Tag: Parental Rights
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Can You be a Free Range Parent in Michigan And Not be Accused of Neglect?
How do you encourage your children to be independent, self-reliant, and responsible as they grow up? According to the free range parenting movement, you encourage them to function as independently as possible, with limited parental supervision, while still expecting them to be accountable and responsible for their actions. It’s a movement that’s slowly gaining in…
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Having Kids With You When You Break The Law is a Game Changer! (Pt 2)
Hi there and welcome back. We’ve been talking about how breaking the law gets you into trouble, but having kids with you when you do it makes the consequences so much worse! As soon as you’re dealing with the cops and they see you have kids with you they’re going to call CPS. And once…
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Can Parenting Classes Reduce CPS Intervention For Michigan Families? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been looking at the subject of parenting classes, and how they can help parents avoid CPS interactions in the future. As we shared in the previous article, one mother from Bay City, who had lost her daughter to CPS, took a parenting class and said it turned…
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Can Parenting Classes Reduce CPS Intervention For Michigan Families? (Pt 1)
Go down to your local community center and you’ll probably find that somewhere on their schedule, mixed in with the yoga, the gardening classes and the soccer games, are parenting classes. They sound unassuming – after all, who needs a class to teach you something humans have been doing for millenia? But as it turns…
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“Faith-based Healing” Parents Defend Their Choices in Court
This case has been controversial from day one. It has brought on all sorts of arguments, from issues of religious freedom, to parenting rights, medical neglect, and child abuse. And what’s interesting is that all sides have made some valid points. But what remains an indisputable fact, regardless of anyone’s perspectives and beliefs, is that…
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CPS FYI: Facts about CPS That Every Michigan Parent Needs to Know (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. If you’re just finding this article now for the first time, it means you missed the intro and we recommend you spend a couple of minutes getting caught up here. And now that we’re all on the same page, let’s pick up where we left off, after talking…
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How CPS Handles Abuse Investigations When Drugs Are Involved (Pt 1)
Drug abuse, specifically opioid abuse, is a growing problem in Michigan. Stats show that between 1992 and 2006 the number of people admitted for drug-related health concerns tripled, and the numbers have only grown from there. More and more people are battling drug addictions these days, and when you stop to consider that many of…
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Homeschoolers Are Once Again The Scapegoats in a War on Logic!
If you listen to Michigan Public Radio, then this topic comes as no surprise. You probably heard the recent interview with Rachel Coleman about regulating homeschool in Michigan, and wondered why it was that a tiny percentage of tragedies should be used to determine how thousands of families will be treated. We certainly did! Michigan…
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What Can CPS Make me do to Get my Kids Back? (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again for this very important discussion about what CPS can make you do in order to get your children back. It can feel very frustrating to have your family’s togetherness subject to the whims of another person. To know that even if you do everything they ask you…
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Texas Judge Orders Sanctions Against CPS For Wrongful Removal (Pt 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. We’ve been discussing a case that’s made headlines all over the US in the last few days. It took place in Texas, but is symptomatic of what’s happening all over the country, and particularly here in Michigan – where CPS is tearing families apart with no regard for…