Popular Mom Site Removes Posts To Help Fund The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
You have seen their ads littered every on MySpace. You may have seen their ads on some of your favorite children sites. Their advertising campaign has made them the most popular site for moms to connect, share ideas, stories, and simply commiserate with each other over the pitfalls of parenting that you simply cannot find elsewhere. CaféMom: A place for moms.
It would seem the most likely place to put up information regarding the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act(HR 4472), which was signed into law by President George Bush that requires harsher punishment for child predators, among other things, right?
Wrong.
Several mothers on this site banded together to send out a message to their fellow moms, that while this bill has been signed into law, it lacks the necessary funding to implement it. They put up posts that ask for mothers to get proactive and send out letters to their Congressmen and Senators to help push for funding. They included links so that those who were unaware as to how to contact their Congressmen and Senators would be able to do so. They included links so that the individual reader could read what exactly the AWCPSA entails. Everything was done for the benefit of children. Not just their children, but your children, and the children that they play with.
It was a concerted effort, one that was done so that the maximum amount of mothers would be able to read these journal posts, due to the fact that most posts at CafeMom become buried under mounds of posts that shortly follow it. It takes mere seconds for a post to completely disappear from the top of the pile, and these mothers were aware of this, so they took action against it.
To these mothers' chagrin, and to the detriment of the AWCPSA, the powers that be at CafeMom chose to delete these posts. They did so without any explanation. Upon further review of their Terms of Service (TOS), it was decided that these posts did not violate anything agreed to by the mothers whom posted; CafeMom has chosen to continue the silent and deletion treatment in regards to the AWCPSA, despite and in spite of what bringing awareness to this cause could mean to the children of the USA.
The safety of our children is paramount. It should come before ideologies, opinions, and TOS policies. Encouraging mothers to be proactive, and giving them a means to do so should not be punished by post and account deletions. Asking that people help our leaders in government demand funding be appropriated for a bill that was created and approved by not only the House, but also by the Senate and the President of the United States should not be a punishable offense, especially on a site that claims to be for moms.
What mother does not want the government to do all that it can to ensure the safety of her child? What parent, for that matter?
If you feel what CafeMom did was wrong, then please, copy and paste this letter into your blogs and bulletins so that more people, not just parents, can be aware as to what goes on at CafeMom, and where their priorities lie when it comes to your children and the children that will become our future.
Also, please go to this site: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/948814946 to read up on what exactly was posted and pledge to print out a letter to sign and mail to your Congressman and demand that the AWCPSA be funded immediately.
Not being allowed to say something about this is no better than not saying anything about it at all.
A great site that has some wonderful mothers intent on making a difference and getting this information heard is: MommyMatter.com
Stand up and make your opinion known. Let YOUR voice be heard!
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