DHS: Give Us Back Our Children!

4:33 pm PDT, Jul 1, Dana Qualls-Bermen, Oklahoma   Report abuse
I am a Christian mother who has been rudely dicriminated against by the DHS here in the state; My child was only 3 1/2 when he was forced out of my arms! The DHS system here has no respect for the children and the children here are forced to stay in foster homes that are over-ran with cockroaches, fleas, mold, mildew, and endless horrible environmental dangers!! It's time we all stand for OUR God given children and take back what Satan has stolen from us!!

9:36 pm PDT, Jun 29, Keira Williams, North Carolina   Report abuse
I hate to read all these stories, victims we all are. The sad part of it all is DHS is above the law and there is nothing anyone can do to stop them from child theft for selling our babies into slavery. DHS flaunts and pushes people to break down (snap) so to add another fraudulant lie about a child's safety. It is all a part of their collective conspiracy. Their members (in every state) include: Family Court Judge, DA, child Ad Litem, DHS case worker (like Trixie Baldwin) and any parent court appointed attorney. YOU HAVE NO FIGHT because the commissioners office, legislaters office and state supreme court judge empower this practice and the gov funds these state agencies to abduct children every day!! There are laws but DHS is not held accountable to them because they are allowed to be above the law. The hard cold facts are - the gov does nothing about it. It is called legalized slavery that supposedly was done away with in the 1800's.

11:48 am PDT, Jun 29, Geri Karow, Oregon   Report abuse
My family had the most horrible experience with the Coos County DHS department. Our grandsons were removed from my daughter's care and placed with us. Then without warning, two weeks later we were told that we would need to take them to their fathers house 250 miles away or they would be palced in foster care. Altough the boy's were in our care previously (5 years ago) we were told we could not care for them. They cried and begged to come home, no one would listen. The father was not equipped to house them and wanted them to be returned. They stayed for three months, we went up and brought them back and nothing was said.What was all of this about? The boys sufferd a great deal for this injustice.The people at DHS were cold, insensitive and uncaring. The boy's were taken from their family, school and friends and still have issues dealing with it.This should not have happened.

7:29 am PDT, Jun 29, Angela casas Parham, Oklahoma   Report abuse
DHS TOOK MY 4 CHILDREN AWAY FOR NO REASON

1:53 am PDT, Jun 28, Crystal Flowers, Oregon   Report abuse
My daught is 13 months old and just last night learned how to open our front door, her father and i had fell asleep while she was playing in the living room, we were on the couch, she ran out side and walked a block down the road. soon after a couple picked her up took her to a near by home and called the police, her father and i woke up 45 min later frantic. we finaly found her after 10 min of paniking, the cop dicided to call DHS, and because it was a saturday, we will not her our hearing untill monday or be able to see her. I am very up set about this. we had a in home health nurse as a friend and the cop knows him, even though Brandon knew the cop and the cop knew that He was a safe person for her to go to. would not let us take her home. She have never spent more then 13 hours away from me. and I've been in the system all my life. I don't want her to have to deal with rapist fauster dads/moms, sleeping pills, or any of the unclean situations the DHS puts childeren, I just want my little girl home and safe, (I have always been there for her and taken care of her to the best of my ability, i had just gotten off work and stat on the couch with my husband to watch a movie, we dosed off and when we woke up she was gone) we didn't get any say so, and they didn't look into the fact that i have no priers noer does my husband. i think they should have taken all of that in to consideration before taking our little girl from her home.

11:32 am PDT, Jun 27, Karl Howeth, Oklahoma   Report abuse

11:01 am PDT, Jun 23, Name not displayed, California   Report abuse
#274 Lei Lani Lint states that DHS is too powerful making decisions not related to abuse??? Is she kidding!? Her kids told stories which were and should be believed... regarding her forcing them to stand in the snow barefooted, 13 year old forced to drive home while Lei Lani was too drunk to drive, tell kids of her sexual romps with"cowboys," going into great detail about this... kids under the age of 13 and as young as 6, should not know these details! When the police took her children they said they had never seen such a filthy home, calling it a health hazard! By the way, she lost two other daughters from her 1st marriage for child abuse also! Please think twice before signing petitions "willy nilly" just because people can tellsad stories about the mean old government! Yes there is abuse in the system, just not in this case! Again, what I have stated above is what was told to our family by her own children. It just irks me when she states that DHS is making decisions not related toabuse... what her children told to us, definately sounds like abuse to me.

