[blparent] [Bulk] Re: Blind Parents Meeting

Wed Jun 3 13:32:17 UTC 2009

Hi,

Yes, and I've heard from workers that it is extremely difficult for a worker 
to remove a child from the home because they have to go to court and prove 
that it's best for the child.  There's apparently tons of paper work as 
well.  Most of the time cps gets called they come and investigate and find 
nothing wrong and that's that.  You do get over zealous workers who will 
require more then just your standard visit, and thw rorkers who keep showing 
up at your door every time there's a call to them about you, but generally 
they'll get to know you and leave you alone once they figure out that lots 
of people make big deals out of things they shouldn't be worried about.

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 3:52 AM
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting

> Just so that people know, a child cannot be removedfrom a home without 
> them going through their own procedures first.  Parents should know their 
> rights before allowing a child to be removed, and report any worker who is 
> overzealous enough to try.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Leanne Merren" <leemer02 at gmail.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting
>
>
>> Oh my goodness, I had no idea there were such nosey, over bearing, 
>> judgmental people out there!  I mean, you can't take your daughter 
>> swimming for fear of social services showing up at your door?  Did you 
>> ask this person if they sleep well at night, knowing that they could 
>> possibly rip poor, innocent children from good loving homes?  Do they 
>> want her thrown into a foster home with total strangers, all because 
>> someone chose to judge the capabilities of her parents?  Some people 
>> really have no clue, and yet they think they have the right to judge!
>> Sorry, vent over...maybe.  That just makes me sick.  I have never dealt 
>> with social services, even though Tyler and I are both visually impaired, 
>> and I pray to God we never do.  It is always in the back of my mind 
>> though.  So sad.
>> Leanne
>> "Faith is being sure of what we hope for
>> and certain of what we do not see."
>> Hebrews 11:1
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 3:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting
>>
>>
>>>I guess I would have said, "are you volunteering to come with me 
>>>everytime I
>>> want to take my daughter swimming?" V
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:50 AM
>>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting
>>>
>>> Sarah's father can see, and we've had one round with Social Services
>>> already.  Then the other day, someone I know saw me carrying a baby
>>> flotation device into my house from the trunk of the car.  It's an inner
>>> tube with a seat built in for the baby's legs.  Anyway, the person said 
>>> that
>>>
>>> of course, I would only take the baby in the pool if there was a sighted
>>> person to watch.  There's a pool for the condos where I live.  I said 
>>> not
>>> necessarily, because if I were right there, with my hands on the baby 
>>> the
>>> whole time, I would be satisfied with that.  She said she would call 
>>> Social
>>> Services if she ever saw me taking the baby in the pool by myself--which
>>> means, I guess, that I'll only go when there's a sighted person to 
>>> watch. I
>>>
>>> don't want those people knocking at my door again.
>>>
>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>
>>> "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed
>>> until it is faced."--James Baldwin
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IS)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:46 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Blind Parents Meeting
>>>
>>>
>>>>I don't think any of us are excluded per sea, but putting out these
>>>> stats with no other data is nothing more then fear mongering in my
>>>> oppinion. What value is to be gained in that?
>>>
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