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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 402163" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Jena - I know you need this aggravation like you need a hole in your head, but the flip side of the coin is they have the report, they haven't seen difficult child, and they *do* have to follow up on the report. There are enough horrific stories in the paper about parents doing horrible things to their kids - for all they know, you've flown the coop to avoid the investigation. We all know that's not the case, but CPS doesn't know it. </p><p></p><p>I know a lot of people have a knee-jerk negative response to an investigation, but I gotta tell you... I think it's much simpler to let them come in, see the house, see difficult child (or talk with- her doctors now) than it is to turn this into a worse nightmare. been there done that - and of course the day we got reported was the one day in a blue moon I had pulled carpets, moved furniture to the middle of the family room, and was doing a mega-manic cleaning. Poor SW didn't even have a place to sit. I just told him that it was a cleaning day, got him the phone numbers of all thank you's doctors, showed him medications, gave him dates of hospitalizations up to that point, and didn't worry too terribly much about it. Bottom line, if you're not abusing/neglecting your kid, I believe whole-heartedly that there's nothing to worry about.</p><p></p><p>Because husband and easy child live in your home, I think CPS can talk to them. When they showed up at my door, the guy interviewed not only me and husband, but also the 3 pcs (who were I think 2, 5, and 11 at the time). He'd already interviewed thank you at his school. I think denying them access to your home and family is only going to make this more difficult and time consuming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 402163, member: 8"] Jena - I know you need this aggravation like you need a hole in your head, but the flip side of the coin is they have the report, they haven't seen difficult child, and they *do* have to follow up on the report. There are enough horrific stories in the paper about parents doing horrible things to their kids - for all they know, you've flown the coop to avoid the investigation. We all know that's not the case, but CPS doesn't know it. I know a lot of people have a knee-jerk negative response to an investigation, but I gotta tell you... I think it's much simpler to let them come in, see the house, see difficult child (or talk with- her doctors now) than it is to turn this into a worse nightmare. been there done that - and of course the day we got reported was the one day in a blue moon I had pulled carpets, moved furniture to the middle of the family room, and was doing a mega-manic cleaning. Poor SW didn't even have a place to sit. I just told him that it was a cleaning day, got him the phone numbers of all thank you's doctors, showed him medications, gave him dates of hospitalizations up to that point, and didn't worry too terribly much about it. Bottom line, if you're not abusing/neglecting your kid, I believe whole-heartedly that there's nothing to worry about. Because husband and easy child live in your home, I think CPS can talk to them. When they showed up at my door, the guy interviewed not only me and husband, but also the 3 pcs (who were I think 2, 5, and 11 at the time). He'd already interviewed thank you at his school. I think denying them access to your home and family is only going to make this more difficult and time consuming. [/QUOTE]
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