7:41 am PDT, Jun 20, Ayriss najeeda Aaliyah, Pennsylvania   Report abuse

12:59 pm PDT, Jun 11, Diane Martinez, Oklahoma   Report abuse
darla chaney lied to DHS and social workers believed her lies, she said i gave my baby to her when she was 5 1/2 wks old , darla chaney was not my first babysitter and DHS or darla chaney never had legal court approved papers. my daughter is 13 and now tells me darla chaney abuses her and has abused other children grab there hair and throw a baby accrose the room and slapped my daughter when she was 9 yra. old

8:46 pm PDT, Jun 7, Kenya Morris, Idaho   Report abuse
you go get them!

12:23 am PDT, Jun 7, Adrian Spezza, Oregon   Report abuse
To whom it may concern… Over seven years ago my two oldest children were seized illegally from my home in violation of the 4th and 14th amendment of the U.S. constitution… They were sexually assaulted in “protective custody” and it was covered up by DHS workers and local officials. I reacted adversely as I expect any loving mother would. My reaction allowed the state to claim emotional instability, which was proving to be more accurate as my existence slipped further from the truth… Now, years later, the very same agency who tortured my family years before had come to seize my newborn daughter. Again, in violation of the law and my constitutional rights they have seized my child. Coos County DHS workers obtained a judicial “pick up order” on my daughter through their abuse of power and fabrication of evidence… I have many credible witnesses to my competence as a mother and I am being made guilty by what has been stolen from me. I am being persecuted as guilty and being made to prove my innocence in the face of many lies… My daughter was safe with me. My daughter who, removed from my care on May 21st 2009, is healthy, well-developed, responsive, bright eyed, nursing neonate, is in very real danger. The possibility of her experiencing damage in life dramatically increased when she was ripped away from the necessary bond she shared with her mother. In addition to that trauma, of the many foster parents employed in Coos County, few are fit to care for children and the terrible truth is that she could also become a victim of her placement… I am seeking TRUTH and JUSTICE; I am seeking a STRONG, EDUCATED, DEDICATED, COMPETANT LAWER; I am seeking OFFICIALS who have the POWER to order a FEDERAL investigation of the Oregon state foster care system… I am seeking a lawer who has the persistence and follow through to persue a 2,500 person join lawsuit against Oregon DHS/CPS for willful contributory negligence, depravation, child sexual abuse and neglect. I am seeking a lawer who has the gumption and will to encounter and expose a devastating and urgent truth… I have already begun preparations for such a lawsuit and I am placing local ads, asking for anyone who has experienced a similar situation at the hands of Oregon DHS to come forward and e-mail my organization… I have prepared a questionnaire that will be included in a return e-mail for each individual to print, fill out, sign and mail to my P.O. Box… Please read my story in the following pages. Thank you so very much and GOD bless… Most sincerely and graciously, Adrian A. Spezza “Forced To Flee” In early summer 2001, my 2 ½ year old son and infant daughter were seized from my home by Coos Bay police officers because I was said to have been “sobbing uncontrollably.” The events that lead up to their involvement in my mild case of postpartum are all so trivial now, a set of miscommunications put into motion a series of events of far greater significance. My children whom had never been away from me were whisked away from a safe, loving home and thrust into great danger… A February article published in the Register Guard outlined the desperate situation which myself and my children were beholden to. Although their help was not needed and would soon prove more harm than good, DHS took total control of our lives. Wielding a negligent sort of power, wrought with disregard for the damage they were causing to untold children, many more than just my own. Reckless decisions were made by so called child protection workers that would soon change our lives forever. After my experience I am certain that the system is broken, wherein the Register Guard article presented that “in 2001 the State Foster Care System had recently failed in at least eight key areas crucial to child health, welfare and safety in a federal review.” “Then Awarded federal funding,” regardless of the obvious lack of acceptable standards, I and my children soon became victims of pure negligence at the hand of this irrefutably broken system. My son was sodomized by the foster parents he was placed with, my infant daughter was kept in a cage and both of my children were tortured in countless ways. Some of the instances that stand out have caused me years of anguish and pain. My daughter who was a bright, responsive, well developed, nursing neonate had regressed to a shell of her former self. She came to my first visit unresponsive to human touch and each visit there after progressively worse. From moldy formula in the folds of her neck to a flat bald spot on the back of her head my daughter’s abuse is still affecting her today. She was made to endure diaper rash down to her knees, a urinary tract infection combined with a yeast infection that was allowed to progress into a kidney infection ultimately causing a fever induced seizure. I was forced to watch my children suffer immensely. My son told me in a child’s words that he had been sodomized, beaten, scalded with hot water, held underwater in the bath tub and even burned with cigarettes… When I addressed the things that my children were obviously being subjected to, I was told in a very matter of fact way that my son was “merely trying to manipulate you (me) so he could come home.” In that moment my fear and concern turned to absolute desperation. I had been complaining of their situation all along, but now I was certain that these “child