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Originally Posted by queenjane  waldorf pc, i would agree with everything you wrote if we were just talking about a parent feeling forced to vax by their dr or to enroll in school....but we're talking about becoming licensed as a FP. Really, they can choose to deny you a license for any reason, and make it sound "reasonable"...they could simply say they dont feel you are ready to foster at this time (even if the "real" reason is something else, like vax status, or you cosleep, or you homeschool or whatever)....legally, you dont have to provide your kids with their own bed, or have a window in a bedroom, and you can stick your kids in the basement to sleep...but *to foster* you cannot generally do these things...to *foster* you often have to follow whatever they say, because they are basically "the parent" to those foster kids. Some foster regs get very specific (and IMO somewhat ridiculous) even specifying what type of bedding and mattress you must have. I mean, i had to sign a form agreeing to very very specific sleep measures for infants (like a blanket can only be pulled up so far, so as to not risk covering the face, an infant who cannot roll over put flips onto his stomach must be replaced onto his back, etc.)
I dont vax my pets either, but relented and got the rabies shot for the cats (who are indoor and at zero risk of getting rabies), that wasnt my hill to die on. If they would have tried to force me to get vax for cat-specific diseases i think i would have raised a stink over it (since it really has nothing to do with the safety/health of a foster child)....
Another problem is, if you rock the boat TOO much, you risk either getting denied, or if they DO license you, getting "blacklisted" and not getting any kids sent your way anyway. So its not as simple as just asserting your rights.
Katherine
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Oh, I do know what you are saying. I know how DSS can be. They can say that something is the law when it really is not, hence making up their own laws. At least this is what has been experienced by people i know and from what I've seen. I've pretty much had very negative experiences with them except for one. The only positive experience i ever had was when I reported my friend--now ex friend--for horridly abusing her infant. The social worker was nice and really did her job well. I was pleased. I wish I had had more positive experiences like this.
Did you know, the reason I'm now completely blind is due to the fact I lost my sight due to the neglegance of a social worker? For this reason, i really dislike them. i actually belong to
www.fightcps.com since I've seen so much negative things go on in the organization. Needless to say, that social worker left his job and fled the state after my losing my sight, as he had a guilty concience because he had no business doing to me what he did.
one more thing:
Isn't it dangerous for a baby to sleep on his back? I asked that because i almost died that way because i was choking on my puke in my sleep when I was an infant. My mother caught me just in time. Thankfully.
For those who gave me feedback about the site not working in my sig, I went back and fixed the sig and the link now works. Go ahead and press the link under this post, and you will be taken to the Vaccination Liberation Site. Sorry for the previous inconvenience.
