California is still in the plans eventually

Tonight my mom mentioned abt going to ny for a visit.it reminded me that life is about generally for me taking chances and it was by chance that i ran away from tungland and i don’t regret once but i am glad that i did and i am very thankful my now ex velle has helped me with the help of some of his friends.i am grateful for all that they did.however this ex also moved on to another girl but at least he had the guts to tell me about it before finding out through someone else.most men don’t have that in them to tell the truth straight up.my second ex fiance certainly didn’t!But,i have finally set up an ebay selling account for books and i plan on using ebay to sell books with 10% of the income going to word of life each way by check(written by my parents)and eventually i hope to take a cooking class and eventually do acting even part time down in hawaii to help me get a job in california.if i do hunt for a man he must be local meaning on the island of oahu so my pup can approve or disapprove him.Her decision will be the final draw if I deal with a certain man or any man.I plan on taking her with me and continuing to take her to a VCA animal hospital in california.as for children right now it’s not in my interest but i will deal with children one way or another even if it’s sponsoring a child.regardless my plans are still up in the air for the time to move but hope to be out of hi before my parents get senile in their 80’s. i chose ca because it’s closer to my dad and i didn’t feel like it’s worth the pain of traveling from somewhere on the east coast to hi knowing if my dad only had 48 hours god forbid i might not make it back in time.that alone would be a burden on my heart forever.

Octo-Mom Nadya Suleman “Relieved” She Will Not Face Social Services Investigation

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In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com, Octo-Mom Nadya Suleman says she is “relieved” that she will not be facing an investigation by Child Protective Services.

“I’m relieved that CPS won’t be investigating or interfering in my life,” Suleman told RadarOnline.com exclusively. “I don’t have anything to hide and I appreciate their concern, but I simply don’t understand why it was ever considered necessary.”

On Wednesday, a California appeals court ruled to halt the investigation that was ordered by an Orange County Superior Court probate judge.

The appeals court also ruled earlier this month that Suleman would not have to have a court-appointed guardian to oversee her children’s finances.

Paul Petersen, an advocate for the fair treatment of  children in show business, had filed a petition requesting the appointment of an independent guardian. Nadya then filed a motion challenging his right to file the petition.

“I don’t know Petersen and I don’t know his family,” Suleman told RadarOnline.com. “I am already providing for my family to the best of my abilities.

“Presently, this statute allows anyone from off the street to interfere with how a family raises its children. I never want what’s happened to me to happen to another family. For now,  at least, it seems as if the appellate court agrees with us.”

On Thursday, Petersen’s attorney, Gloria Allred, released the following statement: “Our goal in filing this petition on behalf of Paul Petersen has been and continues to be to protect Nadya Suleman’s octuplets. The Court of Appeals has now issued a temporary stay of the investigation until this matter is decided by them. The Appellate Court has invited us to reply and we will soon be filing our brief and argument on this issue with them. My co-counsel, John Deily, and I will continue to do everything possible to assure that the interests of the octuplets are protected, because these babies are unable to protect themselves.”

Suleman Loses in Financial Guardian Ruling

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An Orange County judge ruled Friday that an advocacy  group for child actors can move forward with its bid to get a guardian  appointed to oversee the financial interests of octomom Nadya Suleman’s  children.

Superior Court Judge Gerald Johnston denied Suleman’s motion to dismiss  the guardian petition submitted by former child actor Paul Petersen, president  of A Minor Consideration.

Johnston did not comment on the merits of Petersen’s petition, but wrote  that California law does not require someone to be an “interested person”  or “enjoy any type of relationship with the minor or minors named in the  petition.”

“As the paramount concern in guardianships is the best interests of  children, the Legislature has not restricted the class of individuals who may  petition seeking to protect those interests,” Johnston’s ruling states.

The judge directed the Department of Social Services to investigate and  make a recommendation on the guardianship petition. The deadline for the report  is Oct. 29.

Suleman’s attorney, Jeff Czech, who had argued that Peterson lacked  legal standing in the case, could not immediately be reached for comment.

Petersen, who as a child actor was in the cast of the 1958-66 ABC series “The Donna Reed Show,” said he was “grateful” for the ruling.

