Are helpless children dying in foster care because the best interest of the child is priority 1?

Question

What is the motivation in the USA to yank children and parents apart with no proof of abuse with some children ending up in their graves at the hands of foster parents approved by the very same agencies that were supposed to protect these very same children? Have you had a nightmare with CPS? Do you think that a change needs to be made? If you could change anything, what would you do? I realize there are some biological parents who don't deserve to keep their kids if they are physically abusing them. Physical abuse is assault. Let law enforcement handle these cases and put those abusive parents in prison. They deserve it. Do you think it would be fair to take children away from any parent who has ever done a mood altering subject. I challenge you to tell me the truth. Does it automaticaly make a child abuser out of you? What do we need to change? The true definition of abuse? Or the leaders of this destructive government who seems to hate the American family, our roots? Hm

I am an adult child victim of Child Protective Services. I also had to deal with Michelle Champagne out of El Cajon. She is no less than a monster who cares nothing about families. She is a lesbian who hates men and held it against me that I was a foster child. Believe it or not, because of a mad neighbor whose husband flirted with me all the time, CPS showed up at my door because of an anonymous call and my life was hell for many, many years. So, I have it seen all their dirty tricks from both sides. Think you are safe? Watch, nobody will answer because you all probably aren't aware of the plight or are one of those horrible, evil CPS workers just looking for future job security. Dare to prove me wrong?

If you want links, just type murdered foster children into your search bar. I am an adult child victim of Child Protective Services. I also had to deal with Michelle Champagne out of El Cajon. She is no less than a monster who cares nothing about families. She is a lesbian who hates men and held it against me that I was a foster child. Believe it or not, because of a mad neighbor whose husband flirted with me all the time, CPS showed up at my door, stating that some ***** reported I was beating my husband with a broomstick. Because of a vindictive, anonymous call, my children's, husband's and my life were destroyed. So, I have seen all their dirty tricks from both sides. Think you are safe? Watch, nobody will answer because you all probably aren't aware of the plight or are one of those horrible, evil CPS workers just looking for future job security or a naive parent without a clue. Dare to prove me wrong? I doubt it.

Answer 1

The motivation is often the almighty $$$$. This is Amerika after all. God Money and all that.

There IS a bounty on your children... especially if you are poor and they know you have no means of fighting back. Heck, even those with money have a hard time fighting CPS... try finding a lawyer who will take them on!

I have lived CPS nightmares and escaped with my family intact but to this day my children freak out if the doorbell rings.

When my stepson got into a fight at school (age 14) and a CPS worker came to the house while we were not home and he was, she went around to the side of the house and BEAT ON HIS WINDOW until he finally talked to her through the locked window. Then she told him if he didn't come outside to talk to him and let him take her picture, she'd go to a judge and have him taken away that very day. He was traumatized by this and who wouldn't be?

That's just one of the many stories I could tell.... I've seen CPS "remove" for such bogus stuff.. like having too many people living in a house, or for homeschooling, but they will leave a toddler in a home where Dad beats her with a belt for potty accidents, because that's 'within the law'.

It's a mess and the entire system needs to be scrapped and started over.

Once they are in your life, even if because of an angry neighbor making a bogus report, they will keep coming back over and over again, and with each false report, YOU look more and more "guilty".

We don't spank, or do drugs, or drink. We spend time with the kids and don't even use babysitters but maybe 2x a year. Our kids are well fed and clothed and we are very involved in their education and school activities... yet we live in fear every day of "something" being said and the nightmare starting all over again.

My advice to parents: stick to yourself, don't make enemies, and you better appear PERFECT just in case.. oh, and if you have money, keep a lawyer on retainer. Know your rights and stay out from under their radar. If you have had CPS involvement, get copies of all your case files. Force them to remove your name from the lists of "perpetrators" if they had no proof of abuse or neglect.

If you are poor, unconventional, or have enemies... pray. Or move.

Answer 2

I myself am a foster parent. Our first foster child was taken away from her parents because at 1 month she had 6 broken ribs and a broken leg. Somebody had to step in and take this baby to a safe home and we were fortunate enough to receive her. I too have heard the horror stories and know several people that are just in it for that little check that comes with the children and should be used for the maintenance of the children. I think the problem is not the definition of child abuse but rather the screening of foster parents. I also believe that there has to be some type of proof that a child was neglected or abused in order for CPS to step in and remove a child. This does not necessarily have to be the use of a mood altering subject, but can be many other factors. All of the CPS workers that we have worked with have done nothing but tried to restore the children to their families and many of them have been successfully reunited.

Answer 3

First of all no i do not believe in removing a child from its parents unless there is abuse or the parents cant provide food/ warmth in the the latter case i think the government should help these people. The government and CPS is going over there rights when it comes to spanking a child- if the child knows no boundries and time out doesnt work what else can we do exept let them grow up thinking ill never get into trouble for this and build more prisons. I think society as a whole needs to understand this issue and talk back to these law makers and cpa workers.. foster homes are only the answer for abused children or when the parent deserts them or dies.

Answer 4

I am sorry for your situation. It sounds like your a real life CPS horror story. For a child and parent to be separated there should be some serious proof of abuse (physical, sexual, or serious neglect) Parents that spank there kids should NOT have there kids removed. I know your hell bent on doing in with CPS right now, heck if I went through what you just did, I probably would have the same attitude. Fact of the matter is though, CPS most likely saves more lives then it runes.
All I can say is there should be strict guidelines for when a child is removed, to take the power away from a social worker, who like you say could be hell bent on some personal agenda.

Answer 5

No the # 1 priority is scoring points for a better job position or a pay raise,
I don't know what"mood altering subject" is but I do know that once CPS is involved with your life they will do just about anything to take children away from their parents.Make their lives a living hell and it's next to impossible for the parents to get their children back~Where I live there have been 2 young children were neglected,malnourished and beaten to death by foster parents this year

Answer 6

as a mother, and a human being, I am very sorry that you had to endure what you did...I wonder myself, why would someone want to go into that job field in the first place...Do they have good intentions, then when they get the job, they find out the people there a long time have their own way of doing things?..and if they don't agree with it, then their job/credibility is at jeopardy?....think perhaps also, there are so many kids in bad homes, that they make mistakes by poor judgement and the little bit of power they have that has gone to their head....think they also bite off more than they can chew, and the politics of it all is what keeps the sytem screwed up.....

Answer 7

I have school aged children and I'm a single parent. I have a full time job that is out of the box, that allows me to be a "stay at home" working mom. Therefore, I am mom year round including but not limited to that long three months of summer vacation. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Answer 8

i have to tell a sad story now, a young mother used drugs,but her young son was with family, the welfare took this little native american boy away and put him in foster care, the 20 month old was beaten to death in foster care and still nobody has been arrested, bottom line he was safer with a user who loved him

Answer 9

My only answer is God Bless you, hope you recover from your hate and pain someday.