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Reaching Out For Help Sometimes Results in Being Reported to CPS!
Parenting is hard. Everyone who has ever raised a child knows that. And it’s even harder if you try to do it alone. However, for many people, reaching out for help when it comes to parenting our children and keeping them safe and cared for, can actually make things worse. How is that possible, you…
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One Single Incident Can Result in Long-Term CPS Involvement
Life is full of choices, and every single one of them has a consequence. Some of those consequences are tiny, and the impact they’ll have on your life in the long term are negligible, like cheating on your diet by eating a handful of chips. It may derail your weight loss for a day, but…
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CPS And Your Narcissistic Spouse: Should You be Worried About False Claims of Abuse?
Being married to a narcissist is a scary reality for a surprising number of people. The gaslighting, the lies, the manipulation. It can be a terrifying situation, and many people feel trapped in those relationships. And what makes it even worse is that so few other people can see what you see. Narcissists are usually…
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Involving Your Kids in Criminal Activity Might Cost You Your Parenting Rights in Michigan!
The idea of involving your children in criminal activity might sound strange to many parents, but believe it or not it happens. And some parents don’t even realize that what they’re doing is wrong, and could cost them their families! Teaching a child to slip a pair of earrings you can’t afford into their underwear…
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Are Michigan’s in-Home Foster Care Prevention Efforts Failing Vulnerable Kids?
A recent study done here in Michigan reveals some very interesting results when it comes to foster kids in the Great Lakes state. But what do these results mean, and how do we interpret them in a way that best benefits children. According to the Youth Policy Lab and the Child and Adolescent Data Lab…
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CPS May Have a Good Reason For Not Wanting You to Smoke Weed While You’re Pregnant! (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this discussion on smoking weed while you’re pregnant, and why CPS may have a good point about that not being such a good idea. In the previous article we looked at some info from a recent study showing that smoking marijuana during pregnancy is directly linked…
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CPS May Have a Good Reason For Not Wanting You to Smoke Weed While You’re Pregnant! (Pt 1)
CPS has always taken a dim view of moms doing drugs during pregnancy. In fact, babies who test positive for marijuana, heroin, cocaine or any other illicit substance in Michigan at birth are very often taken from their mothers and placed in foster care. With the recent legalization of recreational weed in Michigan, a lot…
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CPS is Changing The Way They Handle Abuse & Neglect Cases Because of Covid19 (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us for this discussion on how the current Covid19 pandemic is reshaping the way CPS responds to child abuse and neglect situations. As we mentioned in the previous article, the agency has a history of being reactive, in that they have traditionally waited to hear a report about potential…
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CPS is Changing The Way They Handle Abuse & Neglect Cases Because of Covid19 (Pt 1)
CPS has always been a reactive agency. As in: a teacher or pastor or neighbor sees something they think may be child abuse and they call CPS to report it. CPS arrives to check it out, and the determination they make is based solely on their investigation, which is prompted by that report from outside…
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Has Covid19 Made it Harder For Kids in Foster Care to be Reunified With Their Families?
When a child is removed by CPS because the agency believes they may be in danger of potential abuse and neglect, their immediate safety is the main issue at hand. However, while the initial removal is devastating, in most cases the ultimate aim is reunification, which means that the agency is supposed to work towards…
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