County hands over $1 million dollars to family whose son was taken by Child Protective Services

 

According to the news story, County hands over $1 million dollars to family whose son was taken by Child Protective Services (May 18, 2012),

Kern County is handing over one million dollars to a family in the Weldon area for wrongfully taking their son out of their home in 2008. The dispute started between the child's school, South Fork Elementary School and parents over what their kid could eat. While the school can't comment on the case until the settlement is signed; attorneys on both sides are talking about the bigger issues being brought out by this case.



Clumsy kids' parents 'accused of neglect'

According to a news report (both print & video) from Australia - Clumsy kids' parents 'accused of neglect' (September 7, 2012) - CPS workers are being advised by the government "to classify clumsy children as being neglected."

If you've ever seen a child separated from it’s parents....

I'm watching 9/11: Heroes of the 88th Floor on TLC. An individual spoke, saying: “If you've ever seen a child separated from it’s parents, that's probably the most pure fear you'll ever see.” That is probably the best quote that I've heard in a long time.

While the individual on the TLC was talking about the fear he saw in people [adults] in the Twin Towers, this is a very basic (primal) fear in everyone, especially in people (particularly children) going through crisis. That is why CPS needs to be so careful in the decisions that they make.

5 years in prison for a social worker who filed fake reports about sexual abuse involving children

http://youtu.be/9pDUJzxR4WY

Parents Wrongly Accused of Child Abuse Struggle to Get Kids Back

While this blog generally features news videos (or links to news articles with videos) or documentaries, there is a piece on The Daily Beast that I feel is worth sharing. I will share a quote from Parents Wrongly Accused of Child Abuse Struggle to Get Kids Back, which shows why I think that this is an important post. 

Most people hear about the failure of child-protective services only when they don’t act fast enough and children die. But the opposite problem—when children are removed from their homes in error—rarely makes the news, even though it happens startlingly often.

This is the issue. While they sadly are a necessary service, they often "get it wrong." Mistakes can be made, either in returning a child to an abusive situation (or never intervene adequately - if at all - in the first place), or they wrongly remove a child from a safe home. Either way, the child is traumatized.

GBI raids DFCS, arrests two for falsifying documents

This video (and the written news story) can be found here:

GBI raids DFCS, arrests two for falsifying documents.

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I don't often offer an opinion on the news that I re-post here.
But I feel that I must make a statement here.
It seems to be common knowledge that CPS falsifies records.
It feel that it is past time for there to be consequences for this

family falsely accused of SBS

On August 16, 2012, the Marilyn Stowe Blog published a story How to deal with every parent's nightmare. (Simply click on the link to view the story & the video that I have re-posted here.) This story covers the horrors experienced by the Nevin family (David, Julie, & their son Reilly).