experts” were dangerously wrong. A two year old child, no matter how articulate, can no more fabricate sodomy than fly to the moon… The sexual assault of my children was covered up, I fell deeper into depression and my righteous anger about the situation was turned against me. The state dangle my children like a carrot for a horse, I pushed forward ever reaching for them as I was lead to the end of a deserted road. On that deserted road I was condemned by my reactions, erased of my accomplishments and left to gather my memories from the shattered remains of my confidence. I was no longer their mother dedicated to the delicate balance between the nurturing and teaching of both toddle and infant, I was now an “unfit mother, with anger issues who might someday hurt her children.” It took me many years of walking with my head down, crying myself to sleep and inflicting pain upon myself to find the strength to heal from this devastating experience. I decided to live for my truth and in 2006-2007, after many years of living elsewhere, I moved back to the place of my demise and in spring 2007-2008, began attending school at Southwestern Oregon Community College. I am determined to find justice for those who have experienced everlasting devastation at the hands of the state of Oregon DHS/CPS, so I chose to major in Journalism with minors in both Sociology and Child Development. In the early summer of 2008 I was assaulted by a former boyfriend and became pregnant. In an instant I was once again flooded with fear and overwhelming emotion; even so I attended the fall term earning a 4.0 and poured myself into the care of my growing child. I then applied to college in Idaho at NIC and was accepted. My very best friend had moved up there only one year prior and now in my final trimester I had moved up there, established myself, was attending school full time and finishing preparations for my new addition. The decision to love another child, nurture and pour myself into her was a terrifying one considering what I had already been through. I research the laws on previous termination of parental rights, attended parenting classes my entire pregnancy, bought enough clothes for her to be warm and comfy for over two years and on April 4th 2009 gave birth to a healthy, 8lbs. 5oz. baby girl. Just as I was settling into the newest chapter in my life, I decided to take some time off from school so I could be there full time for my daughter. My mother offered me her spare room and a safe place to raise my daughter where I had lived for the last two and a half years in Coos Bay. So, at nearly five weeks old we made the journey from Idaho back to Oregon. My daughter had been found healthy and well developed by her pediatrician, hospital emergency room physicians, WIC checkups and even parenting class volunteers, so I was certain we would be safe to venture south. I got to Coos Bay on the Saturday of her fifth week of birth, applied for supplemental income and medical benefits on Monday and by Wednesday the 13th of May DHS had come to seize my child. On my sons tenth birthday, the very same people who had separated us years before had come to take my infant daughter. I let them in, showed them our room which was not yet unpacked entirely, explained her milestones such as weight gain since birth, holding her head up, successful nursing and so on. I even told them I was in school and how well I had done. I also let them know that I was aware of the laws and that they had no reason to take my daughter, but that I was more than willing to prove my competence through participation in any designated services. After the better half of an hour my mother showed up and asked what they were doing there at her home. They stated that they needed to be there for the welfare of the child and that they did not need to take her but that they might. My mother got upset and responded that they had done quite enough damage in my life and that they had no reason to take a safe, healthy, nursing infant from a loving mother. The worker responded that she would be the one determining that, not my mother. The case worker furthered that she simply did not like mother’s attitude so she was now deciding to “place the child.” My mother protested, saying you can’t do that it is ludicrous. There is no reason to do this. I begged her for mercy, professing that I would participate in any service necessary to determine that she was safe. She is nursing, please don’t do this, it is unnecessary. Please. The worker continued, “well okay I won’t place the child, but the mother has to leave and you care for her as her grandmother.” My mom who works full time broke down and professed that she could not do that. A supposed “well child check” was proving to be more of a word game inside a bigger agenda. The agenda was to seize my child no matter how well she was doing. When my mother declined to care for her the worker started filling out a piece of paper and said “well then I am placing the child.” The case worker, who had no order to pick up my child had entered my home under the guise of a well child check, fully intending to take my child. The case worker had already begun preparation to petition for another termination of my parental rights. Unwilling to view the current circumstances, accomplishments, growth, living situation and stability since my adult life; her inability to evoke an adolescent reaction from me led her to become aggressive towards my mother. Again my mother said no, the worker said “yes I am” and my mother asked on what grounds. The worker said “if you don’t think we need to be here then you are in denial and we are taking the baby.” The argument went on as I trembled in horror, I looked down at my sleeping daughter and thought, she trusts me to be here when she wakes, she trusts me to protect and care for her. My mother said that they were not taking my baby and that they would have to kill her first. The workers who seemed to be enjoying the fear we were displaying, laughed and more police filled