Misc Got a visit from Child Welfare services last Friday. - Page 6

**TimBone** · 08-11-2014, 03:44 PM

My wife and I both work evenings. When we arrived home from work Friday night, there was a letter on the door saying that Child welfare URGENTLY needed to meet with us. This was extremely odd. We have one son, that is 2 1/2 years old, and I consider him to be taken care of very well. I immediately went into panic mode, as I assume a lot of parents would. I do spank the kid when necessary and use time out with it. Never hard spankings, though. Just enough to get the message through.

So, I ask my wife if he's had any weird bruises(I assume all young kids get a lot of bruises because kids are a bit reckless on their own). She say no.

I next start to worry if some random weirdo driving by didn't like something I was doing in the yard with the kid. Our driveway is off of a highway, but the house sits back about 200 yards. He is outside working with me a lot. He loves riding the mower, so we do that quite often. Sometimes it's spur of the moment, so he's not always wearing his ear protection. We also check the mail with the mower which requires driving right up to the highway. I always make sure there's not even any cars in sight though, so that there's no danger. Anyways, I started nit picking stuff like that to see if there was any way some random asshole reported us as they drove by.

I also worried that maybe the babysitter was under investigation. Maybe he was being harmed there. Lots of crazy shit went through my head.

Like I said, we got this notice on Friday night. Their offices are closed until Monday. We were left to worry about this all weekend.

I called them first thing this morning. The lady who left the note was out in the field, and she didn't call back until 1:30 this afternoon. She casually explained to me that they put the notice on the wrong house.

I was relieved and pissed off all at the same time. I calmly explained to her the worry that note caused and that maybe they should create a policy of not leaving those kinds of notes on the doors of people on Friday afternoons if they have yet to have any initial contact with those people. If it's someone who already knows there is an investigation going, then fine, leave a notice if you want. But leaving us that note left us on the dark and worrying for 72 hours.

Am I crazy for suggesting that?

Demonpenz · 08-11-2014, 10:04 PM

They should send them to the Eric Hosmer, he isn't hitting anyone.

Dante84 · 08-11-2014, 10:12 PM

So your neighbor is a pedo?

Prison Bitch · 08-11-2014, 10:15 PM

I'm going to side with Fly on this. That's bullshit what they did and flat irresponsible. Years ago our 4 year old walked outside our home after I took te dog for a walk. Got back 10min later and cop cars were kn my drive and they said a neighbor brought him back home and called them. We had to do 6 weekly sessions with child services for it. And it only stopped when I finally sacked up and told the case worker I was going to get an attorney if it continued. Closed the next day.

tecumseh · 08-11-2014, 10:41 PM

Is this what life is like in the suburbs?

Dante84 · 08-11-2014, 10:43 PM

Could you sue for emotional damages?

**TimBone** · 08-11-2014, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DA_T_84

So your neighbor is a pedo?

Haha....After I got off the phone, I did start wondering who they were aiming for.

Valiant · 08-12-2014, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Flybone McTimmerson

Haha....After I got off the phone, I did start wondering who they were aiming for.

I forget the site, but there is a map of kansas city that shows all sexual perps. that are in your area that have registered.

It is good, but then I saw a lot of them listed on there as a sex offender for pissing in public. That is a raw deal.

**TimBone** · 08-12-2014, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Valiant

I forget the site, but there is a map of kansas city that shows all sexual perps. that are in your area that have registered.

It is good, but then I saw a lot of them listed on there as a sex offender for pissing in public. That is a raw deal.

I've seen that map for here in my area. There is a surprising number of them. I wonder if that holds true for everywhere and I was just underestimating the amount of sexual offenders overall.

DTLB58 · 08-12-2014, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Simply Red

The correct answer was/is - 'You God Damned Right I DO!!'

That's a very impressionable age, to get the right point across.

I wish I would have done it a lot more with my youngest. They listen a lot less at 21 when they think they know everything. Guess he will learn the hard way.
On a side note, this might be a little fun to sit back and say, "I told you so"

**Lzen** · 08-12-2014, 07:51 AM

GoChiefs commenting on child care threads. Ya, that makes sense.

RippedmyFlesh · 08-12-2014, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Count Zarth

Can alcohol users really be responsible parents, though?

What if you're drunk as **** and the kid needs to go to the hospital?

FYP

Hammock Parties · 08-12-2014, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Lzen

GoChiefs commenting on child care threads. Ya, that makes sense.

This isn't really about child care. It's about a guy being a whiner about nothing.

**TimBone** · 08-12-2014, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Zarth

This isn't really about child care. It's about a guy being a whiner about nothing.

I think the general theme amongst responses is that you'd understand if you had children.

Hammock Parties · 08-12-2014, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Flybone McTimmerson

I think the general theme amongst responses is that you'd understand if you had children.

Not really. Not all fathers are whiny little whiners, whining their way through parenthood when tiny little things don't go their way.

**Mav** · 08-12-2014, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Zarth

Not really. Not all fathers are whiny little whiners, whining their way through parenthood when tiny little things don't go their way.

Lol. Proof positive why you should spank your kids.

Right here folks.

08-11-2014, 03:44 PM
TimBone Mostly Ignored Join Date: Jul 2013 Casino cash: $8419985	Got a visit from Child Welfare services last Friday. My wife and I both work evenings. When we arrived home from work Friday night, there was a letter on the door saying that Child welfare URGENTLY needed to meet with us. This was extremely odd. We have one son, that is 2 1/2 years old, and I consider him to be taken care of very well. I immediately went into panic mode, as I assume a lot of parents would. I do spank the kid when necessary and use time out with it. Never hard spankings, though. Just enough to get the message through. So, I ask my wife if he's had any weird bruises(I assume all young kids get a lot of bruises because kids are a bit reckless on their own). She say no. I next start to worry if some random weirdo driving by didn't like something I was doing in the yard with the kid. Our driveway is off of a highway, but the house sits back about 200 yards. He is outside working with me a lot. He loves riding the mower, so we do that quite often. Sometimes it's spur of the moment, so he's not always wearing his ear protection. We also check the mail with the mower which requires driving right up to the highway. I always make sure there's not even any cars in sight though, so that there's no danger. Anyways, I started nit picking stuff like that to see if there was any way some random asshole reported us as they drove by. I also worried that maybe the babysitter was under investigation. Maybe he was being harmed there. Lots of crazy shit went through my head. Like I said, we got this notice on Friday night. Their offices are closed until Monday. We were left to worry about this all weekend. I called them first thing this morning. The lady who left the note was out in the field, and she didn't call back until 1:30 this afternoon. She casually explained to me that they put the notice on the wrong house. I was relieved and pissed off all at the same time. I calmly explained to her the worry that note caused and that maybe they should create a policy of not leaving those kinds of notes on the doors of people on Friday afternoons if they have yet to have any initial contact with those people. If it's someone who already knows there is an investigation going, then fine, leave a notice if you want. But leaving us that note left us on the dark and worrying for 72 hours. Am I crazy for suggesting that?
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08-11-2014, 10:15 PM	#78
Prison Bitch Rabbi Goldmann Join Date: Nov 2012 Casino cash: $5450159	I'm going to side with Fly on this. That's bullshit what they did and flat irresponsible. Years ago our 4 year old walked outside our home after I took te dog for a walk. Got back 10min later and cop cars were kn my drive and they said a neighbor brought him back home and called them. We had to do 6 weekly sessions with child services for it. And it only stopped when I finally sacked up and told the case worker I was going to get an attorney if it continued. Closed the next day.
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08-12-2014, 07:51 AM	#85
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