Meghan King Edmonds loses custody of kids to Jim Edmonds

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Anonymous wrote:It’s reported she was giving her son, 7, I believe the one who was being treated for CP, Ritalin that was not prescribed to him and gave it to the school nurse to administer.

If that's true, that's nuts and she is lacking a basic common sense gene.

People is now reporting the drug usage:

https://people.com/meghan-king-lost-temporary-custody-of-3-kids-after-allegedly-giving-son-unprescribed-ritalin-exclusive-source-11854287

I find it hard to believe that the kid does not have an ADHD dx and a prescription. I do know that it has become hard to get ADHD med refills, so maybe the pill bottle didn’t have his name on it.

The article says the child has not been prescribed the meds. This isn’t a case where they ran out of meds. This is People, not Reality Blurb.

The People article, lol. Nobody knows what the actual facts are here. For me, that the kid has a history of serious behavioral issues strongly suggests he has a diagnosis and a prescription, albeit maybe not that bottle. It’s not like she was trying to hide it. In the spectrum of poor SN parenting, this seems like a bad choice on her part but very far from meriting any sort of permanent loss of custody unless there is more going on.

It could also be the father disagreed with medicating and so did not consent. Who knows. Agree the situation could be more complicated, but no one with half a brain would ask a school nurse to administer medication that is not prescribed.

I thought about that possibility too. But the fact that the asked the nurse cuts both ways - she is not drugging the kid out of some Munchhausen by proxy plot or whatever. unless/until you have your own kid with serious behavioral or mental health issues, you can’t really judge.

I can judge. Giving a child unprescribed stimulants is illegal, for a reason. If your ex disputes medicating, you work with a guardian ad litem and get a recommendation that moves forward to a judge. You do not take matters into your own hands.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s reported she was giving her son, 7, I believe the one who was being treated for CP, Ritalin that was not prescribed to him and gave it to the school nurse to administer.

If that's true, that's nuts and she is lacking a basic common sense gene.

People is now reporting the drug usage:

https://people.com/meghan-king-lost-temporary-custody-of-3-kids-after-allegedly-giving-son-unprescribed-ritalin-exclusive-source-11854287

I find it hard to believe that the kid does not have an ADHD dx and a prescription. I do know that it has become hard to get ADHD med refills, so maybe the pill bottle didn’t have his name on it.

The article says the child has not been prescribed the meds. This isn’t a case where they ran out of meds. This is People, not Reality Blurb.

The People article, lol. Nobody knows what the actual facts are here. For me, that the kid has a history of serious behavioral issues strongly suggests he has a diagnosis and a prescription, albeit maybe not that bottle. It’s not like she was trying to hide it. In the spectrum of poor SN parenting, this seems like a bad choice on her part but very far from meriting any sort of permanent loss of custody unless there is more going on.

It could also be the father disagreed with medicating and so did not consent. Who knows. Agree the situation could be more complicated, but no one with half a brain would ask a school nurse to administer medication that is not prescribed.

I thought about that possibility too. But the fact that the asked the nurse cuts both ways - she is not drugging the kid out of some Munchhausen by proxy plot or whatever. unless/until you have your own kid with serious behavioral or mental health issues, you can’t really judge.

I can judge. Giving a child unprescribed stimulants is illegal, for a reason. If your ex disputes medicating, you work with a guardian ad litem and get a recommendation that moves forward to a judge. You do not take matters into your own hands.

The kids have a GAL and it seems the GAL filed for and was granted a temporary restraining order against her.

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Anonymous wrote:I was surprised when we learned the specifics of what she did - that is actually a really big deal, dangerous. (Forget that - yes, he looks and acts strangely and left her for the person they were both intimate with.)

We don’t know the specifics of what she did. based on things I read online, her son has some substantial behavioral issues - possibly due to autism or ADHD. A stimulant for emotional regulation is very, very common in these situations. It could be that he has a prescription that ran out so she gave the nurse someone else’s pill bottle.

The kid did not run out of their meds.


