Foster Parents; All parents, CPS where does it end?

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Marilyn Harrison, Foster Families Examiner
November 4, 2011

Foster Parents; All parents

CPS, where does it end?

Our office received two particularly disturbing messages this week. The source does no matter, what does matter is the infringement on the rights of all parents across this nation, we the people. We offer you a few disturbing quotes from this article. Written by Shaun Rabb, Published FOX 4 News,Thursday, 03 Nov 2011. Link to article.

DALLAS; “Child Protective Services workers showed up at the Occupy Dallas camp Thursday to question a family about living in a tent with a 9-month-old baby.“ Apparently they are trying to say my baby is unsafe here. My baby is clothed, fed, has a space heater, has food formula, everything he needs,” he said”.

The article went on to say “CPS is familiar with the family. The agency had been looking for them since Sept. 23”, “I’m hoping that our son and us will be able to walk out of the CPS office. We’ve done nothing wrong. We’re doing nothing wrong. We’ve broken no laws. Our baby’s not neglected,” Karpich said. Our final quote, “Thursday, several dozen Occupy Dallas demonstrators were out protesting to save a historic Dallas bridge and create jobs”.

Question; is your family being looked at by CPS. So, for clarification purposes, let us understand that a family living in a tent in these economic times is subject to scrutiny by CPS. The fact that this family is affiliated or somehow connected to Occupy has nothing to do with this right.

On the other hand, we see so many instances where CPS was informed of abuse taking place in a home, at times a home where they have successfully reunified the child with the parents. Unfortunately, it is the child, or in most cases, the baby who discovers the unwise decision made on his/her behalf. We see in the news that many children die every year most under the age of one year.
We have said repeatedly, the ones who know the children and/or the real biological parents are the foster parents who see the results, the aftermath of visits to their parents. We also see the real efforts the parents are making trying to get their children back. Question; Do agencies ask or even consider our opinions? Yet, Congress acknowledged our worth by giving us the right to appear in court on behalf of our foster children?

We all hope for reunification, that is our goal, however; we would like to see a realistic team effort in the approach to reunification efforts.
Being poor, struggling to makes ends meet, losing our homes, our jobs, living in a tent does not mean we are bad parents, that we are guilty of child abuse, or should lose our children. There are enough real child abuse cases to keep CPS working steady without creating child abuse definitions to fit whatever parents do in relation to their children.

The key word is their children, our children, we the people. Remember us?
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