“Given all that we have seen and heard in the last seven months, the  appointment of an independent guardian to protect the financial interests of  the Suleman octuplets will be a welcome development,” Petersen said.

Attorney Gloria Allred, who represents Petersen, said she was “very  happy that the court has upheld the law and allowed us to proceed with our case  and our efforts to protect Nadya Suleman’s octuplets.”

“Although it is a victory for us, it is more importantly a victory for  Nadya Suleman’s octuplets,” she said.

Petersen wants an independent guardian appointed because he believes  Suleman has a conflict of interest regarding her contract with Eyeworks UK  Group Ltd. in connection with a reality show to feature the octuplets and their  six older siblings.

When A Minor Consideration won the first round July 27 in Orange County  Probate Court, Czech called the decision “ludicrous.”

“These people have no right to bring this petition,” he said.

On July 27, Johnston appointed lawyer Norbert Bunt to serve as guardian  over the octuplets’ financial affairs. But a state appellate court later stayed  the decision, pending today’s ruling.

The appellate panel found that the guardianship violated Suleman’s  constitutional rights because she wasn’t given proper notice and said Petersen  failed to make the case that Suleman could not represent her children  adequately.

Peterson and Allred contend Suleman has exploited her octuplets for  financial gain. She has countered that the two are suing just to promote  themselves.

In addition to the octuplets she delivered in January, Suleman has six  other children who were also the product of in-vitro fertilization treatment.  The 34-year-old mom and her brood live in La Habra.

Lisa Kudrow and Her Little Lookalike

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Is it just us, or does Julian Murray look a lot like mom Lisa Kudrow?

The 11-year-old posed — perhaps slightly impishly! — with the former Friends star at the premiere of her latest project, Bandslam, held Thursday evening at Mann Village Theatre in Westwood, Calif.

Lisa, 46, plays Karen in the movie, which hits theatres next Friday.

Julian is the only child for Lisa and husband Michel Stern.

Dale and Leilani Neumann allowed to visit family in California one last time before sentecning in October

The purpose of the family trip is to visit Leilani Neumann’s ailing grandmother, defense attorney Jay Kronenwetter said at Wednesday’s hearing. Most of Leilani’s family lives in California and the family is paying for the Neumanns and their three children to travel to the state, he said.

Howard ordered the Neumanns to surrender their passports before leaving Wisconsin and to call their probation officer once a week while gone.

Howard allowed the trip under the condition that the Neumanns return to Wisconsin by Aug. 30. That allows sufficient time for the Neumanns to be interviewed a second time by their probation officer before their Oct. 6 sentencing, he said. They face a 25-year prison sentence.

The Neumanns met with their probation officers for the first time Monday as the county probation and parole office prepares a presentence report. Such reports typically are generated by the office following felony convictions. They contain interviews and other background information the judge can use at sentencing.

A jury convicted Leilani Neumann on May 22 of second-degree reckless homicide and Dale Neumann on Saturday of the same offense.

Prosecutors argued that the Neumanns recklessly caused Madeline Kara Neumann’s death when they allowed her to suffer for 22 hours as her health deteriorated. The Neumanns prayed for her to recover instead of taking her to a doctor. Kara, as the girl was known, died March 23, 2008, from complications of undiagnosed diabetes.

Howard also lifted the gag order Wednesday he issued at the onset of the case. The order was made to avoid contaminating the jury pool, he said.

Defense attorneys Gene Linehan and Kronenwetter also reiterated that an appeal in both trials is forthcoming.

The parents convicted of reckless homicide in the “prayer death” of their daughter have been cleared to travel to visit their family in California.
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In October, they will find out if and how much prison time they will serve.

Marathon County Circuit Court Judge Vincent Howard on Wednesday granted Dale and Leilani Neumann permission to leave the state, which had been forbidden under conditions of their bonds.

Will and Jada Fire Head of Their School

Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith have fired the head of their controversial private school The New Village Leadership Academy, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

Jacqueline Olivier – the woman the famous husband and wife enlisted to set up their Calabasas campus – was axed from her $200,000 a year position via a telephone call from the Matrix actress.