in through the back door, seemingly prepared to do just that. I remembered the fate of my daughter almost eight years prior and made the decision to protect Uvea as best as I could. I looked at the second worker and said, “I cannot let you take my daughter.” I wrapped my daughter in a blanket, opened the front door and ran with her to safety. Tonight in Blue Lakes California I failed to protect her. The police came to the safe and secure home of a long time family friend to find myself and my nursing daughter. They entered the home around 9pm and proceeded to remove my child from me. I begged that they arrest me and leave my child with my friends who have three beautiful children of their own. I plead that they not take her and place her with strangers as it can be devastating to an infant’s growth and development to be removed from their primary bond. I have seen the devastating effects of such a removal before. I have lived the guilt of not being able to protect my children from this very same situation once before. The police let me nurse her and change her diaper; I then dressed her, packed a diaper bag with over 17 onesies and eight outfits. I was then walked out to the DHS van where I placed her in a car seat, fitted it around her and safely buckled her in, and then they drove away with her. Coos Bay DHS was able to put out a missing and endangered child report and convince a judge to order a pick up on my daughter, yet I was not arrested for child endangerment nor was I charged with any other crime. I asked the officer to take photographs of the condition of my child for their records, her full head of long strawberry blonde hair, her chubby little legs and her alert, bright eyed little face. Once again I sit her alone, breasts painfully swollen with milk, wondering if my child is safe, wondering if she is being fed or held or even burped and changed. She is being fed formula when I have the ability to feed her naturally, someone who does not love her is either getting up with her or leaving her to cry when my hormones prepare me to be ready for her whenever she needs me, day or night. Somewhere my little baby girl is without the safe, nurturing, loving embrace of her mother. I am feeling the very same devastation that I felt so long ago and my daughter is experiencing the very worst of it. Our bond has been severed after 11 ½ months of being utterly connected… I need to tell my story, I need to be able to seek justice openly and more than anything I deserve to live a peaceful, normal life with my child. Why should anyone help me..? Why should anyone care..? Everyone should care because it could just as easily happen to them. Until the problem is addressed and DHS made to take responsibility for their actions, many fragile lives hang in the balance. Please help me, please. My name is Adrian A. Spezza and my daughter is Uvea~Lauel Cheyrsh Spezza aka Vea. I stand accused, made guilty by what has been stolen from me and forced to prove my innocence in the face of many lies. I do not know why this has happened to my family, I only know that without outside help this destructive system stands to, once again, eat me alive. I have many witnesses to my competence as a mother who would be willing to testify in court, though it would be futile if held before a Coos Co. court. The system is corrupt and the only way for my daughter and I to get our lives back is to expose it for what it is. I am NOT a perfect person, I have been convicted of harassment in my past and DHS is determined to use my past discrepancies in behavior against me. I am now a college student and a mother with goals, direction and determination to transcend my past experiences. I am terrified that there will be little if any justice for myself and my child without outside help… My perseverance and persistence to stand up for myself and my daughter is being used against me. I am refusing to accept the lies that have been presented against me and in doing so I am being persecuted as aggressive, unstable and chaotic. I have attended school full time for over a year, attended parenting classes my entire pregnancy, have maintained a constant residence for over two years, own and insure my vehicle and through networking was able to obtain OB/GYN care despite the obvious resistance by local officials. I have to seek justice. I have never been convicted of child abuse or neglect. The current accusations being made by DHS against me are without validity, there has been no recent contact between myself and DHS prior to my child’s abduction. My child was clearly well cared for by a network of loving family members and myself. There is a severe issue of DHS workers abusing their power and imposing false accusations to support their personal vendettas. My truth is being diluted with syrup of unrelenting anger, intimidation and vindictive agendas on the part of DHS workers. Antagonizing me through the use of my daughters pending situation and the threat of permanent removal the workers are seeking a confrontation that might prove their accusations. I have moved beyond the devastation of my previous experience with DHS and fought to rebuild my life. I am a great mother. I have overwhelming love and affection for my daughter. I am a student who is working towards a career. I have stable long term residency. I have a crib, clothes up to 24 moths of age, a car seat, baby wash, and cloth diapers up to 30lbs., blankets, adequate food and nourishment for my child, as well as safety swabs, safety clippers, tooth brushes, infant gas drops, infant vitamin drops and the clarity of mind to continue implementing impeccable care of my child. I cannot do this alone and I know that many more lives than just my own are being affected by this. I am seeking truth and justice, please help me…? If you have any questions please contact me right away at a.voice.for.children@gmail.com... Thank you most sincerely and GOD bless… Adrian Spezza If you are ABLE to help me PLEASE contact me at (a.voice.for.children@gmail.com)…

