out your bank balance. Look within and assess your self-esteem. For the true measure of your worthself-esteem,worthVedanta teacher and workshop trainer Acharya Ram Mohan has a question for his students. "If someone close to you were grieving over a failure, would you call them a dolt and write them off, or would you console them?" Inevitably the answer is the latter."Why then," Ram Mohan asks, "do you call yourself a fool each time you make a mistake?"Why indeed? Why do we fail to give ourselves the love, consideration and respect that we offer others? Why is it so hard to do jai (to conquer) unto ourselves?The answer lies in that contentious issue: self-esteem. "Psychologically, it's a core issue," says Mumbai-based psychiatrist Dayal Mirchandani of India. The well-known psychologist Abraham Maslow, who charted out a hierarchy of human needs, put self-esteem above basic survival n...
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Raise Your Self-Esteem To Raise The World!
2007-05-21 18:43:00
Raise Your Self-Este em To Raise The World !Author~Speaker~Lyca ShanFounder of Firewalker Enterprises and BlackBeltDreamer.com"Just Imagine If You Could OvercomeAny Obstacle In Your Life..."Firewalker Enterprises was born with the publication of the autobiographical book "Firewalker" and has expanded to touch on a variety of other creative efforts including the High Self-Esteem website, all sharing one very powerful message:"Your Past Does Not Dictate Your Future!"Listen To Lyca's Welcome MessageFalling victim to one’s environment is a cliché that has echoed throughout society to the point of exhaustion, but are we really victims of our surroundings? I believe that despite our environment, every person possesses the inner strength to rise above their individual circumstances and find happiness within themselves.So how does self-esteem fit into this picture?We hear the phrase "self-esteem" all the time, but what does that really mean? Isn't it a pivotal part of how we see and i...
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Using Cross Cultural Communication to Improve Relationships
2007-05-21 03:21:00
Using Cross Cultural Comm unication to Improve Relationships In culturally diverse communities, differences may be expected to exist in the communication styles of students, teachers, parents, administrators and noninstructional staff. Perhaps the most important reason for educators to understand cross cultural communication is to improve their relations with the diverse groups of students and parents they will encounter. If left ignored, communication differences will inevitably lead to various types of miscommunication which may lead, in turn, to conflicts which erode school climate and cause certain groups of students usually African American and other nonwhite students to feel unwelcome.The fact that these circumstances occur is a tragedy, of course. The greater tragedy, however, is that educators do not always know how to eliminate or minimize this type of discord.Tactics for Removing Cross CulturalCommunication BarriersOnce we have established the prerequisites for understanding...

Domestic Violence
2007-05-19 18:38:00
Domestic Viol ence This purpose of this web page is to provide general information on issues related to domestic violence, but is not meant to replace consultation with a mental health professional. If you are concerned about relationship violence in your own life, or that of another, please feel free to contact the FSAP office to set up an appointment. Do you think you might be in a destructive relationship? If it hurts or scares you, it's not healthy. Relationships should make both partners feel good about themselves and about each other.Domestic violence occurs when a relationship is based on power and control. The abuse can be physical, verbal, emotional, or sexual. Often, one or more violent incidents are accompanied by an array of other types of abuse. They may not be as obvious, but help to firmly establish a pattern of intimidation and control in the relationship.Abuse may include one or more of the following types of mistreatment--physical, sexual, and emotional/psychologica...
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Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
2007-05-18 18:33:00
Breaking the Cycle of Abuse Shirley Beeman's mother used to get drunk and beat her daughter with a wooden spoon, even throwing her through the wall on several occasions. When she was just a toddler, a teenage cousin began molesting her, and years later an uncle took over where the cousin left off.Today, Beeman* has confronted her childhood abuse and discusses it quite openly. Talking about the past and dealing with it, she says, is the only way to move on and lead a healthy life. Beeman is so convinced of this that she studied to become a psychotherapist, and now spends her days helping others work through their own childhood traumas.Many patients are understandably reluctant to revisit agonizing memories from their childhoods, Beeman says, but it's critical to the healing process. She believes victims who don't deal with their past are often fated to inflict similar abuse on their own children. "Child abuse is a multigenerational process," says Beeman. "It just keeps going and go...
