Sen. Diamond: Maine needs a new state department to protect children
L.D. 1263 would transition the Office of Child and Family Services into a stand-alone agency, allowing for proper funding and more transparency.
By Bill DiamondSpecial to the Press Herald
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Logan Marr was born Oct. 14, 1995, and died Jan. 31, 2001, of asphyxiation as a result of more than 40 feet of duct tape being wrapped around her body, face and mouth, binding her in a high chair that was placed in the basement by her foster mother, Sally Schofield, reportedly to let Logan scream. According to the police, when the high chair tipped over, Logan died a slow and agonizing death. Schofield, a former caseworker for the agency then known as the Department of Human Services, was found guilty of manslaughter and served 17 years in prison.
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Nestled between the Serengeti and Lake Victoria, the Maasai people of Kenya have a traditional greeting which has been learned all over the world: “Eserian nakera?” In English it means, “And how are the children?” The response is: “All the children are well.”
American culture places a high value on youth with a varying degree of meaning. The tech-driven generations, of which I am a part of, have been raised to simultaneously see the cash value our country places on us and the great social power we wield from sheer numbers.
Growing up is just as hard as it was for previous generations with the distinction of an ever-growing inundation of digital content shaping our values and worldview. The COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis have also affected our youth. So, in Gainesville, we would do well to ask, How are the children?”