“A source tells PEOPLE exclusively that the decision to remove the children from King's custody came after King allegedly gave Ritalin to one of her sons multiple times, even though the child had not been prescribed the medication by a doctor, according to the source, who also says that King allegedly asked a school nurse to administer the medication to her son.”

A source … allegedly… “the medication.” That says nothing about what he was diagnosed with or actually prescribed. The specific pill bottle seems to have not had his name on it. I think what you are missing is that the kid has a history of serious behavioral issues and Ritalin is extremely extremely common for that. I don’t know exactly what happened but so far sounds like a mistake and not abuse.

A “mistake” wouldn’t have caused her to lose custody. This issue happened a while ago and she lost custody in October.

You can also pretend that People isn’t reputable but they aren’t going to lose a lawsuit and their reputation over someone like Meghan.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s reported she was giving her son, 7, I believe the one who was being treated for CP, Ritalin that was not prescribed to him and gave it to the school nurse to administer.

If that's true, that's nuts and she is lacking a basic common sense gene.

People is now reporting the drug usage:

https://people.com/meghan-king-lost-temporary-custody-of-3-kids-after-allegedly-giving-son-unprescribed-ritalin-exclusive-source-11854287

I find it hard to believe that the kid does not have an ADHD dx and a prescription. I do know that it has become hard to get ADHD med refills, so maybe the pill bottle didn’t have his name on it.

The article says the child has not been prescribed the meds. This isn’t a case where they ran out of meds. This is People, not Reality Blurb.

The People article, lol. Nobody knows what the actual facts are here. For me, that the kid has a history of serious behavioral issues strongly suggests he has a diagnosis and a prescription, albeit maybe not that bottle. It’s not like she was trying to hide it. In the spectrum of poor SN parenting, this seems like a bad choice on her part but very far from meriting any sort of permanent loss of custody unless there is more going on.

I am sure there is more going on. CPS doesn't remove the kids and order only supervised access over giving the child the right prescribed medication but from a different bottle. Additionally the guardian ad litem for the kids filed for and was granted a temporary restraining order against her.

Exactly. The PP defending her is making a really weird choice here.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s reported she was giving her son, 7, I believe the one who was being treated for CP, Ritalin that was not prescribed to him and gave it to the school nurse to administer.

If that's true, that's nuts and she is lacking a basic common sense gene.

People is now reporting the drug usage:

https://people.com/meghan-king-lost-temporary-custody-of-3-kids-after-allegedly-giving-son-unprescribed-ritalin-exclusive-source-11854287

I find it hard to believe that the kid does not have an ADHD dx and a prescription. I do know that it has become hard to get ADHD med refills, so maybe the pill bottle didn’t have his name on it.

The article says the child has not been prescribed the meds. This isn’t a case where they ran out of meds. This is People, not Reality Blurb.

The People article, lol. Nobody knows what the actual facts are here. For me, that the kid has a history of serious behavioral issues strongly suggests he has a diagnosis and a prescription, albeit maybe not that bottle. It’s not like she was trying to hide it. In the spectrum of poor SN parenting, this seems like a bad choice on her part but very far from meriting any sort of permanent loss of custody unless there is more going on.

It could also be the father disagreed with medicating and so did not consent. Who knows. Agree the situation could be more complicated, but no one with half a brain would ask a school nurse to administer medication that is not prescribed.

If Jim didn’t agree were back to the same point of Meghan giving her kids an illegal drug.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s reported she was giving her son, 7, I believe the one who was being treated for CP, Ritalin that was not prescribed to him and gave it to the school nurse to administer.

If that's true, that's nuts and she is lacking a basic common sense gene.

People is now reporting the drug usage:

https://people.com/meghan-king-lost-temporary-custody-of-3-kids-after-allegedly-giving-son-unprescribed-ritalin-exclusive-source-11854287

I find it hard to believe that the kid does not have an ADHD dx and a prescription. I do know that it has become hard to get ADHD med refills, so maybe the pill bottle didn’t have his name on it.

