Calling CPS
This morning I read something that illustrates perfectly why it is dangerous to call CPS. I’ve tried to tell people this for years, but it is hard to get the word out there to a population of mind-controlled, oh-too-trusting Americans, many of whom are still brainwashed to think that Child Protective Services exists to protect children. Calling CPS can be the worst nightmare you can inflict on parents; it also leads to increased danger and horrible trauma for many, many children.
But for today, let Joe tell us what it is like to seek help from a counselor who called CPS caseworkers, thinking they might be a bunch of benevolent child protecting social workers. Here’s Joe’s Comment.
Before I go on, let me say to Joe - you have my sympathy. At this point you have no choice but to fulfill the service plan requirements as stated in your court order. You’ll have to walk through hell to get out of the nightmare and protect your child. If you need to talk to experienced people about what’s going on in your case, please join the Fight CPS Message Forum.
Now to anyone thinking about calling CPS - PLEASE PEOPLE… put on the brakes. Evaluate the situation. Think about whether the child is actually in any specific danger known to you. Because once you make that call, either you’ll have the frustration of being ignored (about 80% of calls do not result in investigations) or… you may find out you don’t get the results you expected.
In Joe’s case, the counselor expected that Joe’s son would remain with him. As it turned out, he was taken out of his custody for a while. Even though he was the thoughtful parent who reported abuse to a counselor, Joe was accused by CPS social workers of “failure to protect” and now has to complete rigid “service plan” requirements that are using up too many hours each week and threatening his ability to keep his job.
People - this is TYPICAL. This is HOW IT NORMALLY WORKS. I’ve heard from many, many parents who struggled to complete CPS “service plans” only to lose their jobs in the process… and in the wake, they lost their homes, marriages, children . . . everything.
CPS is a FAMILY DESTROYING AGENCY. The people working there may think they are trying to protect children, but given the bad laws and regulations they must abide by, there’s no way they can attempt to protect children without destroying lives, families, jobs, homes, self-esteem of the people involved, and everything else that goes with it.
Please do NOT call CPS. That’s like calling in the devil. If you’re absolutely sure beyond the shadow of any doubt that a child is being severely physically abused, then call the local law enforcement agency - don’t bother calling CPS - the officers will do it if that’s warranted. Don’t ever call CPS for some petty thing. That destroys too many lives and especially traumatizes children, many of whom are injured worse in foster homes than they ever were in their natural family homes.
I like this advice given to a person who considered calling CPS because of a dirty house: CPS and/or Intervention. Need advice.
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