Fractured care system ill-equipped to deal with abuse at Halifax orphanage: report

A new report from an ongoing public inquiry into decades of abuse at a Halifax-area orphanage says a fragmented system of care wasn't equipped to address the needs of children who were vulnerable.

The interim report, released Friday by the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Restorative Inquiry, says the story of the home illustrates a social system that works in isolation.

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Baby LK's Top Ten CPS Horror Stories of the Week - July 15th 2018

He's back!!!

Baby LK's Top Ten CPS Horror Stories of the Week. Exposing Child Protective Services, Foster Care and Adoption for what it really is. Little Human Trafficking by government run social service agencies all over the world. This is a new series that I am trying out. Please like and share and comment if you want more.

Here are the links to all of the stories used in this video.

1. https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/inmate-sues-dhs-for-million-claiming-abuse/article_c83a232b-57c2-5d0a-8644-212bbb33df07.html

2. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/attorney-dekalb-man-had-void-adopted-10-year-old-then-killed-him/786990041
3. https://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/10/ex-fdle-supervisor-gets-8-life-sentences-child-sex-crimes/769573002/
4. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-dcfs-employee-charged-20180710-story.html
5. http://www.wsfa.com/story/38644488/foster-dad-in-child-sex-crime-case-extradited-to-shoals
6. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-boy-dies-fire-20180713-story.html
7. https://www.registercitizen.com/news/crime/article/Tucson-couple-with-adopted-kids-plead-guilty-to-13060845.php
8. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-foster-parents-of-disabled-children-get-far-more-benefits-than-birth-families-study-1.4008851
9. https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/09/former-cyfd-employee-accused-driving-children-while-intoxicated-dui-dwi/764745002
10. https://kfor.com/2018/07/10/former-ok-foster-wishes-employee-charged-with-embezzling-more-than-20k-from-charity/

Legally Kidnapped University - Following the Money

Welcome to Legally Kidnapped University.  The place to learn about the inner workings of the Child Protective Industry.

In this class we will discuss child welfare funding, where it comes from and where it goes.

Senate Approves Bill Asking DCF To Keep Siblings Together

The Massachusetts Senate has advanced legislation that calls for keeping siblings together after they are placed in the custody of the state’s child welfare agency.

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‘Anonymous’ protests Child Protective Services

‘Anonymous’ protests Child Protective Services

Some protesters gathered in downtown Knoxville on Saturday night to voice their opinions on children’s services.

Quote's of the day from CPS loving assholes...

To demonstrate how arrogant some people are, I offer you the following commentary in regards to comments from an online news article.

So on the following article entitled...

Motorist finds toddler wandering along Church Hill street a half-mile from home

Which was about a little one who escaped, and the police's lack of satisfaction to the mothers response, I observed the following comment by a reader named Rebecca Derrick whose Discus Profile can be viewed by clicking here.

"That is so sorry, their are people that would love her baby with all of their heart and she could care less bless the little baby please god"

And here's another that was posted as a reply.

"You are so right. My husband and I would love to adopt but it is hard once you reach your 40's. So many women have children and care more about themselves than they do about the child. I am not judging this woman. I don't know her or enough about the situation, just speaking in generalities."

And here's a third...

"That's one sorry excuse for a mother/parent.....hope she gets a lot of time...maybe she won't be one of these mothers that keep getting their child back after having them taken over stuff like this"

I warn you all against jumping to conclusions.  This sort of thing can happen to anybody, and you don't know this mothers story.

DCF Secretary Points To ‘System Failure’ In Child Deaths

DCF Secretary Points To ‘System Failure’ In Child Deaths

Florida Department of Children and Families Secretary Mike Carroll told a Senate panel Thursday that the state’s child-protection system appears to have failed two children whose bodies were found in recent days.

CPS caseworker missed chances to intervene before death of Pullman baby

CPS caseworker missed chances to intervene before death of Pullman baby

Washington’s Child Protective Services missed opportunities to intervene with the family of a Pullman baby who suffocated on a plastic bag Easter Sunday, according to a state review of the boy’s death.

Has the child’s welfare pendulum swung too far – are Parents’ rights disregarded?

Has the child’s welfare pendulum swung too far – are Parents’ rights disregarded?

The current state of the law is probably best summed up by Re B (A child) [2009] UKSC . In summary, the court held that it is only as a contributor to the child’s welfare that parenthood assumes any significance. Have we gone too far in our focus on the welfare of the child and the child alone as the issue of paramount concern? Can the interests of parents and children be so easily distinguished?

Child deaths continue despite DCS intervention

Child deaths continue despite DCS intervention

Department of Child Services officials in Indiana are facing tough questions after a WAVE 3 News investigation found evidence indicating they're not doing enough to protect children.

Note: And Indiana is off in the race to take the most kids.

More children than ever before are in the foster care system in Kansas

More children than ever before are in the foster care system in Kansas

According to the most recent data, 6,522 children are in foster care.

Number Of Dead DCF Kids Has Risen Over 5 Years; 'Vast Majority' Of Victims Under 3

Number Of Dead DCF Kids Has Risen Over 5 Years; 'Vast Majority' Of Victims Under 3

Christopher Berry’s troubles started long before he killed his infant son in 2013. After surviving a suicide bombing and returning from Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress in 2011, Berry racked up arrests for allegedly shoving his teenage girlfriend, deliberately running over pigeons, and stealing from his employer.

Understanding a CPS Agents Questioning Techniques

Not to be mean or anything, but the problem is not that social workers railroad parents, it's that the parents let them and until you parents understand that, you will continue to be railroaded by CPS.  The CPS Agent will take full advantage of your ignorance and if you don't know your rights they will do so with your permission.

