So back in May I called cps on my brother’s gf because she put bruises on her son’s neck. He and my niece got placed with my parents. He has severe behavioral problems and I’ve been telling them for years he needs psychological help. My parents finally got him to a Dr today and they diagnosed him with ptsd, they think he was sexually abused from a very very young age when he lived with my brothers gf parents. Yes this is the second time she’s lost her kid.
Everyone should be THANKING me for making that call. I know I made the right decision.
Its a super hard thing to do and always causes bad feelings. People will try to blame you. But you helped that kid. You gave him a chance. Im so glad he is getting help.
My whole family turned against me and tried to guilt trip me hard. It was really rough. I just wish I had made the call sooner, though I don’t know if anything would have came of it until there were physical marks anyway
The guideline they use is “immediate and significant danger” so if a kid is being hit,they probably wont be removed unless the injuries could cause permanent damage.
Like,the people who complain about the “unfair removals” in foster care…i havent seen it. I’m sure it happens sometimes, but WAY more often i have seen kids returned to known unsafe situations because the court couldnt prove the abuse was significantly dangerous enough that the kid needed to be removed.