The article says the child has not been prescribed the meds. This isn’t a case where they ran out of meds. This is People, not Reality Blurb.

The People article, lol. Nobody knows what the actual facts are here. For me, that the kid has a history of serious behavioral issues strongly suggests he has a diagnosis and a prescription, albeit maybe not that bottle. It’s not like she was trying to hide it. In the spectrum of poor SN parenting, this seems like a bad choice on her part but very far from meriting any sort of permanent loss of custody unless there is more going on.

It could also be the father disagreed with medicating and so did not consent. Who knows. Agree the situation could be more complicated, but no one with half a brain would ask a school nurse to administer medication that is not prescribed.

I thought about that possibility too. But the fact that the asked the nurse cuts both ways - she is not drugging the kid out of some Munchhausen by proxy plot or whatever. unless/until you have your own kid with serious behavioral or mental health issues, you can’t really judge.

Yes, we can absolutely judge a parent giving their kids a drug not prescribed to them. If that’s something you do - stop it.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s reported she was giving her son, 7, I believe the one who was being treated for CP, Ritalin that was not prescribed to him and gave it to the school nurse to administer.

If that's true, that's nuts and she is lacking a basic common sense gene.

People is now reporting the drug usage:

https://people.com/meghan-king-lost-temporary-custody-of-3-kids-after-allegedly-giving-son-unprescribed-ritalin-exclusive-source-11854287

I find it hard to believe that the kid does not have an ADHD dx and a prescription. I do know that it has become hard to get ADHD med refills, so maybe the pill bottle didn’t have his name on it.

The article says the child has not been prescribed the meds. This isn’t a case where they ran out of meds. This is People, not Reality Blurb.

The People article, lol. Nobody knows what the actual facts are here. For me, that the kid has a history of serious behavioral issues strongly suggests he has a diagnosis and a prescription, albeit maybe not that bottle. It’s not like she was trying to hide it. In the spectrum of poor SN parenting, this seems like a bad choice on her part but very far from meriting any sort of permanent loss of custody unless there is more going on.

It could also be the father disagreed with medicating and so did not consent. Who knows. Agree the situation could be more complicated, but no one with half a brain would ask a school nurse to administer medication that is not prescribed.

I thought about that possibility too. But the fact that the asked the nurse cuts both ways - she is not drugging the kid out of some Munchhausen by proxy plot or whatever. unless/until you have your own kid with serious behavioral or mental health issues, you can’t really judge.

I can judge. Giving a child unprescribed stimulants is illegal, for a reason. If your ex disputes medicating, you work with a guardian ad litem and get a recommendation that moves forward to a judge. You do not take matters into your own hands.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s reported she was giving her son, 7, I believe the one who was being treated for CP, Ritalin that was not prescribed to him and gave it to the school nurse to administer.

If that's true, that's nuts and she is lacking a basic common sense gene.

People is now reporting the drug usage:

https://people.com/meghan-king-lost-temporary-custody-of-3-kids-after-allegedly-giving-son-unprescribed-ritalin-exclusive-source-11854287

I find it hard to believe that the kid does not have an ADHD dx and a prescription. I do know that it has become hard to get ADHD med refills, so maybe the pill bottle didn’t have his name on it.

The article says the child has not been prescribed the meds. This isn’t a case where they ran out of meds. This is People, not Reality Blurb.

The People article, lol. Nobody knows what the actual facts are here. For me, that the kid has a history of serious behavioral issues strongly suggests he has a diagnosis and a prescription, albeit maybe not that bottle. It’s not like she was trying to hide it. In the spectrum of poor SN parenting, this seems like a bad choice on her part but very far from meriting any sort of permanent loss of custody unless there is more going on.

It could also be the father disagreed with medicating and so did not consent. Who knows. Agree the situation could be more complicated, but no one with half a brain would ask a school nurse to administer medication that is not prescribed.

I thought about that possibility too. But the fact that the asked the nurse cuts both ways - she is not drugging the kid out of some Munchhausen by proxy plot or whatever. unless/until you have your own kid with serious behavioral or mental health issues, you can’t really judge.

