And if FERPA was not here she could ask the court sort through what appropriately would be shared with the school and what would not be, also they would have to ask her to voluntarily agree. The records should be reviewed by the court not the school and they went through her records before she filed her lawsuit.

Reading the story on NPR makes the situation a lot clearer. Apparently totally legal for the university to access these records, but I wonder if the student was ever informed when she went to see a university therapist that her records could be used this way. I fear we all make too many assumptions about our right to…

This. It's the lack of judicial oversight and her having no advance notice or recourse to challenge or amend what is disclosed that is really disturbing. Obviously medical records are often relevant in court, but there is usually a neutral party in the judge who oversees the process.

Still does seem unfair seeing as in that process "She would have every right to make a motion to the court to quash or modify the subpoena" and "have the court sort through what appropriately would be shared with the school and what would not be." Under FERPA she did not have that right.

Can't blame them for emulating Nintendo though.

They're tricksy little bastards.

Which of those things is a crime punishable by death?

I wish having kids of your own would be enough to cut out all of the prejudice against mothers of young kids. I work at a dental office, and I was horrified when I noticed that the applicants who were known to have younger children were being either deliberately tossed out or at least moved further down in their…

I think it's really cool that she's all for mothers now, but it's really disheartening that she had to actually have a child and literally experience other women's situations to have empathy of any sort. Men sure as fuck are never going to be pregnant, and many women like her won't either. So if they can't find a way…

Unless I have somewhere that I need to be, I will sit for hours in just a towel after I've gotten out of the shower. I find it so freeing.

Netflix and eating peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon, sometimes while reading porn online. Yep, those are my Saturday nights now.

I like to multitask (or more accurately, I hate mono-tasking unless that task is extremely engaging), and I also like watching subtitled things, which results in me watching foreign stuff while doing whatever I can do without taking my eyes from the screen, which is pretty much limited to stretches and exercises that…

I love this! Late one night I caught my mom-this was many years ago-playing Wolfenstein and screaming, "FUCK YOU, NAZI BASTARDS! I'M COMING FOR ALL OF YOU!" I burst out laughing, and she was all, "What? I like video games. Now you know!" Best moment of my young adult life.

One of my cats melts like jello in a sack on a hot day when you hold him. When I'm alone, I dance with him because he lets me. He purrs like crazy and oozes about in my arms while the other pets look on like we're both nuts, but this cat is the perfect dance partner. He never minds if I miss the steps, and he's…

I am actually going to ignore EVERYTHING WRONG with this (which is EVERYTHING) and play semi-devil's advocate.

The girls could have had behavioral triggers from the adoption ceremony. They probably still loved their mom and were grieving. And they were testing to see if these people, who made a huge elaborate show of offering permanency, meant it in their hearts.

I really think these Christian type families who adopt after having a bunch of bio kids do it to look like "good Christians" and freak out when their kid has a host of issues and aren't acting "grateful" for being adopted. Fuck these people for traumatizing these kids even more than they were before they were…

I'm an adoptive mom. When my kid was going through issues you know what I was doing? I was looking in to temporary residential care or other programs to help treat my child, not removing her from the family. My DHS was supportive, they know her behavior warranted the discussion. Thankfully we found counseling and…