Comments on: ARGH!!!! http://special-needs.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/argh Contains information on various special needs from the unique perspective of the adoptive parents of special children. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:27:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: condo-mom http://special-needs.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/argh/comment-page-1#comment-904 condo-mom Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:49:41 +0000 http://parenting-sp.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/12/01/argh#comment-904 Unbelievable. I guess you gotta ask -- where has this caring grandmother been for the past 13 months? Of course, the druggy parents could have limited or cut off all contact to their babies, making it difficult to know what was up.<br /> <br /> And if a highly trained special education official is loathe to turn her twin grandchildren over to the mercies of the state -- is that not also a commentary on the state of the child welfare system? I pray that if I ever came upon my child or a relative or friend who needed (or whose children needed) that level of intervention, that I would have the strength to do the right thing. <br /> Rachel<br /> Unbelievable. I guess you gotta ask — where has this caring grandmother been for the past 13 months? Of course, the druggy parents could have limited or cut off all contact to their babies, making it difficult to know what was up.

And if a highly trained special education official is loathe to turn her twin grandchildren over to the mercies of the state — is that not also a commentary on the state of the child welfare system? I pray that if I ever came upon my child or a relative or friend who needed (or whose children needed) that level of intervention, that I would have the strength to do the right thing.
Rachel

]]> By: MamaS http://special-needs.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/argh/comment-page-1#comment-903 MamaS Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:17:52 +0000 http://parenting-sp.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/12/01/argh#comment-903 I have lived this and know how it could happen. The difference is, I was involved from the start and when I saw neglect beginning, I moved in and took my grandson. Where has she been for six months? Why didn't she take those children from the start? I too worked in a public school fulltime and I went from babysitting every Saturday, to every Fri-Sat-Sun, to every weekend, and every holiday and all summer. When the parents still did not get help, I went to court and got custody. That was my duty to my grandson (removing him from a neglectful environment) AND my duty to my daughter (to keep her from making a drug-induced mistake that could never be corrected). Thank God one relative in that family had some sense. I have lived this and know how it could happen. The difference is, I was involved from the start and when I saw neglect beginning, I moved in and took my grandson. Where has she been for six months? Why didn’t she take those children from the start? I too worked in a public school fulltime and I went from babysitting every Saturday, to every Fri-Sat-Sun, to every weekend, and every holiday and all summer. When the parents still did not get help, I went to court and got custody. That was my duty to my grandson (removing him from a neglectful environment) AND my duty to my daughter (to keep her from making a drug-induced mistake that could never be corrected). Thank God one relative in that family had some sense.

]]> By: lmg1567 http://special-needs.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/argh/comment-page-1#comment-902 lmg1567 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:34:58 +0000 http://parenting-sp.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/12/01/argh#comment-902 Not to defend this woman in any way - but wouldn't it be the hardest thing in the world to have your own child turn out this way? To be a druggie who almost neglects her twins to death?? I think every baby is a gift from God and multiples is being doubly (or more) blessed. I can't fathom prizing drugs over my children so it's hard for me to comprehend this type of abuse. Being the grandmother of these babies carries it's own brand of responsibility and this woman fell way short of that. Being on the school board and teaching the child development class are just incredible!! <br /> <br /> Oh yeah, and we are supposed to trust our kids welfare to people like this? Not to defend this woman in any way – but wouldn’t it be the hardest thing in the world to have your own child turn out this way? To be a druggie who almost neglects her twins to death?? I think every baby is a gift from God and multiples is being doubly (or more) blessed. I can’t fathom prizing drugs over my children so it’s hard for me to comprehend this type of abuse. Being the grandmother of these babies carries it’s own brand of responsibility and this woman fell way short of that. Being on the school board and teaching the child development class are just incredible!!

Oh yeah, and we are supposed to trust our kids welfare to people like this?

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