“Jada phoned Jaqueline and told her that they had ‘decided to go in another direction’ with the school,” an insider told RadarOnline.com. “As head of the campus her position was becoming untenable as she did not agree with Study Tech and felt uncomfortable with it.”  Olivier “thrashed-out” a severance package with the couple and “it’s understood that she signed a confidentiality agreement with regard to her time at the school.”

Calls to Olivier were not immediately returned but it is understood that she has taken-up another position within the educational

recruitment field.

The school head and the superstar couple were said to have clashed about the school’s mysterious Study Tech curriculum which was devised by Scientologist founder Ron L. Hubbard. While the school’s official website simply reads “Coming Soon!” under Head of School, RadarOnline.com has learned that Piano Foster is the new woman tapped for the role.

“They have appointed somebody else who is more ‘in-line’ with their thinking as to how the school should be run,” the source added.

When contacted by RadarOnline.com, Foster confirmed: “I officially took over on July 1, 2009, and I’m looking forward to the challenge. I’ve been working in education for the past 20 years at various public and charter schools so I feel I’m ready for the job.”

Foster remained tight-lipped when asked about her famous employers or any other controversies surrounding her school.

When The New Village Leadership Academy opened last September it attracted several demonstrators who protested outside the main gates that it was a front for Scientology teachings. Will and Jada had previously been home-schooling their two children Willow, 7, and Jaden, 9, at their nearby $20 million Calabasas mansion. The couple signed a deal to lease the campus for $889,000 for a three year period while re-naming it and picking up all other additional costs. Both their kids attend the school whose motto is Spiral Up! – tuition ranges from $7, 500 to $12,500 for pupils from pre-kindergarten through grade 6.

The academy’s alternative schedule – which was developed by the Smiths- includes:

• Serving organic low fat breakfasts and lunches with no fried foods or refined sugar.

• Exposing students to one hour of physical activity each day long, along with classes in Living Skills, karate, Robotics. Etiquette, Technology and Arts

Both Smith and his wife have denied they are Scientologists and in a previous interview with the Los Angeles Times Olivier insisted the facility had no religious affiliation.

She said: “We are a secular school, and just like all non-religious independent schools, faculty and staff do not promote their own religions at the school.”

Reps for the actors did not comment.

Class sizes grow as school budgets shrink

Like a seesaw on the school playground, falling state budgets are pushing class sizes higher.

The recession is forcing districts to lay off teachers even as the economic stimulus pumps billions of dollars into schools. As a result, classrooms across the country will be more crowded when school starts in the fall.

Patti Hathorn, a fifth-grade teacher in rural Pinson, Ala., is expecting 29 or 30 students, making it the biggest class she’s taught. Many of her students at Kermit Johnson Elementary are learning English or are in special education.

“You may have a child that needs you, that needs that adult figure, to spend the extra five minutes with them. If you have five or six extra kids, that five minutes is gone,” Hathorn said.

It’s the same story in small communities such as Pinson and Wapakoneta, Ohio, and urban areas including Los Angeles and Broward County, Fla. In many places, classes will have well over 30 kids.

There is no official data on class sizes for the upcoming year; many states and districts have not finalized their budgets. A survey this year by the American Association of School Administrators found that 44% of school districts expected to increase class size.

Educators and parents worry the larger classes will keep kids from learning.

“The issue is how this affects kids and what price this generation is going to have to pay,” said John White, principal of Mulholland Middle School in Los Angeles, where the district has laid off more than 2,000 teachers.

Classes in Los Angeles are expected to grow by two kids in fourth through 12th grades. Middle school classes will have 35 kids on average; juniors and seniors will have about 43 kids in each class. Kindergarten through third-grade classes will rise by four kids to 24.

Very large classes can keep teachers from teaching because their time is spent keeping order. Crowded classrooms also increase the chance that struggling students may fall through the cracks.

“I certainly won’t say there’s a magic number because it depends on the nature of the student group,” said Jeremy Finn, education professor at University at Buffalo-SUNY. “But in the elementary grades especially, there’s a certain point at which teachers can’t do what they were trained to do.”

Just as there’s a downside to bigger classes, there’s an upside to smaller ones, he said.