6:40 pm PDT, May 27, Angel and steven Willis, Oregon   Report abuse
pre thots as to the right kind of parent need to stop whethere u are collered or disabeled tall or short it should not matter we are humens one and all we are abel to lern to be helped and to be good parents -- would a saels man refus a shot person NO but at one time it was law to refus to sell any thing to a person othere than white -- we whent to war agenst a man that whanted to do the same things dhs whants to do -- we lost meny yuong standing for what is right that even if u are desabeled or short or tall or black and or white -- lets not let there sarefise be in van lets not let a man nameed hitler be right lets stand up agin for the right path and let the flag fly hi FREEDOM for all that can have children beabel to rase them even if it need help to solve things

8:48 pm PDT, May 24, Jennifer Ewart, Arkansas   Report abuse
my kids was taken from me for no reason and my lawyer did not help me get my kids i need help with what to do

3:58 pm PDT, May 20, Name not displayed, Arkansas   Report abuse
.dhs took both my babies for no reason other than their missdirected power we my husband and i wanted our daughter checked because we saw her touching herself my husband directed me to have her checked at the emergency room where no evidence was found now they are investigating my husband and dhs has both our kids in foster care we have done nothing wrong they have torn us apart and are continuing to do so we had everything beutifull home on 6 acres completly paid for and everything my kids needed or wanted we are losing it all having to sell to pay attorneys my husband had a murmur before this started now he has had a possible heart attack due to the unwarranted stress of not seeing his kids losing it all and wandering if he will soon be charged with a sex crime that may not have happened at all .police ignored the right suspects if someething has been done to my daughter they are barking up the wrong tree and my kids are sufferring greatly as a result.we miss and want our kids back during visitations once a week my daughter crys i wanna go home with you momma i miss my daddy.during the last visit my daughter pulled away from the dhs worker trying to chase after her momma and skinned up her knees

7:50 pm PDT, May 14, ERIKA HIGGINS, Illinois   Report abuse
MY CHILDREN HAS BEEN IN THE SYSTEM AND NOW THEY IS TRYING TO GIVE GUARDIANSHIP TO MY SISTER WHICH I AM TRYING TO FIGHT NOW I JUST HAD ANOTHER BABY AND THEY IS TRYING TO TAKE THIS BABY FROM ME. I HAD A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN AND THEY TOOK MU CHILDREN I DID NOT ABUSE THEM IN ANY KIND OF WAY AND THEY IS TRYING TO TAKE MY OTHER CHILD FROM ME AND I WAS NOT ON DRUGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP THIS.

