Family Forum / Parenting / Spanking / September 2007

> On Sep 22, 10:49 am, Greegor <Greego...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> osmoses     Sep 22, 12:55 am  Newsgroups: alt.adoption
>> From: osmoses <pinkyjabber...@yahoo.com>
>> Local: Sat, Sep 22 2007 12:55 am
>> Subject: What's all the reporter crap, fx?
>>
>> Okay, we get it. Foster kids have been abused.
>>
>> You know, I got sick of reading about foster kids being abused. Sick
>> of reading it, sick of complaining about it, sick of all the people
>> who just didn't give a damn enough to even read letters I wrote to
>> all
>> the omnipotent and impotent powers that be. I figured out, genius
>> that
>> I am, that I could not change the world. So I tried something else; I
>> could change one child's life at a time.
>>
>> I am a CASA, a court appointed special advocate for kids who have
>> been
>> removed from their homes and placed in foster care due to neglect or
>> abuse. I visit those kids, talk to their foster parents, their actual
>> parents, their doctors, teachers, everyone, show up unannounced,
>> listen to them and HEAR them, speak up for their best interest in
>> court. I make sure they get the support and services they need and if
>> I don't like the foster home they are in, I make sure they go
>> somewhere else, somewhere safe, somewhere kind, somewhere that the
>> foster parents know how scared and alone and untrusting these kids
>> are. And each feeling is justified.
>>
>> Their social worker or CPS worker may change two or three times. I
>> don't change. I am there until their case is resolved. My sole agenda
>> is the best interest of that child.
>>
>> I sit in on meetings between parents who have struggled to provide
>> even one clean UA so they can hold their kids. And at the end I watch
>> those parents walk away, knowing it is unlikely that the kids will
>> win
>> out over the meth.
>>
>> And I am an adoptee and this breaks my heart every time.
>> But I do it, to help one child at a time.
>>
>> CASA is nationwide. Volunteer. Be part of the solution. There's a kid
>> out there who needs an advocate.
>>
>> Moses
>>
>> On Sep 22, 5:07 am, Dad <adoptada...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Or a stable, loving home.  Or an adult friend and mentor.  Or someone,
>>> just someone to help them grow and learn and know that they are
>>> precious, someone of worth and immeasurable value.
>>> Become a CASA.  Become a Big Brother.  Become a foster parent - a good
>>> one.  Reach out through volunteering at your local place of worship.
>>> Give a hand up.  Volunteer.
>>> Sometimes it means just taking your own kids out for a long walk.
>>> LTNS, Os.  What an absolutely inspirational post.  Keep on keepin' on.
>>> Dad
>> AdoptaDad, Don't you think you have a conflict of interest there?
>>
>> Most CASA's and GAL's are nothing but another mouthpiece for
>> the corrupt Child Protection INDUSTRY.
>> They pretty much do and say what the CPS agency wants them to.
>>
>> The percentage of kids removed for good reasons like
>> Meth, rape, blood or broken bones, is small.
>> The SPECIAL INTERESTS who are or benefit from the
>> corrupt Child Protection INDUSTRY just LOVE to
>> exaggerate the horror stories at hands of parents,
>> while minimizing the even worse horror stories in the
>> care of the state.  It suits their profit and political ends.
>>
>> Most cases are splitting hairs.
>>
>> The Child Welfare League of America, the main mouthpiece
>> of the Child Protection INDUSTRY itself reported that
>> 1/3 of all kids in Foster Care could go home if only their
>> parents had adequate housing.
>>
>> Inadequate housing is NOT "imminent danger of
>> serious harm".
>>
>> The majority of child removals are for PREVENTIVE
>> reasons, not for abuse but for "risk of abuse" .
>>
>> Juvenile Courts that remove kids are Kangaroo courts,
>> substandard burden of proof, substandard rules of evidence.
>> Unconstitutional.
>>
>> It's natural that fosters and adopters choose to believe
>> the lies from caseworkers about the horrible
>> circumstances that prompted the child to be removed
>> from their natural parents.
>>
>> If you got a good deal on a generator, you really
>> wouldn't WANT to know that it was stolen merchandise!
>
> Whoa! I take serious exception to your allegations!
> It is required of the CASA that they hold no interest save for what
> they view as the best interest of the child. The CASA is the only
> person in the courtroom to advocate solely for the child's best
> interest. We can and often do disagree with the social workers from
> CPS. We can and often do disagree with the parents of the kids.
> Perhaps your area is different than mine, perhaps you are not familiar
> with CASA. Check out their website. It will tell you about the new
> laws in place and why CASA people are there.
> I am not mouthpiece for Child Protective Services, but I sure am for
> the kids.
> Moses