I can judge. Giving a child unprescribed stimulants is illegal, for a reason. If your ex disputes medicating, you work with a guardian ad litem and get a recommendation that moves forward to a judge. You do not take matters into your own hands.

The kids have a GAL and it seems the GAL filed for and was granted a temporary restraining order against her.

Well that’s interesting. Wonder what Meghan did to the GAL.

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Unless you have personally experienced being in family court with a narcissist with endless resources (money, etc), you have no idea what is really going on here. Don't even get me started on the issue of GALs and CPS.

None of us know the actual details of this case other than the sensationalized crap from People and other entertainment news sources.

The only apparent fact you can take away from this is that the order is *temporary* and there is a hearing scheduled in December.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless you have personally experienced being in family court with a narcissist with endless resources (money, etc), you have no idea what is really going on here. Don't even get me started on the issue of GALs and CPS.

None of us know the actual details of this case other than the sensationalized crap from People and other entertainment news sources.

The only apparent fact you can take away from this is that the order is *temporary* and there is a hearing scheduled in December.

You have no idea what you’re talking about either. But you are weirdly defensive of a woman whose actions rose to a level where CPS took away her custody weeks ago.

Not sure what your issue is with the ex, but Meghan’s actions triggered the school to make the CPS complaint, not her ex. And having a restraining order filed against you from the GAL is serious and not something you should make light of.

Reunification is always the goal of family services so of course the order is temporary.

This is an Entertainment message board. So we’re going to talk about things reported from reputable sources. If the discussion triggers something in you - maybe your prior behavior? - then disengage.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s reported she was giving her son, 7, I believe the one who was being treated for CP, Ritalin that was not prescribed to him and gave it to the school nurse to administer.

If that's true, that's nuts and she is lacking a basic common sense gene.

People is now reporting the drug usage:

https://people.com/meghan-king-lost-temporary-custody-of-3-kids-after-allegedly-giving-son-unprescribed-ritalin-exclusive-source-11854287

I find it hard to believe that the kid does not have an ADHD dx and a prescription. I do know that it has become hard to get ADHD med refills, so maybe the pill bottle didn’t have his name on it.

The article says the child has not been prescribed the meds. This isn’t a case where they ran out of meds. This is People, not Reality Blurb.

The People article, lol. Nobody knows what the actual facts are here. For me, that the kid has a history of serious behavioral issues strongly suggests he has a diagnosis and a prescription, albeit maybe not that bottle. It’s not like she was trying to hide it. In the spectrum of poor SN parenting, this seems like a bad choice on her part but very far from meriting any sort of permanent loss of custody unless there is more going on.

I am sure there is more going on. CPS doesn't remove the kids and order only supervised access over giving the child the right prescribed medication but from a different bottle. Additionally the guardian ad litem for the kids filed for and was granted a temporary restraining order against her.

Exactly. The PP defending her is making a really weird choice here.

No, I am pointing out the insinuation that she is “drugging” her kid such that they will be permanently removed from her custody is a huge stretch. There is a lot of documentation that the child has behavioral and cognitive issues, of the type that a stimulant prescription would be totally normal. I don’t know what exactly she did with this particular bottle of meds but we also know that there is a very low barrier to call CPS and also that her ex is an *sshole. Maybe she has something else going on that makes her an unfit parent, and yes, giving her child someone else’s prescription was dumb. But there is no indication the child was harmed in any way. It sounds like she needs more supports in parenting 3 young kids, one of whom has significant SN.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless you have personally experienced being in family court with a narcissist with endless resources (money, etc), you have no idea what is really going on here. Don't even get me started on the issue of GALs and CPS.

None of us know the actual details of this case other than the sensationalized crap from People and other entertainment news sources.

The only apparent fact you can take away from this is that the order is *temporary* and there is a hearing scheduled in December.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless you have personally experienced being in family court with a narcissist with endless resources (money, etc), you have no idea what is really going on here. Don't even get me started on the issue of GALs and CPS.