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Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
2007-05-18 18:33:00
Breaking the Cycle of Abuse Shirley Beeman's mother used to get drunk and beat her daughter with a wooden spoon, even throwing her through the wall on several occasions. When she was just a toddler, a teenage cousin began molesting her, and years later an uncle took over where the cousin left off.Today, Beeman* has confronted her childhood abuse and discusses it quite openly. Talking about the past and dealing with it, she says, is the only way to move on and lead a healthy life. Beeman is so convinced of this that she studied to become a psychotherapist, and now spends her days helping others work through their own childhood traumas.Many patients are understandably reluctant to revisit agonizing memories from their childhoods, Beeman says, but it's critical to the healing process. She believes victims who don't deal with their past are often fated to inflict similar abuse on their own children. "Child abuse is a multigenerational process," says Beeman. "It just keeps going and go...
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Functional Families
2007-05-17 17:53:00
FUNCTIONAL FAMILIESby J. Kent Griffiths, DSWWe always hear about "disfunctional families."But what is a "functional family?" They often have the following characteristics: 1) It has a balance that can adapt to change (not homeostasis) 2) Emotional problems are seen as existing in the unit with components in each person. 3) Connectedness is maintained across generations with all members of the family. 4) There is a minimum of fusion, and distance is not used to solve problems. 5) Each twosome in the family can deal with all problems that occur between them. Triangulation onto third person to arbitrate or judge is discouraged. 6) Differences are not only tolerated but encouraged. 7) Each person can operate selectively using thinking and emotional systems. 8) There is a keen awareness of what each person gets functionally from himself, and what he gets from others. These are the areas of identification and differentiation. 9) There is an awareness of the empt...
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Family Systems Theory
2007-05-16 23:32:00
Family Systems Theo ry The family systems theory is a theory introduced by Dr. Murray Bowen that suggests that individuals cannot be understood in isolation from one another, but rather as a part of their family, as the family is an emotional unit. Families are systems of interconnected and interdependent individuals, none of whom can be understood in isolation from the system.The family systemAccording to Bowen, a family is a system in which each member had a role to play and rules to respect. Members of the system are expected to respond to each other in a certain way according to their role, which is determined by relationship agreements. Within the boundaries of the system, patterns develop as certain family member's behavior is caused by and causes other family member's behaviors in predictable ways. Maintaining the same pattern of behaviors within a system may lead to balance in the family system, but also to dysfunction. For example, if a husband is depressive and cannot pull...
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Tips for Parents with Teens
2007-05-16 20:09:00
Advanced Search Tips for Parent s On Building Healthy Relationships with their Teenagers - From Dr. David Wolfe, RBC Investments Chair in Children's Mental Health & Developmental Psychology1) Be honest and open.Talk to your teens about dating and sexuality. The research shows that the more open and honest you are with your child the more communication there will be about dating and sexuality. And this is very important because it has been found that a good predictor of less adolescent sex is directly related to how much parents and teens talk openly about sex. Richer discussions about dating and sexuality are one mechanism by which a better quality parent-teen relationship influences adolescent choices to delay sexual activity. 'Richer discussions' means including messages about your attitudes and values about sexuality, advice-giving, and warnings about potentially negative consequences of teenage sexual activity.2) Be authoritative not authoritarian in your parenting style.Sho...
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Open Mind
2007-05-15 18:24:00
Open Mind Open Mind is a weekly column in which questions regarding mental health issues are answered by professionals. Open Mind appears in many editions of the Suburban Journals and other newspapers in Missouri. This is an archived column. Click here to browse other archived topics.About six years ago, a psychologist treated me for depression. He and I agreed that my depression and low self-esteem were due to many negative situations I had experienced: death of a sibling, a bad relationship, etc. Although it took a while, I believe I received good treatment from my psychologist. However, my question is: Can medication help people when depression is not caused by a chemical imbalance? For people whose depression is due more to difficult situations than a serious chemical imbalance, medication may help, but psychotherapy may help just as much or more. Numerous medications, particularly the SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), have proven effective in alleviating depre...
