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This all happened in 1988-89. We did move, but we didn't change our names and didn't hide our new address from CPS, either. But what we went through did change how we parented and not for the better. We lost the closeness we had had with our children. We were all so afraid after that. It also destroyed our trust in just about everyone, because we never knew what innocent thing would be twisted around to make us look guilty of something. It was all so sick and so sad, and it didn't need to be that way.
Nobody thinks about the overall long-term effects of an investigation. Then again, I'm not sure ours could even be called an investigation because of all the lying and back-stabbing going on by the CPS worker who told us one thing and then told her superiors and the court something entirely different. Hence, tape recordings of every word any of them uttered to us. It was amazing how fast that case dried up once we went on the offensive, started recording them, told them where to cram the confession they wanted us to sign or risk losing our other seven kids, and told them to either arrest us or leave us alone, but it was never officially closed.
I'm sure there are government workers somewhere who actually care about children, and I'm sure they work hard for the children and families they serve. Unfortunately, none of them seemed to work for the county we lived in at that time.
Last edited by Empty_Nest : 02-11-2008 at 09:11 AM.
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