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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 344285" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I wouldn't call unless I was certain the child was being badly abused. </p><p>CPS is serious stuff. They often think you are guilty right off the bat and can take your child. I believe this child probably has a disorder of some kind that really has nothing to do with parenting. Many of our kids parents have CPS called on them. I know some who have lost their kids because of this, one who had a child with bipolar and CPS denied he had it, even though he was obviously psychotic. Last I heard SHE is being charged with abuse. I know her and do not believe she would abuse a fly.</p><p></p><p>I worked in foster care. Our system is badly broken, full of fresh-faced kids who haven't even graduated college, but get to make life altering decisions about children (although they don't have kids themselves). When you are a foster parent, especially of children of another race, people call CPS on you all the time. It becomes normal. I have not had good experiences or truthful ones with CPS and would only call CPS myself if I knew for a fact that the kid was abused (I saw bruises or saw the parent slapping the kid on the face). I think this child needs a neuropsychologist evaluation and if it were me I'd talk to the parents. But other than that, if I couldn't handle the child, I'd stay out of it. Really nice people often have kids, say, who have a touch of autism and act out. It is not their fault and the child would be mortified if he or she were taken away and put into another home. But it happens. Please...we get judged enough. Don't think that just because a child acts out it is because the child was abused. If it were me, I'd not want CPS involved. I wouldn't call. JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 344285, member: 1550"] I wouldn't call unless I was certain the child was being badly abused. CPS is serious stuff. They often think you are guilty right off the bat and can take your child. I believe this child probably has a disorder of some kind that really has nothing to do with parenting. Many of our kids parents have CPS called on them. I know some who have lost their kids because of this, one who had a child with bipolar and CPS denied he had it, even though he was obviously psychotic. Last I heard SHE is being charged with abuse. I know her and do not believe she would abuse a fly. I worked in foster care. Our system is badly broken, full of fresh-faced kids who haven't even graduated college, but get to make life altering decisions about children (although they don't have kids themselves). When you are a foster parent, especially of children of another race, people call CPS on you all the time. It becomes normal. I have not had good experiences or truthful ones with CPS and would only call CPS myself if I knew for a fact that the kid was abused (I saw bruises or saw the parent slapping the kid on the face). I think this child needs a neuropsychologist evaluation and if it were me I'd talk to the parents. But other than that, if I couldn't handle the child, I'd stay out of it. Really nice people often have kids, say, who have a touch of autism and act out. It is not their fault and the child would be mortified if he or she were taken away and put into another home. But it happens. Please...we get judged enough. Don't think that just because a child acts out it is because the child was abused. If it were me, I'd not want CPS involved. I wouldn't call. JMO [/QUOTE]
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