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Charges Upheld Against L.A. CPS Workers For Boy’s Horrific Death
In 2013, 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez died after being beaten, burned, and shot with B.B.s by his mother and her boyfriend. Medical staff said they removed B.B. pellets from his groin and lung in the aftermath. Horrific as his death was, however, what made it so much worse was the fact that it didn’t come as…
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Does Losing Your Water Mean Losing Your Kids As Well?
The University of Michigan recently conducted a study that looked at, among other things, the cost of living in Detroit. One of the issues addressed was the monthly water bill of most Detroit residents. What did they find? That the average Detroit family paid about $100 per month, which is twice what the federal affordability…
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Gov. Snyder Forms a Team to Address CPS’s “Unacceptable” Failures!
The fact that what CPS does is sometimes “unacceptable” might be news to other people, but we’ve been saying it for decades. So the news story making the rounds right now about the new watchdog assigned to investigate CPS and the unspeakable number of badly mismanaged cases they’ve botched in recent years comes as no…
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How a Recent Federal Law Will Change Foster Care in America!
The things that President Trump does, get a lot of press time – both from his supporters and from his detractors. However, not every bill he’s signed into law has got the coverage it’s deserved, and the Family First Prevention Services Act is no exception. Tucked into a massive spending bill that rolled out in…
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Do You Think Only “Bad” Parents Get Their Kids Taken by CPS? Think Again! (Pt. 2)
Thanks for joining us again. We’ve been talking about other reasons, beyond actual abuse or neglect, for why a CPS worker might try to take your children away. As we discussed in the previous article, disagreeing with a doctor about what treatment is right for your child could be seen as medical neglect. And…
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Do You Think Only “Bad” Parents Get Their Kids Taken by CPS? Think Again! (Pt. 1)
Ask around, and you’ll probably find that most people (at least, those who’ve ever stopped to think about it before) are pretty sure that only “bad” parents get their kids removed by CPS. After all, if someone makes a false claim of abuse and CPS investigates, surely those kids wouldn’t be removed if there was…
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Why Would a Child Lie About Being Molested? (Pt. 2)
Welcome back, and thanks for joining us again for this discussion on why kids sometimes lie about being molested. We know it’s a really rough topic to talk about, and can make people uncomfortable. But comfortable or not, it’s a really important subject and you need to know what’s true and what isn’t when it…
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Why Would a Child Lie About Being Molested? (Pt. 1)
Asking why a child would lie about something, ordinarily, is like asking why dogs chase their tails, or why people like ice cream. Just because. Kids lie to get what they want. They lie to avoid getting into trouble. They lie to see if they can get away with it. Sometimes, they lie for reasons…
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Once CPS Gets Involved, You’ll Never Escape The Stigma!
We live in a very judgmental society. It may not be what you want to hear, but it’s the truth. People make assumptions about each other all the time. Sometimes those assumptions are based on appearance, ethnic or racial background, or speech patterns. And sometimes they’re based on things they’ve heard about those people from…
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How Can I Make Sure My Kids Live With Family After CPS Takes Them Away? (Pt. 2)
Thanks for joining us against for this discussion on what’s involved in having your relatives foster your children when CPS takes them away from you. We know it’s a hard subject to read about, or even think about, but for parents who are engaged in battles with CPS, and who are at risk of having…
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