12:06 pm PDT, May 14, Angel Mandujano, Mississippi   Report abuse
I am a mother of 3 kids 7,9 and 12 my daughter was fondaled and the DHS came in my home ONLY because I asked them to come so that I could get them to investigate the alleged pepertrator since he was out around ather kids, instead now they are all after me. i have been working with them for almost a year now and have complied with everything they have asked. one day out of the blue these 2 other workers that I have never seen before showed up at my door saying my house was filthy and it was none of the such she took pictures of the few dishes that i had in the sink and in the girls room where they had been playing school paper,colors and a back pack was on the floor.A few days later she came back bringing the sherriff with her telling me to sign this so called safty plan I told her that i would take it in the morning to my lawyer and let him look at it.She then pointed her finger in my face and said YOU EITHER SIGN THESE PAPERS OR I'M CALLING THE JUDGE TO REMOVE THE KIDS OUT OF HERE TONIGHT, being scared and threatened i signed.This saftey plan consist of getting a new fridge,and while I was under the influence of mind altering substances(alcohol and illegal drugs)I will protect my children from sexual abuse.This really makes me angry I have never done any drugs neither do I drink AND I always protect my children.the next week she came back over and threatened to take my kids once again because she claimed I was in violation for not getting my sons meds (adderall) infact I took my sons script to the pharmacy 2 days prior I tried explaining to her the process that it takes to get his scripts because the dr only comes once a month.She was irate with me saying WELL WHOE'S FAULT IS THAT OVER AND OVER. she finally calmed down and left.the next week she held a meeting at the school (FAMILY TEEM MEETING)I'm still not understanding what is going on because i have done nothing wrong and i feel like they are violating my rights.I am a white lady that lives in a african american community and when i asked what is all this about DHS stated that the people of this community do not approve of where and how you live.Well its not the black community because i have asked if they had a problem with me. it's the white community I guess.Back to the meeting their were pricipals, sherriff, DEA, teachers, counselors, and preservation , On my side I had my family and freinds black and white. when the meeting started the DHS worker that talked so horribly and threatened me was telling everyone what the meeting was about and she passed this paper around that everyone had to sign and stated that all this was confidental and that they were setting up this meeting hoping that angel will agree to except what they have to offer instead of going to a judge and making her do it under an order Before the meetting I prepared a speech telling about myself and expressing my concerns on how this lady spoke to me and treated me I had statements backing me up on the allegations I also told everyone in their how she threatened to take my kids for no reason several times,,,at this point the meeting was almost over I had agreed to work with preservation and anything they asked me to do,,,, but i also asked for an unbaised investigation and i asked that the state to give me a drug test to prove them wrong also I stated that i no longer wanted the that lady on my case and they stated that they were going to remove her so that she has no dealing with my case anymore after I made my speech even during this whole process this hateful DHS WORKER made smurks rolled her eyes and still would not hardly let me voice my opinions the DHS worker ran out crying went straight to the judge to get an (informal adjustment) and came to my home that same day and they now are making it where I cant leave the county.they said that my sister and her husband and 3 kids that had been living with me for 6 months now had 1 day which was that day to move out and this was approx 4:oo pm when the order was handed to me the DHS worker said that unless i follow this order the kids will be removed and this matter will be viewed every 3 months. If anyone can please help me from the DHS trying steal my kids for no reason if you think this injust in what they are doing please feel free to write me. do you think that this is violating my rights? I want to sue them,,,,,any information greatly appreciated.CONTACT ME AT XangelkissesX31@aol.com

8:17 am PDT, May 8, Angela marie Coleman, Nevada   Report abuse
my children were t p r in dec moines iowa and the same thing i was t p r for the system as done the same thing.whats going to happen to my children now dhs said they can take better care of my children now they are in a shelter for kids.