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Death from Ritalin the truth behind ADHD
2007-05-15 06:24:00
Death from Ritalin the truth behind ADHDInfo for Parents who are pressured to diagnose and drug their children for ADD or ADHD. Story behind our Sons death caused from ADHD Drug, Ritalin.Between 1990 and 2000 there were 186 deaths from methylphenidate reported to the FDA MedWatch program, a voluntary reporting scheme, the numbers of which represent no more than 10 to 20% of the actual incidence.Source: http://www.adhdfraud.org/commentary/1-6-0 2-2.htmThe National Alliances New National listings consist of 9 categories for all 50 States Allergists, Chiropractors, Hearing Specialists, Learning Centers, Neurologists, Nutritionists, Osteopathic Physicians, Speech and Language Specialists, Vision Specialists.In 1998 at the National Institutes of Health Consensus on ADHD, the following statement was issued: "We do not have an independent, valid test for ADHD, and there is no data to indicate that ADHD is due to a brain malfunction".Labels like ADHD, ADD, ODD, LD etc are in no sense true d...
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The Truth About Drug Companies
2007-05-15 05:09:00
The Truth About the Drug Compa nies By Marcia Angell1.Every day Americans are subjected to a barrage of advertising by the pharmaceutical industry. Mixed in with the pitches for a particular drug—usually featuring beautiful people enjoying themselves in the great outdoors—is a more general message. Boiled down to its essentials, it is this: "Yes, prescription drugs are expensive, but that shows how valuable they are. Besides, our research and development costs are enormous, and we need to cover them somehow. As 'research-based' companies, we turn out a steady stream of innovative medicines that lengthen life, enhance its quality, and avert more expensive medical care. You are the beneficiaries of this ongoing achievement of the American free enterprise system, so be grateful, quit whining, and pay up." More prosaically, what the industry is saying is that you get what you pay for.Is any of this true? Well, the first part certainly is. Prescription drug costs are indeed high—an...
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If You Are Thinking About Suicide
2007-05-13 18:58:00
if you are thinking aboutsuicide... read this firstIf you are feeling suicidal now, please stop long enough to read this. It will only take about five minutes. I do not want to talk you out of your bad feelings. I am not a therapist or other mental health professional - only someone who knows what it is like to be in pain.I don’t know who you are, or why you are reading this page. I only know that for the moment, you’re reading it, and that is good. I can assume that you are here because you are troubled and considering ending your life. If it were possible, I would prefer to be there with you at this moment, to sit with you and talk, face to face and heart to heart. But since that is not possible, we will have to make do with this.I have known a lot of people who have wanted to kill themselves, so I have some small idea of what you might be feeling. I know that you might not be up to reading a long book, so I am going to keep this short. While we are together here for the next ...
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In-Laws
2007-05-11 22:14:00
Dear Troubleshooter:I am 10 years older than my fiancé and his mother is only 10 years older than I am, so I am not comfortable calling her "mom," which she is subtly insisting I do (introducing herself as "mom"... sending "daughter" cards to me... signing correspondence with "mom"...). I am currently addressing her by her first name and responded to her request to call her mom once by saying "I can't." I don't mean to disrespect her, but it's just too awkward. How do I convince her to stop with this?Toung-tied Dear Troubleshooter:My husband and I decided to buy a new home as I have another child due in September. My father in-law offered to give us our down payment, but he insists on getting the loan in his name. If we do this, my in-laws will keep our names off the mortgage and the deed. To make matters worse, the real estate agent now says he represents my father in-law who is purchasing a home for "his son." This is an awful mess. What I should do? Househunter Dear Troublesh...
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Intimacy What is it?
