Whores of the State: Child Protective Services Target Rural Families

Whores of the State: Child Protective Services Target Rural Families
Sun, 06/28/2009 - 01:47 | RFD America

They’re coming for our children. Organizations with benevolent names like “Child Welfare League of America” threaten the well-being of rural families and the foundations of America’s rural heritage. Consider some of the statements by the National Advisory Committee on Rural Social Services:

Problems faced by rural children and families. Poverty has been and continues to be one of the greatest predictors of maltreatment. Children whose families earned less than $15,000 per year were 22 times as likely to be designated as suffering abuse or neglect compared with children from families with an annual income exceeding $30,000. Poverty is traditionally and consistently higher in rural communities. ~The Welfare of Rural Children~

Controlling urban and suburban families is easy enough; they are under constant surveillance. But rural people are different, and despite the anthems of “diversity” being sung across the land, that tolerance of culture doesn’t apply to rural Americans. If you have children and live in the country, you’re almost certain to be a target of investigation by county social workers.

Who is at risk
If you meet any of the criteria below, you run a high risk of a visit from a social worker:

You receive any kind of government assistance.Remember, Sally Social Worker believes that if your income falls below the ideal you are most likely a child abuser.
You practice a religion that isn’t approved by the Government.
You homeschool your children. In a ruling from the California Supreme Court, Judge Croskey calls parents who teach at home “uncredentialed parents,” implying that the State can educate children better than parents. Of course, the Judge didn’t let the fact that 30% of American teenagers don’t graduate from high school influence his decision. Frankly, it doesn’t seem like the so-called credentialed professionals are doing that great of a job.
You spank your children.Spanking is considered abuse by social workers. In fact, any sort of physical behavior reinforcement is considered child abuse, up to and including restraining a child. One family tells of trying to restrain their 14-year-old daughter when she tried to leave with a 21-year-old man. They were charged with felony child abuse. Social workers claimed the parents should have called the police. The police would have used physical force to restrain the child if she was being uncooperative. The police can even use force to subdue an unruly child. When the mother asked why the State (the police) has a right to a greater degree of physical contact with a child than the parent does, the social worker answered, “because we do.”
You smoke or consume alcohol. Forget that both of these activities are legal for adults to engage in. If you do it around your kids, and they talk about it to a teacher, you’re going to hear about it.You raise animals for food. This can be extremely problematic if you send your kids to public school. Consider this: a new teacher in a rural community where most of the students lived on family farms told her second-grade class that milking cows was animal abuse and was something only mean people did. The lesson then focused on how mean people hurt children, too. Several families reported their children were told to contact police if their parents were mean people.
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When Sally Social Worker comes knocking
Here are a few suggestions from www.FightCPS.com:

Record and Document Everything
Don’t Invite The CPS Worker Inside – You are under no obligation to let that person into your house. The only exception would be if the CPS agent shows up with a law enforcement officer bearing a search warrant.
Don’t Trust The CPS Agents. Say as little as possible.
Don’t allow them to interview your child.
As with any other threat to your family, have a plan to deal with these people when they show up. The founder of FightCPS.com is a former social worker. Vistit the site to get detailed instruction on what to do before the social workers show up and what to do when they leave.

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