Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Update: June 2010

Hello everyone! I know I havent been on posting much but well, cant neglect those kids you know! Much has happened since Ive last posted. One, I have actually become close with a gal from my church who is also a CPS officer. She, my friends, is the ‘good guy’. She questions, and is there [...]

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Oregon CPS Worker Tells it how it Really Is

http://blog.oregonlive.com/myoregon/2008/11/child_or_agency_protection_1.html Estimates I’ve come across in my research reckon that between one-third and two-thirds of those children currently in foster care nationally should be living with their parents. Furthermore, it has become undeniable that despite many saintly foster parents the government makes a poor parent. The research shows unequivocally that CPS should be loathe to [...]

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

State to mom: Stop baby-sitting neighbors’ kids

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_sitter_backlash_mich By JAMES PRICHARD, Associated Press Writer James Prichard, Associated Press Writer – Tue Sep 29, 7:23 pm ET IRVING TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Each day before the school bus comes to pick up the neighborhood’s children, Lisa Snyder did a favor for three of her fellow moms, welcoming their children into her home for about [...]

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Case CLOSED!

Our last visit from CPS was late July a few weeks before I was due. They actually knocked on my door a minute after my mom came through it with a cake for Danny’s birthday party to do a walk through. Seeing my mom was there, I got a chummy, “Oh! I’m sorry I see [...]

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Family Found Slain After CPS deems Household Safe

Family Found Slain After CPS deems Household Safe This story that has recently hit the news headlines of a father who killed his wife and five kids is evidence that CPS is broken. It’s not that CPS didn’t do enough, or that they did too much to cause this father to kill his family. The [...]

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Children Were Taken Into Protective Custody Over Pictures Taken at Bath Time

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/parents-sue-wal-mart-children-bath-time-photos/Story?id=8622696&page=2 Couple Sues Wal-Mart for Calling Cops Over Bath Time Photos Children Were Taken Into Protective Custody Over Pictures Taken at Bath Time By DAN PRZYGODA PEORIA, Ariz., Sept. 20, 2009 For Lisa Demaree and her husband A.J., it was the hardest time of their lives. It all began a year ago, when the Demarees [...]

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

“Homebirth Ended in a Horrid Hospital Visit”

Here is a story from a wonderful family who decided to have a homebirth. When the mother’s placenta didn’t come out right away, and they went to the hospital, they were treated horribly. Issues like this are prevelant, even leading to social calls of neglect. Our Happy Homebirth Ended in a Horrid Hospital Visit November [...]

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Texas police rob & shake down drivers, lawsuit claims

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/05/texas.police.seizures/index.html From Gary Tuchman and Katherine Wojtecki CNN’s “AC360°” “The Tennessee man says he was ordered to pull his car over and surrender his jewelry and $8,500 in cash that he had with him to buy a new car. But Daniels couldn’t go to the police to report the incident. The men who stopped him [...]

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Second Surprise Visit

So, I have been gone all weekend in Los Angeles visiting my best friend before I have this baby. Im 23 weeks pregnant so I had a little time to travel. I got home Sunday night, late, and Monday morning my husband had to leave for Dallas on a business trip. I have been battling [...]

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

CPS Re-Evaluation

Friday afternoon, one agent only came from CPS, instead of 2 and a police officer. We had 2 maids come help us detail for 4 hours the evening prior who were also shocked at the way we have been treated. The owners of the maid service felt obligated to write CPS a letter stating that [...]

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