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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CPS can do more traumatic damage to this kid in a week of foster care than this father will do for her entire childhood. This guy grabbed her once and was concerned enough about it to agree to go to family therapy. Much better to be with a father like that than roll the dice with strangers in foster care [/quote]

Seriously, I'll try to find a link to cite later but the bottom line is that since mandated reporting laws rolled out nation wide, cps visits have increased exponentially but the number of reports that CPS has actually taken up as cases has stayed the same. I know this bc CPS showed up at my door the day after my then 5 yo son's neuropsych exam. Apparently at some point in the 4 hour interview with hundreds of questions he framed a single response in a concerning way and we needed to be checked on. I had absolutely no idea how vulnerable we were in that process but it has made me think twice about seeking professional help ever again. A therapist we later consulted for setting up a behavioral plan for our son told us that a big part of what she does is help parents process cps trauma.

OP, you know your husband best. If this was an incident with a particularly challenging child and you think your husband is seeking help in good faith then let the professional set you guys up for success so that he has a plan for how to respond in future situations. So much of the lack of self-control language thrown around here is really just a lack of planning ahead. If you can script this out going forward it's so much easier to implement self control. Obviously if things don't improve that's a different story but from what you've posted you're not there yet.[/quote]

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