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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to end the debate - the District of Columbia CPS manual says that the practice of coining is an abusive.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://cfsa.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/cfsa/publication/attachments/Investigations-POM_0.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiqvMv-76D0AhWcj3IEHbj6DKQQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3CoRuKQB7Io3qTKUY_L0TH

Again OP get a lawyer.[/quote]

PP, you missed the paragraph before it said it was "unacceptable".  Cultural considerations will be honored. Basically, this may mean counseling to the family that it's unacceptable in America. No one needs a lawyer.  If worried, maybe a family lawyer pro bono.[quote]
A culturally sensitive CPS assessment recognizes that caregiver practices and family structures vary as the
result of ethnic, community, and familial differences. This range can result in different but safe and
adequate care for children within the parameters of the law. The CPS assessment process must
acknowledge, respect, and honor the diversity of families. Simultaneously, CPS is obliged to protect
children from cultural practices that fall under the definitions of abuse and neglect.[/quote]

We need to be more aware of cultural differences. I go to acupuncture every week and my neurologist referred me to it. They do cupping. It helps. Without a reference on the age that it suddenly becomes culturally acceptable, the judgements get into a gray area.

The daycare did the right thing. Here's hoping CPS does too. They have their hands full with actual abuse in DC. The family will need to stop their practice of cupping/coining/whatever while the kids are little. If this is how you were taught to help your children feel better and you have it done to yourself too, where is the empathy here?

And how many of your children are boys and circumcised?  Let's put this into perspective. Some things are culturally acceptable here which are brutal. Because you have never heard of cupping or value it, doesn't mean that it's not widely acceptable and not done in an abusive manner.
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Wow, reading comprehension fail. For the folks in the back, here's the entire section. It is saying that there are considerations for a culturally sensitive assessment, BUT there are simultaneously practices that fall under the definitions of abuse and neglect. And coining is the FIRST example, followed by cupping and FGM. See the use of "medicinal" and "therapeutic"? CFSA knows why OP did it, but they consider it abuse and neglect anyways. This is the end of the conversation. OP needs to protect herself and her family by stopping this practice while she's living in the District and getting a lawyer BEFORE she says anything else to her doctor or CFSA.

CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE CONSIDERATIONS

With every CPS investigation and assessment, a person’s history and culture may affect certain areas. As a CPS social worker, it is important that you gain an understanding of each family’s culture. You must also recognize that a given culture cannot be defined simply as a static bundle of fixed traits. The following questions may be used as part of the assessment to guide your understanding of cultural differences:

 What roles do males and females play in the family?
 What is the role of religion for the family?
 How do the family’s beliefs influence child-rearing practices?
 What is the meaning, identity, and involvement of the larger homogeneous group (e.g., race and nationality)?
 What family rituals, traditions, and behaviors exist?
 What is the usual role of children in the family?
 What is the perception of the role of children in society?
 What types of discipline does the family consider to be appropriate?
 What are the family’s attitudes or beliefs regarding health care?
 What are the family’s sexual attitudes and values?
 Who is assigned authority and power of decision making?
 What tasks are assigned based on traditional roles in the family?
 What are the communication styles in the family?
 How does the family solve problems? Deal with conflicts?

A culturally sensitive CPS assessment recognizes that caregiver practices and family structures vary as the result of ethnic, community, and familial differences. This range can result in different but safe and adequate care for children within the parameters of the law. The CPS assessment process must acknowledge, respect, and honor the diversity of families. [b]Simultaneously, CPS is obliged to protect children from cultural practices that fall under the definitions of abuse and neglect.[/b]

[b]The following examples, which are not exhaustive of cultural practices, are considered unacceptable:

 Coining- a” medicinal” folk practice that involves the rubbing of heated oil on the skin, most commonly on the chest, back, or shoulders, and then vigorously rubbing a coin over the area in a linear fashion until a red mark is seen.[/b]
 Cupping (or cupping method) - a “therapeutic” method involving the application of suction by placing a vacuumized (usually by fire) cup or jar onto the affected or any part of the body surface.
 Female Circumcision (or female genital mutilation [FGM])-this practice comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
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Stick to the topic.  If OP has not come back, its probably fake.  If CPS has not come out and its been a few days, they aren't too worried.[/quote]

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