CPS Investigation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am scared of this too. You guys should all read “small animals:parenting in the age of fear”. These days someone will call CPS on you if you let your kid out of your sight. I definitely helicopter more than I would because I’m scared of someone calling cps and having my kid taken away, rather than kid stranger danger. Most foster homes are not safe either, so if you are falsely accused there is a good chance of your child being abused or traumatized.

Omg every single thing here is absolutely false. Most foster homes are totally safe. No one will take your child away upon false accusal! Do you people even understand what a severe shortage of foster parents exist in most of the US?! CPS is not out looking for kids to put in an already insanely overcrowded system. The vast number of CPS calls end in a visit and a recommendation to do something. Ex: CPS is called by neighbor because a child is in a hoarder house with dog and cat feces lining their carpet. CPS visits the house, witnesses dog and cat feces, and then tells the super neglectful mother to clean up the mess and the date they will return to verify. The child is *not* removed.

There are so, so many children in the US that are being neglected. Most of them never set foot in a foster home. That people think there is an epidemic of innocent parents crying for their children who are being ripped from their loving hands is idiocy at best.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am scared of this too. You guys should all read “small animals:parenting in the age of fear”. These days someone will call CPS on you if you let your kid out of your sight. I definitely helicopter more than I would because I’m scared of someone calling cps and having my kid taken away, rather than kid stranger danger. Most foster homes are not safe either, so if you are falsely accused there is a good chance of your child being abused or traumatized.

Omg every single thing here is absolutely false. Most foster homes are totally safe. No one will take your child away upon false accusal! Do you people even understand what a severe shortage of foster parents exist in most of the US?! CPS is not out looking for kids to put in an already insanely overcrowded system. The vast number of CPS calls end in a visit and a recommendation to do something. Ex: CPS is called by neighbor because a child is in a hoarder house with dog and cat feces lining their carpet. CPS visits the house, witnesses dog and cat feces, and then tells the super neglectful mother to clean up the mess and the date they will return to verify. The child is *not* removed.

There are so, so many children in the US that are being neglected. Most of them never set foot in a foster home. That people think there is an epidemic of innocent parents crying for their children who are being ripped from their loving hands is idiocy at best.

Please take your head out of your arse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am scared of this too. You guys should all read “small animals:parenting in the age of fear”. These days someone will call CPS on you if you let your kid out of your sight. I definitely helicopter more than I would because I’m scared of someone calling cps and having my kid taken away, rather than kid stranger danger. Most foster homes are not safe either, so if you are falsely accused there is a good chance of your child being abused or traumatized.

Omg every single thing here is absolutely false. Most foster homes are totally safe. No one will take your child away upon false accusal! Do you people even understand what a severe shortage of foster parents exist in most of the US?! CPS is not out looking for kids to put in an already insanely overcrowded system. The vast number of CPS calls end in a visit and a recommendation to do something. Ex: CPS is called by neighbor because a child is in a hoarder house with dog and cat feces lining their carpet. CPS visits the house, witnesses dog and cat feces, and then tells the super neglectful mother to clean up the mess and the date they will return to verify. The child is *not* removed.

There are so, so many children in the US that are being neglected. Most of them never set foot in a foster home. That people think there is an epidemic of innocent parents crying for their children who are being ripped from their loving hands is idiocy at best.

Former foster care worker - hmmm... no most aren't that great or safe and many are in it for the stipend. I worked with a few good ones but very few I'd consider good or ones I'd want my kid in even for an hour.

Lots of bad things happen through CPS. You have no idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have had one friend get investigated. Kid was a daredevil and unfortunately wound up with 3 sets of stitches and a broken arm over the course of 4 months. The process for her was not too painful.

As a mandated reporter, I have called CPS once when I found out in the end it wasn't abuse. I feel bad that the family had to go through the process, but I've also reported times when it was abuse. I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Families that have cps called and it turns out to be false should be able to pursue legal remedies against the person who called and lied. If it were me in that situation I wouldn’t rest until I got some sort of revenge against the person that called.