Research has shown that younger children, those in kindergarten through third grade, perform and behave better in smaller classes. Benefits are strongest for minority and poor children, Finn said.

There is evidence that being in small classes early on improves a student’s chance of graduating from high school or taking the SAT or ACT college entrance exams.

Most often cited is a large-scale, four-year study of smaller class sizes in Tennessee in the 1980s. The study found that by eighth grade, children who had had smaller classes in kindergarten through third grade had substantial advantages in all subjects over their peers who had been in larger classes.

Others dispute the importance of smaller classes; the debate is far from settled.

Researcher Eric Hanushek called it “kind of silly” that advocates still rely on 20-year-old data from Tennessee. He pointed to other studies that showed small to negligible benefits for kids in small classes.

“All the research suggests the number of kids is much less important than who is teaching the class,” said Hanushek, a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. “In the face of budget problems, allowing class size to move a little bit makes all the sense in the world.”

“In fact, to the extent you put ineffective teachers into classrooms, you’re much better off by keeping larger classes with effective teachers,” he said.

The trouble with this recession is that kids may wind up with larger classes and ineffective teachers.

Mass layoffs are reshuffling teachers into grades or subjects they may never have taught, or taught long ago. Administrators are being pushed back into the classroom after years away from teaching.

At Coweeman Middle School in rural Kelso, Wash., one teacher who has taught math for 30 years has been reassigned to special education, principal Randy Heath said. In fact, every teacher who is endorsed to teach special education is being switched to those classes, regardless of whether he or she actually has taught it, he said.

“We’re being forced to make decisions that we know are not good for kids,” Heath said.

Money from the economic stimulus has reduced the number of teacher layoffs, but job losses are still widespread. Although the stimulus provided an unprecedented $100 billion for education, that’s not enough to cover state and local budget shortfalls.

The stimulus boosted federal spending and helped restore cuts in state budgets, sources that together provide about 56% of school dollars. It did not make up for local tax revenues, which give schools the rest of their money.

Local revenues have been socked by the recession and may dip even lower because property assessments tend to lag behind a recession.

“It’s a little hard to tell whether this upcoming school year or the one after is going to be more difficult,” said Mike Casserly, executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of the biggest urban public school systems.

This school year, Cheryl James of Sacramento, plans to volunteer in her 12-year-old son’s school to help teachers facing bigger class sizes at his middle school.

James expects his classes to get bigger because of teacher layoffs and retirements, but she doesn’t yet know by how much.

“If you have more people in the room — trying to get their hand up, trying to get their question answered, trying to get someone to stop kicking the back of their chair — there are going to be more problems,” James said.

The Spelling-McDermotts are Fêted in Style

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Liam Aaron McDermott, 2, is a dapper darling at a spa party thrown by Oxygen in Santa Monica, Calif., on July 23. The network hosted the event to celebrate the ongoing success of mom Tori Spelling and dad Dean McDermott’s hit reality show Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.

Not pictured is the couple’s 13 ½-month-old daughter Stella Doreen.

Dale Neumann trial testimony begins

9:01 a.m. Day one of witness testimony is about to get under way in the Dale Neumann trial. The morning will feature the testimony of Everest Metro Police offers and EMTs who were among the first to respond to the scene.

9:30 a.m. The first witness to testify is Susan Neumann, who is married to one of Dale Neumann’s brothers.

In the days after Kara’s death, Susan Neumann said she was afraid the family would commit suicide. Dale Neumann had worked at a prison in California and Susan Neumann said she thought he would not want to go to prison if convicted, based on his experiences working there.

10:06 a.m. The jury was excused for several minutes while assistant district attorney Lance Leonhard and defense attorney Jay Kronenwetter spoke with Judge Vincent Howard. Kronenwetter has been asking a lot of questions of this first witness and Leonhard objected to some of the questions.

Kronenwetter has been asking questions to get to Susan Neumann’s credibility and her motivation for going to police in the days following Kara’s death.

Susan Neumann said she went to police concerned for the children’s safety. During a meeting with the Neumann family two days after Kara’s death, Susan said she asked Dale if he would have done anything differently. Susan said Dale’s response was “No.”

