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<blockquote data-quote="AppleCori" data-source="post: 754926" data-attributes="member: 16024"><p>Hi Leafy.</p><p></p><p>My step-siblings went through a similar situation when they were kids, and I have come to believe that “family reunification “ is really all about the rights of the parents (adults) and has very little to do with what is actually best for the kids, or what they kids’ actual needs are at this point.</p><p>Did the social worker seem concerned with the kids’ mental health, feelings, thoughts, or best interests, or was she more concerned with your daughter’s rights? Sounds like the kids’ needs were just swept under the rug.</p><p></p><p>They will “have to” visit with her?</p><p></p><p>Would we tell an abused, abandoned spouse that they will “have to” visit with their abuser because he/she is now complying with some court-ordered plan?</p><p></p><p>I hope their counselors will make a determination on whether this is in the kids best interests at this time, and the report will be taken into consideration. It should be their decision (in my opinion) so that they feel some sense of control with their own lives, not to be treated as objects belonging to someone else, as if their feelings don’t matter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AppleCori, post: 754926, member: 16024"] Hi Leafy. My step-siblings went through a similar situation when they were kids, and I have come to believe that “family reunification “ is really all about the rights of the parents (adults) and has very little to do with what is actually best for the kids, or what they kids’ actual needs are at this point. Did the social worker seem concerned with the kids’ mental health, feelings, thoughts, or best interests, or was she more concerned with your daughter’s rights? Sounds like the kids’ needs were just swept under the rug. They will “have to” visit with her? Would we tell an abused, abandoned spouse that they will “have to” visit with their abuser because he/she is now complying with some court-ordered plan? I hope their counselors will make a determination on whether this is in the kids best interests at this time, and the report will be taken into consideration. It should be their decision (in my opinion) so that they feel some sense of control with their own lives, not to be treated as objects belonging to someone else, as if their feelings don’t matter. [/QUOTE]
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