You can easily bring charges against a false reporter. If this happens to you, get an attorney for consult immediately. There are measures in place to protect parents nowadays. I think CPS became tired of problematic and/or vengeful neighbors' false reporting, etc.

[Anonymous]

As a childhood victim of abuse at the hands of my parents, I wish that someone would have helped me by making a report. The system exists for a reason - and if you have nothing to worry about, you’ll be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am scared of this too. You guys should all read “small animals:parenting in the age of fear”. These days someone will call CPS on you if you let your kid out of your sight. I definitely helicopter more than I would because I’m scared of someone calling cps and having my kid taken away, rather than kid stranger danger. Most foster homes are not safe either, so if you are falsely accused there is a good chance of your child being abused or traumatized.

Omg every single thing here is absolutely false. Most foster homes are totally safe. No one will take your child away upon false accusal! Do you people even understand what a severe shortage of foster parents exist in most of the US?! CPS is not out looking for kids to put in an already insanely overcrowded system. The vast number of CPS calls end in a visit and a recommendation to do something. Ex: CPS is called by neighbor because a child is in a hoarder house with dog and cat feces lining their carpet. CPS visits the house, witnesses dog and cat feces, and then tells the super neglectful mother to clean up the mess and the date they will return to verify. The child is *not* removed.

There are so, so many children in the US that are being neglected. Most of them never set foot in a foster home. That people think there is an epidemic of innocent parents crying for their children who are being ripped from their loving hands is idiocy at best.

Former foster care worker - hmmm... no most aren't that great or safe and many are in it for the stipend. I worked with a few good ones but very few I'd consider good or ones I'd want my kid in even for an hour.

Lots of bad things happen through CPS. You have no idea.

Uhm I’ve had foster children in my home, my niece was fostered and then adopted and my parent retired from many years at DCFS, so I know exactly what I speak of. It is such a lie that foster homes are hotbeds of abuse. My niece was found at two weeks old crying in a dark, crumbling house with a strange man sitting by her on the bed high as a kite. She was duct taped, with a hernia and injuries. My foster brother was removed from his home as a toddler when he set fire to a couch while his mother was gone on a drug run. Please, by all means, leave those children in their horrific conditions because a clean room and sane foster parents who “want a stipend” are definitely the problem in the US right now.

[Anonymous]

CPS does not just take children because they wrote they were beat in a journal entry at school. If only. It takes a massive investigation to remove a child from their home. If parents have nothing to hide then what do they care if CPS comes to check on their household? Ps- CPS doesn't just show up either. It takes many calls about many incidents for CPS to maybe lightly look into the household.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This reminds me of how important it is to teach your children proper names. I heard a story from a teacher that her young student wrote a story that basically said 'my uncle always eats my cookie' and the teacher thought nothing of it until parent/teacher night when she told the mom she thought it was funny that the girl always mentioned how the uncle ate her cookie. The parent became horrified. Apparently they called the vagina and cookie and the uncle had been molesting the little girl.

This story is repeated all over the internet. It was not your friend, you read it on the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have had one friend get investigated. Kid was a daredevil and unfortunately wound up with 3 sets of stitches and a broken arm over the course of 4 months. The process for her was not too painful.

As a mandated reporter, I have called CPS once when I found out in the end it wasn't abuse. I feel bad that the family had to go through the process, but I've also reported times when it was abuse. I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Families that have cps called and it turns out to be false should be able to pursue legal remedies against the person who called and lied. If it were me in that situation I wouldn’t rest until I got some sort of revenge against the person that called.

You can easily bring charges against a false reporter. If this happens to you, get an attorney for consult immediately. There are measures in place to protect parents nowadays. I think CPS became tired of problematic and/or vengeful neighbors' false reporting, etc.

We had something bad where cos should have helped and they were highly unethical. Courts did not care either. System is corrupt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am scared of this too. You guys should all read “small animals:parenting in the age of fear”. These days someone will call CPS on you if you let your kid out of your sight. I definitely helicopter more than I would because I’m scared of someone calling cps and having my kid taken away, rather than kid stranger danger. Most foster homes are not safe either, so if you are falsely accused there is a good chance of your child being abused or traumatized.