Perhaps in some point at dealings with a CPS worker you've noticed yourself falling into one of their traps?  You find yourself answering questions that lead to questions that lead to more questions, and before you know it the worker has a case.

Well let me break down for you how they did this.  It's a sadly simple formula that becomes a lesson in the English language.  Similar techniques are used by teachers to get children to open up about what they know and need to learn, and sales people use similar techniques to find what people want so they can maximize the profits on the sale.

First lets talk about what a "Question" is.

A Question is a sentence worded or expressed so as to elicit information.  

 CPS Agents use "Questions" as a tool to illicit information from parents and children.  While in the process of questioning a child or a parent, they are trained to listen for certain things of interest that are worth probing for more information.  They then start asking questions to elicit more information and on and on and on.

There are two types of questions.

1. Closed ended questions.
2. Open ended questions.  

For a much more in-depth explanation of open and closed ended questions, click below...

• Open and Closed Questions

A closed ended question or a direct question is looking for a simple direct answer.

• What is your name? 
• Did you do that?
• Did he hit you?

Closed ended questions can usually be answered in a short phrase or one word, such as your name, your address, yes, no.

• What is that?  That is a cat.

Lawyers are known to ask closed ended questions so that the witness can't explain themselves in a different light.  Here is a really good article about this from the Business Insider...

• How To Destroy A Witness On The Stand

An open ended question is a question that is designed to receive a more thoughtful answer.  In other words, they dig much deeper.

• Tell me about yourself?
• How did that happen?
• How did that make you feel?

Typically, a skilled CPS Agent can throw a mix of these at you.  

• Q: Did he hit you? A: No
• Q: Did he yell at you?  Yes
• Q: How did that make you feel? A: It made me feel sad, scared and lonely and will probably, according to social work theory, have a profound effect on the rest of my life.

CPS Agents will then follow up with more direct questions for verification purposes.

• So you said they did yell at you?

CPS Agents will sit there take notes and bounce around from subject to subject to confuse you, then revisit earlier answered questions to probe for more information.  Then she will go back to her office and write a report based on what she learned that is now in her notes.  

A person, such as myself, who is skilled in answering questions will see all of this coming and react accordingly.  

• SW: How did that make you feel? Me: How did what make me feel?
• SW: When your wife yelled at you?  Me. What do you mean?  I didn't say that.  What do you want to know?  

Social workers are also known to use leading questions, which is defined as: A question that prompts or encourages the desired answer.  

• SW: Does it make you feel scared when your mommy or daddy yells at you? (while smiling and nodding her head in a caring and sympathetic tone).  

Unfortunately, they use these same techniques on children.  That's why it's so important for the parent or a lawyer to be there when that happens.  The child might never even know they said anything wrong.

In my own experience, Social Workers are easily tripped up by this because they are used to dealing with the clueless and they do not expect to come across anybody who knows their game.  If you can make them resort back to closed ended questions and keep them talking, you are not giving the CPS Agent very much information to go on.  Therefore it is a lot harder for them to make their case against you.  

The other best alternative, of course, is to keep your mouth shut.  Most parents don't know enough to do that either.

Peace, love and flowers...

LK
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FMI: Read about the McMartin Preschool Trial which was totally botched by the technique used to question the children.

• McMartin preschool trial

US cop interrupts mass to question child in custody dispute

US cop interrupts mass to question child in custody dispute

A US police department has defended an officer who interrupted mass at a Florida church to speak to a child involved in a custody dispute.

Allegheny County CYF worker on leave, accused of sharing child porn

Allegheny County CYF worker on leave, accused of sharing child porn

A caseworker for the Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families was put on administrative leave without pay because of his arrest on child pornography charges.

‘ANONYMOUS CALGARY’ RALLY AGAINST ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES

‘ANONYMOUS CALGARY’ RALLY AGAINST ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES

It’s an  international day of protest in Canada, the U.S., Mexico and the United Kingdom.At City Hall Saturday, the hacker group ‘Anonymous Calgary’ organized a rally demanding action against chronic abuse of children that plague child protective services.Anonymous Calgary said they are speaking out on behalf of thousands of silent and anonymous children  seized each year by provincial authorities.“These kids don’t have a voice without us.” Story continues below

• Anonymous takes stand against 'flawed' child welfare and foster care systems

Police Fail Most Child Abuse Victims - Report

Police Fail Most Child Abuse Victims - Report

Police forces are still failing too many young victims of sexual abuse, according to a series of new reports - with only one in three cases involving vulnerable children being handled to a good standard.

Get Your Kids Back From CPS…

Get Your Kids Back From CPS…

Are you one of the many thousands of parents/relatives that lost a child/ren to the evil Child Protective Service (CPS) and Family Court system? One of the many parents/relatives who do not understand what happened or how you lost your child/ren in a nation such as America?

Are you one of the many thousands of parents/relatives that lost a child/ren to the evil Child Protective Service (CPS) and Family Court system? One of the many parents/relatives who do not understand what happened or how you lost your child/ren in a nation such as America?

Constitutional Court allows 'FCK CPS' sticker

Note: It's not about CPS but it's still worth posting for nostalgic reasons.

Constitutional Court allows 'FCK CPS' sticker

The Constitutional Court decided on Tuesday that it is within someone's right to freedom of expression to wear the FCK CPS logo, but only if the insult is aimed at police in general.

DHS Worker's Assault Case Dropped

DHS Worker's Assault Case Dropped 

A child protective services worker will not stand trial in Linn County for allegedly assaulting two children.  38-year-old Virginia Jones was accused of striking an 8-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy last year.