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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 344126" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I thought about it,, too, Crazy and LDM, as far as possibly doing it if the self-employment thing works out and after difficult child gets transitioned back- assuming that goes well. But I'd have to get over my excess baggage from what I know about difficult child's GAL because I don't know when it would be a good thing or a bad thing that I wouldn't automatically believe what the others in the system told me about the case. (For those not aware, in this state GAL's are legally required to be licensed attny's and they are paid but not much so typcally, not always, they are attny's who are newly licensed, young, and don't know diddly because they have no kids over the age of 5yo and get, I think, about 6 hours of training covering 8 subjects or something like that in order to qualify. I think, but am not positive, that there are cases where the child gets both a GAL and CASA worker and I just visualize the GAL trying to tell the CASA so-called facts when in reality, the GAL has never even checked them out. I would want to save a neglected or abused child, but would also want to make sure I wasn't encouraging a child's removal from home if I believed the parent was accused falsely and really just a warrior parent to a difficult child. And things like checking sd records- the GAL takes every word in them as gospel, while I would look at them and know how sd's can document things to cover their own rears without caring if they blame the parent or not.)</p><p></p><p>That isn't meant to discourage you, LDM. To the contrary I think those families would benefit a great deal from having a warrior mom who's had to advocate for her own child in there taking a look at things.</p><p></p><p>I had told the judge before that if difficult child gets straightened out, I will foster a boy difficult child a couple of years younger then him. That might be the best way for me to help kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 344126, member: 3699"] I thought about it,, too, Crazy and LDM, as far as possibly doing it if the self-employment thing works out and after difficult child gets transitioned back- assuming that goes well. But I'd have to get over my excess baggage from what I know about difficult child's GAL because I don't know when it would be a good thing or a bad thing that I wouldn't automatically believe what the others in the system told me about the case. (For those not aware, in this state GAL's are legally required to be licensed attny's and they are paid but not much so typcally, not always, they are attny's who are newly licensed, young, and don't know diddly because they have no kids over the age of 5yo and get, I think, about 6 hours of training covering 8 subjects or something like that in order to qualify. I think, but am not positive, that there are cases where the child gets both a GAL and CASA worker and I just visualize the GAL trying to tell the CASA so-called facts when in reality, the GAL has never even checked them out. I would want to save a neglected or abused child, but would also want to make sure I wasn't encouraging a child's removal from home if I believed the parent was accused falsely and really just a warrior parent to a difficult child. And things like checking sd records- the GAL takes every word in them as gospel, while I would look at them and know how sd's can document things to cover their own rears without caring if they blame the parent or not.) That isn't meant to discourage you, LDM. To the contrary I think those families would benefit a great deal from having a warrior mom who's had to advocate for her own child in there taking a look at things. I had told the judge before that if difficult child gets straightened out, I will foster a boy difficult child a couple of years younger then him. That might be the best way for me to help kids. [/QUOTE]
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