Omg every single thing here is absolutely false. Most foster homes are totally safe. No one will take your child away upon false accusal! Do you people even understand what a severe shortage of foster parents exist in most of the US?! CPS is not out looking for kids to put in an already insanely overcrowded system. The vast number of CPS calls end in a visit and a recommendation to do something. Ex: CPS is called by neighbor because a child is in a hoarder house with dog and cat feces lining their carpet. CPS visits the house, witnesses dog and cat feces, and then tells the super neglectful mother to clean up the mess and the date they will return to verify. The child is *not* removed.

There are so, so many children in the US that are being neglected. Most of them never set foot in a foster home. That people think there is an epidemic of innocent parents crying for their children who are being ripped from their loving hands is idiocy at best.

Former foster care worker - hmmm... no most aren't that great or safe and many are in it for the stipend. I worked with a few good ones but very few I'd consider good or ones I'd want my kid in even for an hour.

Lots of bad things happen through CPS. You have no idea.

Uhm I’ve had foster children in my home, my niece was fostered and then adopted and my parent retired from many years at DCFS, so I know exactly what I speak of. It is such a lie that foster homes are hotbeds of abuse. My niece was found at two weeks old crying in a dark, crumbling house with a strange man sitting by her on the bed high as a kite. She was duct taped, with a hernia and injuries. My foster brother was removed from his home as a toddler when he set fire to a couch while his mother was gone on a drug run. Please, by all means, leave those children in their horrific conditions because a clean room and sane foster parents who “want a stipend” are definitely the problem in the US right now.

That is great your family home is safe and good but not all of them are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CPS does not just take children because they wrote they were beat in a journal entry at school. If only. It takes a massive investigation to remove a child from their home. If parents have nothing to hide then what do they care if CPS comes to check on their household? Ps- CPS doesn't just show up either. It takes many calls about many incidents for CPS to maybe lightly look into the household.

Wrong. By law, CPS must look into EVERY report.

[Anonymous]

Just a reminder that unless they show up with a warrant, you are not obliged to let a CPS worker into your house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am scared of this too. You guys should all read “small animals:parenting in the age of fear”. These days someone will call CPS on you if you let your kid out of your sight. I definitely helicopter more than I would because I’m scared of someone calling cps and having my kid taken away, rather than kid stranger danger. Most foster homes are not safe either, so if you are falsely accused there is a good chance of your child being abused or traumatized.

Omg every single thing here is absolutely false. Most foster homes are totally safe. No one will take your child away upon false accusal! Do you people even understand what a severe shortage of foster parents exist in most of the US?! CPS is not out looking for kids to put in an already insanely overcrowded system. The vast number of CPS calls end in a visit and a recommendation to do something. Ex: CPS is called by neighbor because a child is in a hoarder house with dog and cat feces lining their carpet. CPS visits the house, witnesses dog and cat feces, and then tells the super neglectful mother to clean up the mess and the date they will return to verify. The child is *not* removed.

There are so, so many children in the US that are being neglected. Most of them never set foot in a foster home. That people think there is an epidemic of innocent parents crying for their children who are being ripped from their loving hands is idiocy at best.

Former foster care worker - hmmm... no most aren't that great or safe and many are in it for the stipend. I worked with a few good ones but very few I'd consider good or ones I'd want my kid in even for an hour.

Lots of bad things happen through CPS. You have no idea.

Uhm I’ve had foster children in my home, my niece was fostered and then adopted and my parent retired from many years at DCFS, so I know exactly what I speak of. It is such a lie that foster homes are hotbeds of abuse. My niece was found at two weeks old crying in a dark, crumbling house with a strange man sitting by her on the bed high as a kite. She was duct taped, with a hernia and injuries. My foster brother was removed from his home as a toddler when he set fire to a couch while his mother was gone on a drug run. Please, by all means, leave those children in their horrific conditions because a clean room and sane foster parents who “want a stipend” are definitely the problem in the US right now.

That is great your family home is safe and good but not all of them are.

