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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, what did you report to CPS?
My neighbor was reported by  camp councelor over smth that her child said (she didn’t give the details). She always seemed a nice mom to me, a bit quirky but her kid seemed happy and attached to her. She then pulled her daughter out of that camp (free stuff for a high farms school) and she basically had to hang out with mom who was doing odd jobs like housecleaning and doordashing. The mom also went to homeschool her which I thought she was not equipped to do. 
In this case I think the report has done more harm than good. [/quote]

Suspicion of abuse. There were pretty obvious signs that someone in this child's life was abusing them. But my job, as a mandatory reporter, is not to investigate these things. It is to report to authorities, full stop.

It's also not my job to figure out if a report will do more harm than good. Like I said, I'm a mandatory reporter. I can be fired (or worse) if I fail to report.[/quote]
No I mean what was the actual basis for suspecting abuse. 
In my neighbor case the girl said something to a camp counselor. 
What about your case?[/quote]

Both signs of physical abuse and things the child said about what happened at home.

Camp counselors are often mandated reporters. If a kid says something like "my mom hits me" or "Uncle John touchex my bottom" they are required by law to report.[/quote]

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