None of us know the actual details of this case other than the sensationalized crap from People and other entertainment news sources.

The only apparent fact you can take away from this is that the order is *temporary* and there is a hearing scheduled in December.

You have no idea what you’re talking about either. But you are weirdly defensive of a woman whose actions rose to a level where CPS took away her custody weeks ago.

Not sure what your issue is with the ex, but Meghan’s actions triggered the school to make the CPS complaint, not her ex. And having a restraining order filed against you from the GAL is serious and not something you should make light of.

Reunification is always the goal of family services so of course the order is temporary.

This is an Entertainment message board. So we’re going to talk about things reported from reputable sources. If the discussion triggers something in you - maybe your prior behavior? - then disengage.

If you are so media illiterate that you think that People article tells the full story, I don’t know what to say.

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Anonymous wrote:Unless you have personally experienced being in family court with a narcissist with endless resources (money, etc), you have no idea what is really going on here. Don't even get me started on the issue of GALs and CPS.

None of us know the actual details of this case other than the sensationalized crap from People and other entertainment news sources.

The only apparent fact you can take away from this is that the order is *temporary* and there is a hearing scheduled in December.

You have no idea what you’re talking about either. But you are weirdly defensive of a woman whose actions rose to a level where CPS took away her custody weeks ago.

Not sure what your issue is with the ex, but Meghan’s actions triggered the school to make the CPS complaint, not her ex. And having a restraining order filed against you from the GAL is serious and not something you should make light of.

Reunification is always the goal of family services so of course the order is temporary.

This is an Entertainment message board. So we’re going to talk about things reported from reputable sources. If the discussion triggers something in you - maybe your prior behavior? - then disengage.

You are behaving as an expert on this case after reading an article from People magazine and other entertainment rags, which is hilarious.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s reported she was giving her son, 7, I believe the one who was being treated for CP, Ritalin that was not prescribed to him and gave it to the school nurse to administer.

If that's true, that's nuts and she is lacking a basic common sense gene.

People is now reporting the drug usage:

https://people.com/meghan-king-lost-temporary-custody-of-3-kids-after-allegedly-giving-son-unprescribed-ritalin-exclusive-source-11854287

I find it hard to believe that the kid does not have an ADHD dx and a prescription. I do know that it has become hard to get ADHD med refills, so maybe the pill bottle didn’t have his name on it.

The article says the child has not been prescribed the meds. This isn’t a case where they ran out of meds. This is People, not Reality Blurb.

The People article, lol. Nobody knows what the actual facts are here. For me, that the kid has a history of serious behavioral issues strongly suggests he has a diagnosis and a prescription, albeit maybe not that bottle. It’s not like she was trying to hide it. In the spectrum of poor SN parenting, this seems like a bad choice on her part but very far from meriting any sort of permanent loss of custody unless there is more going on.

I am sure there is more going on. CPS doesn't remove the kids and order only supervised access over giving the child the right prescribed medication but from a different bottle. Additionally the guardian ad litem for the kids filed for and was granted a temporary restraining order against her.

Exactly. The PP defending her is making a really weird choice here.

No, I am pointing out the insinuation that she is “drugging” her kid such that they will be permanently removed from her custody is a huge stretch. There is a lot of documentation that the child has behavioral and cognitive issues, of the type that a stimulant prescription would be totally normal. I don’t know what exactly she did with this particular bottle of meds but we also know that there is a very low barrier to call CPS and also that her ex is an *sshole. Maybe she has something else going on that makes her an unfit parent, and yes, giving her child someone else’s prescription was dumb. But there is no indication the child was harmed in any way. It sounds like she needs more supports in parenting 3 young kids, one of whom has significant SN.

First of all, giving your kid illegal drugs is a huge deal - why the quotes around drugging? No one said she is permanently losing custody. It’s been said multiple times that it’s temporary. And why are you constantly bringing up Jim? Jim is not the one that called CPS?