Guess what percent of the homes of abusive and drug-addicted parents are safe and good? I wish CPS abolitionists would come out of their senseless theorist towers, mumbling about race and constructs, and hold an infant screaming in pain from opioid-induced lung damage. Or maybe they can explain to a child whose parent “lends them” to strange men why it’s better she stay with her horrific abusers because there might be foster parents who are “in it for a stipend”. I hope every one of these people are haunted by the nightmares they will cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am scared of this too. You guys should all read “small animals:parenting in the age of fear”. These days someone will call CPS on you if you let your kid out of your sight. I definitely helicopter more than I would because I’m scared of someone calling cps and having my kid taken away, rather than kid stranger danger. Most foster homes are not safe either, so if you are falsely accused there is a good chance of your child being abused or traumatized.

Omg every single thing here is absolutely false. Most foster homes are totally safe. No one will take your child away upon false accusal! Do you people even understand what a severe shortage of foster parents exist in most of the US?! CPS is not out looking for kids to put in an already insanely overcrowded system. The vast number of CPS calls end in a visit and a recommendation to do something. Ex: CPS is called by neighbor because a child is in a hoarder house with dog and cat feces lining their carpet. CPS visits the house, witnesses dog and cat feces, and then tells the super neglectful mother to clean up the mess and the date they will return to verify. The child is *not* removed.

There are so, so many children in the US that are being neglected. Most of them never set foot in a foster home. That people think there is an epidemic of innocent parents crying for their children who are being ripped from their loving hands is idiocy at best.

Former foster care worker - hmmm... no most aren't that great or safe and many are in it for the stipend. I worked with a few good ones but very few I'd consider good or ones I'd want my kid in even for an hour.

Lots of bad things happen through CPS. You have no idea.

Uhm I’ve had foster children in my home, my niece was fostered and then adopted and my parent retired from many years at DCFS, so I know exactly what I speak of. It is such a lie that foster homes are hotbeds of abuse. My niece was found at two weeks old crying in a dark, crumbling house with a strange man sitting by her on the bed high as a kite. She was duct taped, with a hernia and injuries. My foster brother was removed from his home as a toddler when he set fire to a couch while his mother was gone on a drug run. Please, by all means, leave those children in their horrific conditions because a clean room and sane foster parents who “want a stipend” are definitely the problem in the US right now.

That is great your family home is safe and good but not all of them are.

Guess what percent of the homes of abusive and drug-addicted parents are safe and good? I wish CPS abolitionists would come out of their senseless theorist towers, mumbling about race and constructs, and hold an infant screaming in pain from opioid-induced lung damage. Or maybe they can explain to a child whose parent “lends them” to strange men why it’s better she stay with her horrific abusers because there might be foster parents who are “in it for a stipend”. I hope every one of these people are haunted by the nightmares they will cause.

It depends on the situation. I've seen some kids in foster care in such bad homes they were better off with their families even if its not a great situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am scared of this too. You guys should all read “small animals:parenting in the age of fear”. These days someone will call CPS on you if you let your kid out of your sight. I definitely helicopter more than I would because I’m scared of someone calling cps and having my kid taken away, rather than kid stranger danger. Most foster homes are not safe either, so if you are falsely accused there is a good chance of your child being abused or traumatized.

Omg every single thing here is absolutely false. Most foster homes are totally safe. No one will take your child away upon false accusal! Do you people even understand what a severe shortage of foster parents exist in most of the US?! CPS is not out looking for kids to put in an already insanely overcrowded system. The vast number of CPS calls end in a visit and a recommendation to do something. Ex: CPS is called by neighbor because a child is in a hoarder house with dog and cat feces lining their carpet. CPS visits the house, witnesses dog and cat feces, and then tells the super neglectful mother to clean up the mess and the date they will return to verify. The child is *not* removed.

There are so, so many children in the US that are being neglected. Most of them never set foot in a foster home. That people think there is an epidemic of innocent parents crying for their children who are being ripped from their loving hands is idiocy at best.

Former foster care worker - hmmm... no most aren't that great or safe and many are in it for the stipend. I worked with a few good ones but very few I'd consider good or ones I'd want my kid in even for an hour.

Lots of bad things happen through CPS. You have no idea.

Thank you for sharing this.