Madeline Kara Neumann, 11, died March 23, 2008 from complications of diabetes. Prosecutors say that Dale and his wife, Leilani Neumann, prayed for Kara’s recovery instead of seeking traditional medical help.

10:15 a.m. Ariel Neff is now testifying, Neff is the one who called the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department from California on March 23, 2008 to tell them that Kara was gravely ill.10:18 a.m. The fire alarms just went off in the courthouse. Courthouse personnel advised that a three-year-old child pulled the alarm. Howard decided now would be a good time for a mid-morning break.

10:59 a.m. Prosecutors played the three phone calls Neff made to the Sheriff’s Department for the jury. Neff was driving from northern California to her new home in southern California when she made the calls. She admitted exaggerating to dispatchers when she said Kara was sick for a week and that Leilani would fight if an ambulance arrived.

Neff said she was told by family member that Kara was in a coma.

“When it came down to it, a little girl was dying,” Neff said.11:55 a.m. Weston EMT Jason Russ is now testifying. He was working the day Kara died and responded to the Neumann home.12:05 p.m. Court is taking a lunch break. Back around 1 p.m.

1:19 p.m. Court is back in session and Leilani Neumann appeared briefly before Judge Howard. Prosecutors gave Leilani Neumann immunity and might call her as a witness to testify in her husband’s trial. Leilani Neumann, who was convicted of second-degree reckless homicide in May, would not have her testimony used against her in future court proceedings. She is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 6LaMont Jacobson, a co-prosecutor in the case, said it would depend upon the testimony of other witnesses if Neumann would be called to testify.

Because the victim in this case is a child, the Neumanns are not protected by husband-wife privileges under Wisconsin state law, Jacobson said.

I’ll try to get clarification of the impact of Leilani Neumann’s immunity on her case and Dale’s case later today.

1:47 p.m. During questioning by defense attorney Jay Kronenwetter, it was noted that it took 16 minutes for a Weston ambulance to drive a little more than six miles from the Neumann home to Saint Clare’s Hospital.

Kara was not breathing and did not have a pulse at the time, EMT Jason Russ testified. The Weston ambulance stopped at one point on the roadway and got cardiac medication from a responding Wausau paramedic that carries advanced lifesaving supplies.

Russ said his ambulance stopped long enough for a Wausau paramedic to come on board. During that time. CPR was continued on Kara, he said.

Kronenwetter noted that Saint Clare’s emergency room has those medications and it might have taken only seven or so minutes to drive there without stopping.

2:07 p.m. Hyden Prausa, a Wausau paramedic who boarded a Weston ambulance with advanced life support supplies, is now testifying.

Prausa said he asked the on-board EMT’s if Kara had muscular dystrophy or cerebral palsy, based on her appearance. He described Kara as looking malnourished, pale and skeleton-like.

“She looked very sickly,” Prausa said.

Prausa testified that he gave Kara medication to attempt to restart her heart while CPR was ongoing.

2:15 p.m. During questioning by Jacobson, Prausa explained why the Weston ambulance was intercepted by a Wausau paramedic.Prausa said that the paramedic’s goal is to provide the highest level of care as soon as possible. In this case, advanced life support care was given to Kara five minutes sooner than if she rode straight to the hospital.2:59 p.m. The fire alarms have gone off for a second time today. Not sure why yet, but court was interrupted for about 15 minutes.Dr. Choon P’ng, Medical Director of the Emergency Services at Saint Clare’s Hospital was on the stand when the alarms went off.

3:47 p.m. Dr. P’ng’s testimony continues. Kronenwetter is asking many questions about Kara’s glucose and potassium levels and tests conducted to measure these.

P’ng said this is one of the most advanced cases of diabetic ketoacidosis, a complication of diabetes, that he has seen in 21 years of practicing medicine.

4:05 p.m. Dr. Ivan Zador, a pediatric endocrinologist who reviewed Kara’s medical records after her death, has taken the witness stand.

Judge Howard said earlier this afternoon that he wants to have Zador complete his testimony before the court calls it quits for the day.

4:23 p.m. A summary of Dr. Zador’s explanation of diabetic ketoacidosis:

The body can’t use sugar in the body, so it breaks down fat as a source of energy. The end product of fat breakdown is acids called keto acids. Eventually the blood becomes acidic, called ketoacidosis.

