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False allegations of foster parent abuse=Investigation!!!!
My husband and i have taken in over 30 children in the last 2 1/2 years. We have never abused or hurt any of our kids. Infact we have adopted 2 and were soon to adopt one of our other foster children.
We were warned in our foster parenting class that a child might make false allegations against you and if they do.....then they have to remove all the foster kids until the investigation is complete.
Last sunday we went to the park and one of our kids got some bruises from playing. When the school asked our 3yr old fs how he got them he told them daddy did it.
I'm not angry at our fs....but I'm angry with the school for not calling us and asking us what happened. The school knows that he is delayed in speech.....In some areas he is at a 1 year old age level. If you ask him a yes or no questions he always says yes.....and he doesn't understand conversational speech very well. So if someone asked him....Did your daddy do this he would say yes.....without even realizing what he was saying.
I know that his previous father spanked him and when they asked him question about his dad.....he probably was answering about his father not foster dad.
So now they took away our 3 foster kids until the investigation is over. The two boys we wanted to have leave anyways for specific reasons.....it had already been several days passed our 10 day notice. But at the same time they took away our 2 1/2 year old fd who has been with a us a long time and who we were getting ready to adopt this coming year.
I know we are innocent....although i have nothing to prove we are innocent other than showing them what park we played at and how we think he got the bruises. So I hope this investigation goes by quickly so we can get our little girl back.
Has anyone ever had to go through this or known people who have? I could really use some advice or support. I don't really wanting any of my friends or church friends to know about this because I don't want people to get the idea that wee might abuse our children in their heads.....although I know my close friends would realize how absurd it is....because they know us very well. I've only spoken to one friend and my husbands parents about it...but i feel like I still need support....my baby girl has been placed with another home.....i know she is being taken care of....I just hate having her to have to go through this.....she doesn't handle change well...and now her mommy and daddy have disapeared and she is in a whole new place.
It also makes me mad because if DHS would have removed the boys from our home when they were supposed to....we wouldn't have gone to that stupid park and he wouldn't have played and gotten the bruises and none of this would have happend and my little girl would still be with me.
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