Sheemie

* On the book's last page I report that early in 2000, Lamont was jailed overnight for failing to pay child support, that Sheemie wrecked his kindergarten classroom, crying, "My mommy put my daddy in jail," and his teachers vowed to call child protective services.

Lost Children: An Exchange Bernstein, Nina 2001

Sheemie was three in 1998 when the mayor vowed that New York City would be the first city to end welfare.

Lost Children: An Exchange Bernstein, Nina 2001

The little boy at the center of that case, unbeknown even to the lawyers involved, was Sheemie, Shirley Wilder's only grandchild.

Lost Children: An Exchange Bernstein, Nina 2001

But surely in the context of my book, any assessment of Mayor Giuliani's child welfare policies must include their impact on Lamont Wilder's son, Sheemie, rather than only on Nicholas Scoppetta's Administration for Children's Services.

Lost Children: An Exchange Bernstein, Nina 2001

To me, the deep history of the child welfare arrangements encountered by Shirley, Lamont, and Sheemie shows that at the heart of our foster care dilemma is the unacknowledged contradiction between policies that try to punish or deter the "undeserving" poor and pledges to help or rescue all needy children.

Lost Children: An Exchange Bernstein, Nina 2001

Traub apparently would have us believe that Scoppetta's accomplishments give Sheemie "a significantly better chance of being helped" inside the system.

Lost Children: An Exchange Bernstein, Nina 2001

There were spectators now, avidly watching this old ritual of renunciation (Sheemie was among them, eyes wide and mouth quivering), but Susan barely noticed.

Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

The guys appeared to be watching Sheemie, and that gave him the shivers.

Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

Susan doubted if many of the Rest's patrons would wake up feeling as well as Sheemie obviously did this morning ... so who, when you came right down to it, was more soft-headed?

Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

Sheemie had seen the snake before, and on previous occasions had never failed to wonder what sort of agonies he might suffer before he died if he happened to be bitten by such.

Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997