crayola box
Well-Known Member
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/11/obese_cleveland_heights_child.html
This is the first of the removal stories I've read that actually scared me. This story, to me, seems closer to that slippery slope that's been mentioned and dismissed in the past. I only know what is in this article but it sounds like the mom was trying, and far from unfit. The child was enrolled in a medically supervised program, was happy, an honor student...idk it just didn't sound like the facts presented merit neglect. I'd like to think there must be something else here that's been left out or the doctors wouldn't have called protective services to begin with but it's unclear. Given the purposes and state of foster care programs I think social services were completely overzealous in removing him.
This is the first of the removal stories I've read that actually scared me. This story, to me, seems closer to that slippery slope that's been mentioned and dismissed in the past. I only know what is in this article but it sounds like the mom was trying, and far from unfit. The child was enrolled in a medically supervised program, was happy, an honor student...idk it just didn't sound like the facts presented merit neglect. I'd like to think there must be something else here that's been left out or the doctors wouldn't have called protective services to begin with but it's unclear. Given the purposes and state of foster care programs I think social services were completely overzealous in removing him.
