Got a visit from Child Welfare services last Friday.

[NewChief]

Speaking of nightmare CPS incidents, the following happened to some good friends of mine:

First of all: this couple have their shit together. They're great, compassionate parents with good jobs. They have a special needs son who is their world and they're extremely active in being activists for him and making sure that he has a great life. They also have two other children.

So here's what happened. Their special needs son has an iPad that is, unknowingly to them, set up with their imessaging because it's on their apple account. He's at school working with the iPad. The couple are texting back and forth on their phones using imessage. They're discussing their marijuana useage in texts and actually talking about ceasing smoking marijuana altogether. Their son's paraprofessional sees the messages on the iPad (due to the fact it's synced, unbeknowest to them, to their iMessaging) and turns it over to CPS. Their lives have been a living hell for the last 6 months as a result of the incident. They're actually moving back here because of it as their lives in the State in which they live have been irreparably damaged as a result.

I don't really hold the paraprofessional to blame, as s/he is a mandated reporter, but damn... be careful with your iMessaging and any of your children's devices which might be linked into your app store account.