Magdalyn
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That first one is the kitchen sink. Anything and anyone could be arrested for child neglect under that.
I am not saying that home is the best place for her but I agree with Jeanna, foster care is probably worse. After what she went through she needs her dad. That he lets her stay up late, probably has a chaos filled house with dirty dishes and more (two guys on their own don't make good housecleaners) is not enough to remove her from the home imo. Neither is leaving her with a teen babysitter.
Right now I think M and her dad are getting railroaded by the system. People shocked that she was up at that hour. Well kids are up late in the summer all over the place, that may not be good parenting but it isn't neglect either or the jails would be full.
Even if they wanted to examine the situation I am disappointed they didn't wait until the two could be together to comfort each other. It is quite possible that dad wasn't even allowed to see her if she was in cps custody.
jmo imo and all that
If they come up with some reason to tear a child away from her parent after being kidnapped and sexually assaulted by some who is not family then i will change my mind.
I think people are rarely criminally charged with neglect because they let their kids stay up too late and left dishes in the sink. I highly doubt DFCS put M in the custody of foster care today because of her curfew last night or the state of the dinner dishes. MOO.
These people have been charged with neglect in the past, repeatedly.
Rayne Perrywinkle put her three kids in a seatless creeper van with a stranger, handed her child over to strange man to try on clothes, and to go get a cheeseburger and still no one has charged her with child neglect/endangerment.
I respect your opinion, but I personally don't think a family who has had a minimum of three child neglect charges handed down to them in the past is necessarily being 'railroaded' by the system. This system has given them many, many chances it appears.