I actually have asked them to leave. I took the baby outside with me so they could see that she was in great shape and then told them to get the hell out until they had talked to my doctor who could tell them what an outrageous claim they came for. (It always frustrates me that they come right out for bogus claims made by my crazy mom and sister but for kids that are really in danger they wait until the family has moved or tell me it's not abuse.)
They came and talked to my daughter at school about "cigarette burns" on her arms that were actually mosquito bites she had picked at. We had them treated by our pedi and by the Urgent care physician that week.
(Not because the bites were urgent, but because she had an asthma attack and he noticed they had become impetigo.)
Her teacher, whom I was taking a class with for educators, and could have just asked me about them, reported his suspicions.
They took both my children out of school bussed them to another location and interviewed them where they both said no one abused them. So they came to the house I guess to talk to me, see my 3rd child and see what else they could find. Now they've come a few times before because of my insane mother when I have refused to let her see my kids and they have caught me at bad times. LIke when my dad has been visiting and dropped a ton of laundry onto my living room sofa which they said was a health hazard. that time they had to come back in a week. So no way in hell am I letting ppl into my house to catch me cleaning up which I'm always doing to some degree.
Now another time I went to a house for a home visit and found 18 -24 inches of trash covering the living room floor and a child on braces with a disability lived in the home. They told me that the mother was disabled and the children were in no danger and that they were not finding on it. I was like wth, but clean laundry on a sofa is a health hazard? WTH?
So in our situation, I told the worker to contact our doctor and this could be cleared right up. The worker was very angry and tried to threaten me and did call and call for two days demanding to come in. I called my dr. and got the proof just in case she came back to my door. I also asked to speak to her supervisor. They did call back in a few days to say our doctor had confirmed that they were insect bites and we had sought treatment for them and the complaint was being dismissed.
I was very irritated with the whole complaint and investigation because from the get go my child told them they were mosquito bites and she got bitten at recess because they irrigate the danged fields. Duh. No one was investigating the school for stagnant water.
They came and talked to my daughter at school about "cigarette burns" on her arms that were actually mosquito bites she had picked at. We had them treated by our pedi and by the Urgent care physician that week.
(Not because the bites were urgent, but because she had an asthma attack and he noticed they had become impetigo.)
Her teacher, whom I was taking a class with for educators, and could have just asked me about them, reported his suspicions.
They took both my children out of school bussed them to another location and interviewed them where they both said no one abused them. So they came to the house I guess to talk to me, see my 3rd child and see what else they could find. Now they've come a few times before because of my insane mother when I have refused to let her see my kids and they have caught me at bad times. LIke when my dad has been visiting and dropped a ton of laundry onto my living room sofa which they said was a health hazard. that time they had to come back in a week. So no way in hell am I letting ppl into my house to catch me cleaning up which I'm always doing to some degree.
Now another time I went to a house for a home visit and found 18 -24 inches of trash covering the living room floor and a child on braces with a disability lived in the home. They told me that the mother was disabled and the children were in no danger and that they were not finding on it. I was like wth, but clean laundry on a sofa is a health hazard? WTH?
So in our situation, I told the worker to contact our doctor and this could be cleared right up. The worker was very angry and tried to threaten me and did call and call for two days demanding to come in. I called my dr. and got the proof just in case she came back to my door. I also asked to speak to her supervisor. They did call back in a few days to say our doctor had confirmed that they were insect bites and we had sought treatment for them and the complaint was being dismissed.
I was very irritated with the whole complaint and investigation because from the get go my child told them they were mosquito bites and she got bitten at recess because they irrigate the danged fields. Duh. No one was investigating the school for stagnant water.
Maybe I'd remember to get a business card from them first.
that: If you're ever questioned on it
I know I've said this before, but I am so sorry about all you've been through!
: Dd got out naked and the next day they showed up at our door. I did let him in, I was in shock and didn't know what to do. He asked questions, wrote stuff down, peeked around downstairs (I told him no to upstairs, he was fine w/ that) and he left. One week later a woman sw came by to follow up and had all this wrong info that the male sw wrote down. Sheesh. (things like I'm single and dp is in nearby state...when I said we aren't married but have been together 8 years, all his family is in nearby state. this was an answer to why we moved here from west coast) She corrected wrong info, didn't even ask to come in, did ask about ds who is 6 (hs age is 6 here) and I told her we would send letter in eventually and she said fine. She left and the next week we got a closed case letter (but says we are on permanet record in this state 
) Luckily it went okay and was easy and done. But I do fear that some nosey person will call again eventually b/c I homeschool and the school is 2 doors down. Luckily we are moving back west and out of this state for good (!) in May. But then there is the homebirth in December to worry about. Dp thinks someone will call for that and he may be right.
, the newspaper report mentioned the CPS calls on that family that were never investigated. So either those calls were on record -- or else maybe all the people who'd made calls came forward and said, "I called, and they never did anything."
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