7:11 pm PDT, May 7, Andrea Sorrell, Oregon   Report abuse

6:33 pm PDT, May 2, Nooriah Ali, Kuwait   Report abuse
@@ am confused !!!!! can anybody really do that?!!!!!!! i would be mad like hell if some stranger told me he will raise my kid... the land of free,,,and yes we can?!!!! yeah,,,right?! yet America steals children right of their mothers arms... what a vile democracy & weird regulations do you have to deal with!! I THANK ALLAH A MILLION TIME FOR BEING A MUSLIM 'COZ MY RIGHTS ARE ALWAYS PROTECTED....AND I REALLY FELL SORRY FOR YOU<<SORRY THAT YOU HAVE TO SUFFER AND BE BANNED FROM THE GREATEST JOY>>HOLDING YOUR KIDS....MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU....

10:16 am PDT, Apr 29, Dawn Robertson, Maine   Report abuse

8:26 pm PDT, Apr 28, Name not displayed, Missouri   Report abuse
"Mothers must not be forced to choose between homelessness or staying with an abusive partner - either way they lose custody & the child is hurt" I was forced to choose. I choose homelessness, three of my children were placed with my abusive exes mother, she was given Guardianship...and because I could not afford an attoney nor get LSEM to help was not allow to attend the hearings. It had been almost 3 years to no avail. I was pregnant at the time of my homelessness and when my baby was born she was placed in foster care for a month and DFS monitored me for an entire year...once more I was victimized. Only this time it was "legally done by the state of Missouri!" This behavior must come to and end, there must be a better way to protect our families, our children, us!

9:37 pm PDT, Apr 27, Starsha Buck, Alaska   Report abuse
in april 07 my daughter was born...i was 19 i went back to work a week after i had her and then got a second job and was working 60 hours a week, when my my "boyfriend" called me at work one day to tell me that our daughter was breathing funny, i gave him the number to our doctor and didnt hear anything back so i assumed that everything was ok...until the fire marshall showed out at my work drug me out saying my 8 week old daughter was in the emergency room....after numerous tests and hours of questioning i was told that she was severely injured with broken ribs and symptoms consistent with shaken baby sydrome....she was removed from my custody...she was placed with my family...to be specific my father and his wife...both of whom NEVER raised their own children. I have take 3 courses of parenting classes 2 behavioral health assessments a psyche evaluation been in couseling for over 2 years i have also done substance abuse assessments and endless classes to try to better myself for the courts and more than anyone, my daughter. her father admitted to hurting her...almost to the point of killing her, i have spent this entire time trying to prove that i wasnt an accomplice to what he did....there were criminal charges and he has been in jail for over a year...then the district attorney says that i need to go to jail too so that next time i get into a relationship i will stop and ask myself if this guy is abusive..BECAUSE LOSING MY KID WASNT ENOUGH...and think about what its like to spend so much time in jail....I am being punished for poor judgement which i have learned from my mistakes and jumped through every hoop that has been asked of me...to make matters worse, my father and step mother who have my child are lying to the courts saying i am using drugs that i am going to get back together with this man that hurt my daughter. i have taken random ua's and passed and put him in jail because of this and i thought family was supposed to stand by you no matter what. but here i am fighting the courts and my family. my daughter is 2 years old now and i am lucky that she knows who mommy is...but its not enough i am willing to take any advice or suggestions anyone may have....public defenders can only get you so far StarshaDawn@yahoo.com

9:21 am PDT, Apr 24, Carla Pitsinger, Ohio   Report abuse
Granted/Ordered reunification, home visits, family counseling, phone calls etc.---nothing happened My youngest daughter who is disabled is on her 5th foster family thru no fault of her own but thru mistreatment and neglect from the foster families. I have an April 28th review and my attorney filed (again)a motion to show contempt of court on my Montgomery County childrens services that was continued til June 4th in Juvenile Court. The first time it was dropped by the Magistrate. Hope you can let me if you can help: get another caseworker, what the courts or I can really do, and find an attorney to sue the foster parents Sincerely, Carla - a angry mother

11:41 pm PDT, Apr 20, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania   Report abuse
We need strong communities to support our children and share all of what makes love possible. Self organized communities will be able to provide for their own needs if uninhibited by forces such as those seeking to benefit from exploitation. Parties outside of such a community could certainly benefit from communion and collaboration, and find joy in it. Is this something DHS is interested in?

