Personal Narrative: A Child In DHS Custody

Privacy has become a huge issue as people still debate whether they want privacy or protection. And one of the debate is argued by Coben, the author of “The Undercover Parent”. Coben thinks that the concern for the security of children overrides their right to their privacy. But, I disagree because violating the children’s privacy would also involve violating many innocent kids’ privacy rights even when there are alternative ways to protect them from harm. And because of this, parent become the “faceless bureaucracy” as they monitor and dictate over the child’s life.

Additionally, she has formal supports; in-home therapy, and DCF. Rosemary does not identify with a particular culture or religious practices, however she has her own set of beliefs that consists of self-reliance, putting her children’ s needs first and working hard, however this has not always been the case. The family became involved with the Department due to marijuana use during her pregnancy with James and subsequently, after six months of working with the Department, her children were removed due to multiple reports of abuse and neglect and a supported allegation of physical abuse of Jeremy by the youngest children’s father and domestic violence. Over the past year Rosemary has worked diligently to have her children returned to her care and custody.

Danielle Jackson Carlton - 5 English 11 1 March 2018 The Broken System we call Foster Care Yes foster care is an essential system used to provide loving homes to children, but unfortunately these systems have become broken and can no longer keep kids safe under their care. Everyday children are being placed in foster homes facing abuse, unloving parents, and even death. The system has only progressively gotten worse leaving behind children traumatized to a point where no amount of love or therapy can fix them.

Growing up in DSS I was forced to learn responsibility at a young age. I always jumped from home to home. After being discharged from DSS I found myself going to JROTC. I've been in the program 3 years, going on my 4th. I realized that leaderships is what I like, and what I'd like to keep doing.

I was raised in a single-parent household, by my mother, along with my brother. We were economically disadvantaged because mother’s salary was not sufficient to cover the entirety of expenses, or provide for additional needs. Furthermore, we did not have financial support from my father, because my parents were divorced. There were times when my mother gathered financial resources from other family members, and public assistance to pay for expenses such as clothing, food, and utilities. Fortunately, I was able to receive loans and grants to pay for my tuition, because my mother could not afford to.

On August 2, 2013, I’Tesha C. Briggs three children were removed from her home and placed in emergency protective custody with the South Carolina Department of Social Services over allegations that she had abused them. According to the placement plan, Briggs was ordered to complete a psychological evaluation, counseling, obtain a stable home and income and complete drug and alcohol assessment. DSS was to provide the counseling and evaluation

The school had called her mom and requested her appearance as they continued to decided how to best handle the situation. After talking with the school counselor it was evident that during the weekend this child had violated probation. However, because the probation officer felt her needs would be better met in a mental health facility, the probation officer requested that the child be taken to Oceans Behavioral Hospital. Overall, I was very impressed with the way the child was handled and appreciated the approach taken by the probation

Well...I was 6 when Child Protective Services came to get us. I lived with my mom and my three sisters, the youngest was Donna she was 5 & Lizzy was 7 and Mary was 10. I remember most of my family lived in the same neighborhood like my two Aunts and my uncle and grandpa and grandma. There was an occasional gunshot, sometimes there was a fire truck rushing down our street . We lived on top of a hill at 1015 Norwich in Grand Rapids.

Reporter stated yesterday the children were suppose to get off at The Brittany 's Apartments but they got on the bus to go to the grandmother 's home. Reporter stated mom called the school fussing and was suppose to call back to let the school know if they made it to the grandmother 's home. Reporter stated mom did not call back. Reporter stated she had to call mom back at the additional number provided. Mom has several numbers that do not work.

She stated to her parents that she didn’t have any idea where her little girl could be. Casey also stated numerous of times that her two-year old daughter was with “nannies” or babysitters (Bay News, 2008.) July 13, 2008, Casey’s parents received a letter stating that Casey’s car

The biggest memory that I had was when I was sent to foster care. It started years ago when my dad decided to drink every single day and social services didn’t think that was something kids to be around so my sister and I had to stay with my grandma for a few months. We couldn’t stay with my mom because she didn’t have a house or a job and none of her boyfriends wanted kids in their house. My mom didn’t like us staying with our grandma because she’s not a nice person to be around.

The reporter stated Lakirahs’ mother told her if she told anyone what happened she would kill her and doesn’t care if she dies anyway; Lakirah is afraid to go home this afternoon after school lets out. The reporter stated that the family has previous history with DHS and after the interview, the child’s parents got her again. Ms. Cullop also expressed concerns for a bruise seen on the child’s neck and looks like someone may have grabbed her but Lakirah told her she ran into a

Investigator saw Ms. Morgan in jail at the Orleans Justice Center after she was arrested and charged with cruelty to a juvenile. Ms. Morgan admitted to doing ecstasy and xanbars while disciplining her children. She admitted to hitting her daughter in the mouth because she would not shut up and that was getting on her nerves. Dr. Shelia Thompson noted that Thianna had a forensic medical on 7/18/17 and forensic interview on7/13/2017. Dr. Thompson noted during the medical incident history Thianna makes clear disclosure of physical abuse by mom including mom recently punching her a few times in the eye because the patient was crying.

Cupcake found out that the man she has been calling daddy, wasn’t really her father. After a custody battle, the court gave her biological father full custody of her and her brother. But her biological father only wanted custody so that he could receive social security checks. He didn’t want them so we placed them in an abusive stranger 's foster home, along with several other children. Their foster mother, Diane, forced them to clean her entire house every day and

Perspectives are often prejudiced by preconceived notions. Society has historically communicated that addicts are morally negligent people without any inclination to cease their destructive behavior and that the addiction itself is produced because of a character flaw or a weakness. Citing the addict’s seemingly careless attitude toward the financial burden and pain and suffering they arbitrarily cause others as proof of their imagined personality imperfections. As with numerous other things, unfortunately, experience is the best teacher. Before my personal journey with a drug-addicted child, I also held to the belief that an addict was an addict by choice and could stop the abuse by simply making the decision to.