Posted by sunny10 on December 3, 2004, at 13:26:44
In reply to Thanx guys, posted by 64bowtie on December 2, 2004, at 22:02:14
Rod,
I notice you are very wary of CPS. I wonder if you have been an innocent victim fallen into their trap and lost, like I was?? My ex-husband talked our three year old son into telling his daycare center "principal" that my (now ex) boyfriend had been hitting him. Which never happened. And I would not say that to protect an ex-boyfriend!
There wasn't a mark on my son- and they were never left alone for any period of time- but I lost shared custody and only through $17,000.00 of legal bills did I manage to get him back for partial (less than half) custody. For that privilege, I also had to pay my ex child support although he was earning three times more than I was.
That being said, I do still agree that if you see a child being beaten, or even emotionally abused time after time, you have the "Serenity Prayer choice" to make that something to have the courage to change by utilizing those agencies. Yes, they may come on like gangbusters and be wrong many times (usually when a divorce is imminent), but they are always TRYING to do the right thing. Children's rights first.
If we don't try to help the children, they will be here on Babble later, like most of us.
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