7:35 am PDT, Mar 31, Stephanie Bird, Arkansas   Report abuse

1:24 pm PDT, Mar 26, Angie Forcier, Oregon   Report abuse
My 4 children were taken in Jan of 07. I recently got back my two oldest in Jun of 08. I am still fighting for my twins. We don't get to see them much. They're using the way I was raised, ADHD and my oldests anger issues as reasons why I should not have all four. I have done everything they asked and more. Why can't we use that love and devotion from the parents that do want to have their children back to giving them back and helping them, instead of putting more children in foster care and having others pay to have them there?

12:17 am PDT, Mar 25, Name not displayed, Oregon   Report abuse
I feel so sorry for the familie's who's kids are literally being ripped from their homes kicking, screaming and crying, these people (CPS) can come in, in the middle of the night and rip these children from their beds, over accusations!!! CPS has NO right to do this to our children!!! The kind of emotional damage this does to kids is irreversable these people aren't doing what's best for these kids in the majority of cases, these kids are then put in foster homes to suffer neglect,abuse,sexual abuse, abandoment,and physical and emotional abuse. CPS are DESTROYING these children and their chances for ever having an normal decent life. But day after day thousands of children are ripped from loving parents and put in foster homes to suffer over accusations, or lack of money, or housing that they don't consider fit. And to make matters worse these children are being put in the homes of strangers. Thousands of children are being killed and dying every year after being put in foster homes where abuse,neglect,exc..is occuring!!! CPS SHOULD HAVE NO RIGHTS TO TAKE ANYONES CHILDREN UNDER ACCUSATIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED THROUGHLY!!!!! and unless those children are in immediate harm they need to be left in the home of their parents while the investigation is taking place. CPS really needs to have LESS power and parents need to have MORE rights as to THEIR CHILDREN!!! It absolutley makes me sick the kind of damage these kids are going through that are ripped away from thier loving parents for false accusations, God please help these children and their parents.

9:19 pm PDT, Mar 17, Aimee Hankins, Missouri   Report abuse
The DHS System that is currently in place is Destroying Families and WE HAVE GOT TO STOP THEM and reform the goals of That Agency!

10:12 am PDT, Mar 17, Lori Blackwell Lehn, Oregon   Report abuse
CPS in McMinnville Oregon, took my sons saying that I'm a unfit mother because my 3 year old son got outside and because my house was dirty. They won't give them back to me and on my visits at the DHS office when the foster mother brings my sons in, my 3 year old has brusies on him and my 7 month year old boy has diaper rash so bad it's bright red and when I say anything about it I'm in the wrong.

6:10 am PDT, Mar 13, Jamie Fenton-main, Nebraska   Report abuse
This truly is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. What are single parents supposed to do? It seems the "System" needs revision to help the parents, not take their children away from them and devastate both the parent and child. Prevention, education and opportunity. I understand when there are true cases of neglect and abuse, but how many children die because the system DIDN'T follow up on cases? There has to be a revision. The current system is, and has, failed miserably.

8:23 pm PST, Mar 6, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania   Report abuse

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12:34 pm PST, Mar 5, Latina Collins, Pennsylvania   Report abuse
my daughter was taken because she decided that she wanted to fight me and tear up my house i fought back protecting myselt because she did not tell the whole truththey locked me up and charged me with abuse. while my daughter is out here in a foster home because of her choice with out my knowledge. i need help mto get her back and into a more stricter enviroment

9:18 am PST, Mar 2, Name not displayed, Arkansas   Report abuse

6:47 am PST, Mar 1, Name not displayed, Arkansas   Report abuse
Grand Children Kidnapped by DHS last Tuesday. No contact since.

1:46 pm PST, Feb 25, Kirk Barrett, United Kingdom   Report abuse