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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of people have had this... Its stressful but ultimately necessary to have such a system[/quote]

No, it is not necessary to have a system with a hair-trigger for removing kids from the home.

In answer to your question OP - I knew someone who had a false Shaken Baby accusation made against them.  Preemie twins, one had a brain bleed at home that is common in prematurity.  The ER doctor saw this as a per se sign of child abuse and referred to CPS.  This was a wealthy, professional family.  Thankfully they had the resources to fight this, and the babies were never removed from the home to fostercare.  I think the babies went to the grandparents, and one parent (the one who was not home at the time of the brain bleed) was allowed visitation.  Once it was sorted out, the family literally left the US to never return because it was so scarring. [/quote]

I knew a family who, when putting the baby to bed one night, found a bump on the back of his head. Took the child to the ER and the doctor called CPS immediately. They took the child into protective custody for two weeks. They were all interviewed and it turned out the nanny dropped the baby and never told the parents. That family, especially the mother, was traumatized. She quit her job to be a SAHM and they never had another kid. It's awful :([/quote]

I don’t understand. How is CPS in the wrong in any way here? Their investigation turned up that the nanny dropped the baby and never told the parents. If not for CPS and the doctor who called the baby could have suffered from more neglect from that caregiver. I’m sure it was traumatizing but this story illustrates why we need CPS and why we have mandatory reporters. [/quote]

They took a baby away from its parents for two weeks.[/quote]

The baby won’t even remember it, and it’s the baby’s best interest that was the compelling factor, not the parents’.

No system is perfect, social workers have unconscionable caseloads in every jurisdiction because child abuse and neglect is rampant and folks like many who post here don’t want to pay the higher taxes necessary to fully find child welfare agencies and dependency/neglect courts.

I’ve worked in the system, as a CASA, as a public defender representing parents and kids, and as the state’s attorney representing the child welfare agency. I’ve done hundreds of hours of training. The system is set up to safeguard parents as much as possible while prioritizing the best interests of children.

If the baby with the traumatic head injury was killed by its parents or babysitter you’d all be screaming that child welfare didn’t remove it when the ER reported the unexplained head injury. Because the injury turned out to be somewhat benign, you’re vilifying the child welfare agency for doing a 14 day investigation to ascertain that the child was safe - a child who has no possibility of self advocacy.

You people are insufferable. It’s a wonder anyone with any intelligence goes into child welfare - and most of the people there are very competent, very concerned about kids and working themselves sick to protect them. Yes they make mistakes, as all of you do in your jobs. Maybe your jobs just don’t have the same stakes so it’s easy for you to criticize. [/quote]

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