Symptoms are mild at first, but it can become severe within a few days. As it becomes more severe, it can lead to death because it is impossible for cells and organs to work.

A symptom is rapid breathing, which the body does to try to breath out the acid.

The body can’t use sugar in the body, so it breaks down fat as a source of energy. The end product of fat breakdown

Zador said that 998 of 1,000 patients with diabetic ketoacidosis will survive with treatment.

4:30 p.m. Court is a bit behind schedule today thanks to long testimony, questioning and two fire alarms.

Leilani Neumann is scheduled to be the first witness to testify on Tuesday. She did not testify in her own defense at her trial in May. She was granted immunity today, which means her statements will not be used against her in future court proceedings.

Leilani is sequestered and cannot be in the courtroom at this time to observe the proceedings.

Two families who used to worship with the Neumanns and were at the Neumann home the day Kara died, the Wormgoors and the Peaslees, also are scheduled to testify Tuesday.

Judge orders guardian for octuplets’ finances

A California judge appointed a lawyer Monday to oversee the estate of Nadya Suleman’s octuplets, saying he wanted to ensure they weren’t exploited by reality television shows, tabloid photo spreads or other paid ventures.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Gerald Johnston dismissed arguments for family privacy and ruled Monday that an independent party should be appointed to scrutinize the finances of Suleman’s octuplets.

The petition was filed on behalf of Paul Peterson, a former Disney Mouseketeer who is an advocate for the fair treatment of children in entertainment.

During a brief hearing, Arthur J. LaCilento, a lawyer for Suleman, called for the petition to be dismissed based on the family’s needs for privacy.

Johnston denied the request for dismissal and said a guardian ad litem was the “least intrusive” type of oversight possible.

“I do believe it is appropriate and justifiable at this time to provide an objective voice to report to the court,” said Johnston.

During his arguments, LaCilento also said the lawyers who brought the petition — Gloria Allred and co-counsel John Deily — were “nosy” and “grandstanding.”

“We’re only here because we’re concerned about securing the financial security of these octuplets,” Allred said.

Suleman appeared in court wearing a light suit, her hair pulled back in a bun, and didn’t speak during the hearing.

Labor abuses have been at issue with the octuplets in recent months. Four citations were brought against Web site RadarOnline by state regulators for the video taping of the first two octuplets to go home from the hospital on March 17.

The Labor Commissioner said RadarOnline’s secret deal to chronicle the mother of 14 and her newest babies over a seven-week period failed to get the required state permits and taped the infants too late at night and for too long.

It’s unknown exactly how much Suleman has amassed through her dealings. RadarOnline has posted more than 100 items about her and her brood, some of them diary-style videos of Suleman. Photo spreads in tabloids show her cradling her babies in softly lit images — the same types of spreads known to earn movie stars millions. An unknown sum of donations has been collected for the care of her children.

In March, Suleman moved into a new home that listed for nearly $500,000.

Suleman has said that she’s lived off student loans, her children’s disability payments and, before December, disability checks she received for a 1999 back injury sustained while working in a state mental hospital.

A reality show is slated to start filming Suleman and her 14 children, all under age 8, on Sept. 1. The children’s reality television contracts were filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, and await a judge’s approval.

Collectively, the children stand to earn nearly $250,000 over a three year period of filming in the contract with European production company Eyeworks.

Deily noted that Suleman herself has a contract, but it is not a matter of public record and “there’s no discussion” of how much she will earn. Deily said a guardian ad litem was necessary to advocate for fairness on behalf of the octuplets.

The company has helmed other reality shows, including “The Biggest Loser” and “Breaking Bonaduce.”

A call to the Los Angeles area office of Eyeworks was not returned Monday.

Santa Ana lawyer Norbert Bunt was appointed guardian ad litem, and is scheduled to appear at the court’s next hearing, Aug. 31.

Suleman gave birth to the world’s longest-surviving set of octuplets on Jan. 26. The medical curiosity of their delivery turned to public outrage when it was learned that the single, unemployed mother had been caring for her six other children with the help of student loans and Social Security disability payments for three of the youngsters.