Stop CPS from dismantling children of single moms who's rights and lives are violated.

My main issue about CPS is, how easy it was for workers involved in my case, to knowingly change our lives forever. I have been on government assistance since my first child was born. It's very difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel when you realize how much government can assist you in tearing you back down over and over. After having a number of different jobs I found it was nearly impossible to get ahead when as soon as my income goes up my assistance with child care, food stamps, resources and rent would decrease so much to the point that I would be struggling more with a job then without.
I finally realized it would be most beneficial to me and my children's future, to return back to college in hopes of landing a higher paying career.
When I gave birth to my fourth child she was taken from me at the hospital because of my drug use. CPS claimed to do an investigation that deemed me a neglectful mother and soon all my kids were separated from me and the home I had kept for all their lives. At first I felt like a monster who deserved to be childless nobody seemed to have any idea of the love that had flourished between my children and me. I have failed at a lot of my attempts to get on my feet but I always valued myself in being the best mom I knew how. Some people would even tell me my children were a reflection of how much love and support i had for them. My children are my motivation and encouragemnt and it made me happy to know that whatever happens, nobody would ever he able to take that away from me. But it was. By people I had put my trust in to help me. Which was hurtful and disappointing because they used everything against me in spiteful ways that made me doubt myself as a mom. The dad's of my children, who had barely been any help in their lives were told all my embarrassing struggles and made out to look like fathers who were kept away from their kids when that couldnt of been further from the truth. They were given attorneys who were so helpful I almost thought they were assisting in making sure the judge knew how much my children needed to be together and at home. But that was just to blind me in court to thinking since my attorney isn't very much help in court I could count on them. That was also not very true
At the end of that longest year of my life I agreed to give temporary custody to my mom and the father just so the case would end. Of course my mom and my kids dad's returned my children home. But we're forever tainted in numerous ways. Two of my kids who were with their dad are behind drastically in school for lack of nobody reading to them, being attentive to them or assisting them with their first years of school. My children are more disrespectful towards eachother and me. Their language is dirty, their self esteem has been lowered and now I'm struggling more because I can't file to get child support or assistance to help with the necessities of their proper care because The motion to grant my parental custody back has not been addressed for numerous reasons.
The fundings for CPS should be used to help families become more educated with resources. I believe that if families were aware of their potential, given all the right resources, the outcome would be so much more positive and rewarding. It would be beneficial to the economy and the community if families knew how to struggle without feeling hopeless and alone. Children in poverty don't realize or grasp the concept of being poor when they have a happy home. Struggling single moms should be aware of their resources and how to utilize them so that self sufficiency is attainable. My goal is to open the eyes of parents who are struggling. To demand CPS will do what was first intended when the law was an ace to help children in need. Not phycollogicly and emotionally tear them apart. The hurt and long lasting damage that CPS has done to my family has brought heartache and pain can never be forgotten. Why is this happening all over the country so obviously without accountability to who is really causing more broken families that shouldn't be. Dismantling families with lies and deceit is what CPS has done. My children deserve justice and I want them to realize that even people in authority should be punished. Because nothing they have ever done was worth what they had to go through.

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