2007-05-11 20:02:00
Intimacy | RelationshipsIntimacy, What Is It?Intimacy is a process not a thing. It takes place over time and is not stagnant. In fact, any kind of stagnation in a relationship kills intimacy. Intimacy can also take many forms. One form of intimacy is cognitive or intellectual intimacy where two people exchange thoughts, share ideas and enjoy similarities and differences between their opinions. If they can do this in an open and comfortable way, then can become quite intimate in an intellectual area. A second form of intimacy is experiential intimacy or intimacy activity. Examples of this would be where people get together to actively involve themselves with each other, probably saying very little to each other, not sharing any thoughts or many feelings, but being involved in mutual activities with one another. Imagine observing two house painters whose brush strokes seemed to be playing out a duet on the side of the house. They may be shocked to think that they were engaged in an ...
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Marriage Counseling
2007-05-11 06:53:00
Marriage counseling by Jeena AndersonSome years ago, everything looked so wonderful - both of you felt in love and decided to get married, because none of you could imagine its life without being together. Now something has changed - endless quarrels, harassments, and tears, you feel misunderstood and deeply hurt - it looks to be a part of your daily routine. Sometimes you think that there is only one solution to stop this mess - to divorce. However, you are not right, marriage counseling may help you to save your marriage.What is marriage counseling? Marriage counseling is a type of psychotherapy, a kind of psychological advice for a married couple tries to solve problems in their relationship. Usually, both wife and husband attend counseling sessions together to discuss specific issues. The therapy consists of few sessions. Marriage counselor ask about bad and good sides of a concrete relationship, also about partner's roles in marriage, goals of being together, beliefs and wi...
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Adult Survivors of Abuse
2007-05-10 20:11:00
Adult survivors of abuseIf you are an adult who was abused as a child it is possible that you may have never spoken to anyone about this. Many adults keep this a secret well into their adult life and many find that the effect upon them has had devastating consequences not only throughout their childhood but also in their adult life. You may find that you have enormous difficulty in maintaining loving and trusting relationships, you may have low sense of worth and low self esteem, you may suffer from sexual difficulties and depression. In order to try and block out the abuse and to cope you may be drinking heavily, taking drugs, self harming, suffering from eating disorders and may feel suicidal.It is important to share the way you are feeling with someone you can trust, someone who will be there for you to listen and give you support. Talking about what has happened to you can make an enormous difference and can feel like a great weight being lifted from you.You may have been abused...
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Are You Your Own Worst Enemy?
2007-05-08 18:10:00
Sometimes, conflicts with people are unavoidable. Problems with a coworker or family member leave you feeling angry or frustrated. It may feel like it is the other person's fault. But what if you keep getting into similar conflicts with other people? What if there seems to be a pattern of recurring problems?One woman* believed that her superiors were 'stupid' or didn't appreciate her. She found herself subtly undermining their authority and bringing on their criticism. She had been told she "had an attitude". She quit a number of jobs and was fired from several others.A man is chronically late for appointments. He has angered and lost several friends. His remaining friends don't depend on him. Even though he is otherwise competent at his job, he has been passed over for promotions that have been awarded to less creative and less intelligent colleagues.Surprisingly people often handle situations in ways that work against their best interests. When you have a consistent pattern o...
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A Trail of Poisoned Medicine
2007-05-06 20:37:00
From China to Panama, a Trail of Poison ed Medici ne IN CHINA At least 18 people, most of them in Guangdong Province, died in a month last year after they ingested contaminated medicine. By WALT BOGDANICH and JAKE HOOKERPublished: May 6, 2007The kidneys fail first. Then the central nervous system begins to misfire. Paralysis spreads, making breathing difficult, then often impossible without assistance. In the end, most victims die. Chemical country The Taixing countryside in eastern China, near the Yangtze Delta. Forty-six barrels of toxic syrup followed a path from a factory in the nearby small town of Hengxiang to Panama.Many of them are children, poisoned at the hands of their unsuspecting parents.The syrupy poison, diethylene glycol, is an indispensable part of the modern world, an industrial solvent and prime ingredient in some antifreeze.It is also a killer. And the deaths, if not intentional, are often no accident.Over the years, the poison has been loaded into all varieties ...
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