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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think some of you know how CPS really works.  It does not operate with the ideal setting of "someone calls CPS because nanny smacked charge so hard she fell over and broke her arm.  There is only 1 witness to this (the one who called CPS).  Nanny and child both lie about what happened.  Cops believe the one witness, arrest nanny, and she's easily tried and convicted".  Rather it is more like. enough claims against a person or severe harm to a child will warrant something more thorough than a simple investigation.  I've lost count of how many children repeatedly show up in the ER with suspicion injuries and even classical abuse injuries.  And every single time I report it.  The only time a parent has ever been arrested after one report was when the child was brought to the ER in such a bad state that it was clear the father had abused and neglected the child over a long period of time.  [/quote]

your post is heartbreaking and difficult to read. basically, a child must be abused a lot and for a long time before law enforcement intervene. I read a while ago of a little child, I think in Maryland, who died of abuse. the article said that the child had ended up as an infant in the ER already with injuries, but nothing was done. unfortunatelly, the last time the child was abused was fatal, and now the dad is in prison. I could not believe that nothing could be done BEFORE the child was dead. I undertand these cases are difficult (children fall all the time and a broken arm does not necessarily means that the child was abused), but still.[/quote]

Yup, its shitty (for lack of a better term).  I'm sure there are instances that aren't as bad as what I've experienced, but my whole idea of CPS is very tainted (granted I also understand the difficulties in proving some of this so I'm not placing blame).  A lot of times you see news stories the the parent or care giver just looks evil or mean.  But I've come across so many parents and care givers who look like the good neighbors next door, who all have their story straight, and who are upstanding people in the community.  SO much harder to prove child abuse in those cases and often times it does take multiple injuries and multiple reports for anything to happen.  (parent may be arrested, but no enough to prove beyond a reasonable doubt and make a case workable so they get released without being charged and convicted).  It's sad, and I wish there was a better system.  Although I honestly don't know what a better system would be.  [/quote]

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