tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post1160285682420793272..comments2024-02-26T06:06:10.884-05:00Comments on Adventures of a Thrifty Mama on a City 'Stead: Sick of DrugsChris K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12054057713267875769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-83821301834393790042011-06-29T23:52:25.250-04:002011-06-29T23:52:25.250-04:00I used to run a daycare in my home. I was a singl...I used to run a daycare in my home. I was a single mother with three young children, and it was the only way I could think of to make an income AND stay at home with my children. I LOVED IT. It was great for me, it was wonderful for my children, and I felt like I was making a difference in the lives of other people's children as well. But then CPS showed up at my door with thirteen different accusations of abuse and neglect.<br /><br />I was stunned. My child care license was suspended, and my clients had to take time off from work to find alternate daycare. I had CPS workers poking around my house, asking very personal questions about everything (including my sex life - one of the accusations was that I had liaisons with lovers during my business hours). <br /><br />A couple days later, I heard from a friend that my ex was gloating about causing me "trouble" - he stated it was "payback" because I wouldn't take him back. When confronted, he admitted to me that he'd made the call to Child Protective Services.<br /><br />I understand why they suspended my license - if I had gotten a call with those kind of accusations, I would have done the same. But it took two months for them to fully clear my name and reinstate my license, and by that time my ex had made sure to smear my professional name into mud. Two months without income - and a landlord who believed the accusations - meant that I was homeless by the time I was cleared of the charges. <br /><br />Because I was living in a homeless shelter at that point, CPS kept poking into my life, making sure my own children were well-clothed and fed. Worse, while I was in the shelter, the storage unit that held all our belongings burned down. We lost everything.<br /><br />It took me years to recover from the false accusations. People should realize the effects of calling Child Protective Services BEFORE they make the call.Patricialynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656235987162214880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-18297243185287139402011-03-31T10:51:18.689-04:002011-03-31T10:51:18.689-04:00Our health is our responsibility...noone else shou...Our health is our responsibility...noone else should take over that responsibility. If I pay attention to my body, my personal reactions to illness, then I learn over time what is best for me. I may, from time to time, need a consultation, but I am the expert when it comes to my health. Check out Dr. Gladys McGarey's books and her philosophy. http://www.mcgareyfoundation.org/living_medicine.htmlThe Sage Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252906325012065829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-25362124408945282542011-03-31T06:41:35.036-04:002011-03-31T06:41:35.036-04:00I'm so afraid of where this is all going. Amer...I'm so afraid of where this is all going. America is no longer the land of the free.wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920102978116423052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-13301213129159477732011-03-31T05:37:20.051-04:002011-03-31T05:37:20.051-04:00Interesting...my son was born in The Netherlands a...Interesting...my son was born in The Netherlands and they have a completely different approach to birthing, treating children with drugs, etc. Over 80% give birth at home with a midwife, naturally. My American friends who wanted epidurals couldn't get them (I did a natural birth so it wasn't an issue for me). I find it very frustrating how the government wants to intervene in how we raise our children and force Americans to have insurance that we don't need (which cuts out all options for natural remedies). We use alternative medicine and stay away from pharmaceuticals. My children are rarely sick and like you I attribute it to a healthy lifestyle.Karin / Southern Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514989784715204223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-70367471734999192362011-03-31T03:06:15.340-04:002011-03-31T03:06:15.340-04:00Hi, Leslie! So you have my personal email to send...Hi, Leslie! So you have my personal email to send that too, cuz that sounds like a fun little read. lol Welcome to my trailer park homestead! ;-) It is really scary the number of people on drugs, legal or illegal, and really I find the legal ones MORE scary, the way they are pressured or even FORCED on people and people are so brainwashed (trying to be nice and keep the word "sheeple" out of it!) to think they "need" this drug or that drug, when 9 times out of 10, if they get off their hind end and LIVE the way people are supposed to live, DOING things and eating ACTUAL food and not the crap falsely marketed at the store as food, they'd be way better off!Chris K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12054057713267875769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-8912078230968409232011-03-31T02:38:50.174-04:002011-03-31T02:38:50.174-04:00I need to email you what I wrote to a bunch of fri...I need to email you what I wrote to a bunch of friends tonight about me vs. a foster care mom today. She said that the reason why the baby was in foster care was her mom is on drugs. I said I really hope and send positive healing energy (I'm level 2 Reiki, though I didn't say this to her) that the mother can get clean so she can raise her baby. The foster mother said that children in foster care don't deserve their parents back. I wasn't nice. I said most of the kids in foster care have attachment issues and drugged up on legal drugs. I said that is just as bad as illegal drugs and it's legal abuse what the system does to those children. Among other things...oh this is Leslie from PSU2/ and other groups :)Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840578759354571274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-8463868984106761402011-03-31T01:19:12.002-04:002011-03-31T01:19:12.002-04:00I feel exactly the way you do. Both of these case...I feel exactly the way you do. Both of these cases could easily to happen to those of us who choose to do things that aren't doing things in the mainstream way. These stories terrify me as a homeschooling, homebirthing, non-vaccinating parent. I actually make sure I stay up on well-child checks and dental care as well as not over advertising how I feel about a lot of things, to try and protect my family without compromising my beliefs and values. The more of us there are, the more the government will be pushing back to try and get us all under their "control". It's sad and scary :(Miranda @ Pressing Onhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919836627194878839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-77216403243963890692011-03-31T01:14:10.134-04:002011-03-31T01:14:10.134-04:00Wow Chris you were really abusing and neglecting y...Wow Chris you were really abusing and neglecting your babies. (rolls eyes) I wonder what kid was gettin the S*** beat outta them while the CPS people were @ your house annoying you guys. Ya know when my little Maia left the hospital on her medical records they sent for the pediatrician they actually put on there that i had inadequate prenatal care yada yada, making me look like a piece of crap crackhead that just showed up there. I had been under the care of a licensed midwife, who in the state of florida are licensed as independent practitioners, they do not need to be overseen by any Dr unlike an ARNP midwife.Anyway I had been under her care since I was 10 weeks along never missed an appt and they had all my records from her. If my pediatrician hadnt know us so well they probably would have called on us. Way too much government interference.Jennoreply@blogger.com