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IRLootHoore t1_j5zhlql wrote

Is there anything you'd say about parents coaching their kids by terrifying their children with stories of being taken away and shoved into terrible places? Shit, I know my parents did it. I assume others do too.

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twawawayyy OP t1_j5zmnob wrote

They're not always wrong. But if you're doing things shitty enough that you need to scare your kid into not telling, how are you so sure your home is better?

Foster care is only for the most extreme of cases. And I never met a worker who didn't have the best of intentions and try their hardest. Why scare kids over something they probably won't ever have to worry about?

Regardless, the system does NOT want to take your kids. Ever. The system doesn't have a grudge against anyone (unless you keep having and losing kids over and over. Then we hate you.) The system does not want the strain, the workers do not want the paperwork or the late night or the court dates or the new case, the foster parents aren't making any money.... there is absolutely no motivation for anyone to "steal" your child.

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IRLootHoore t1_j5zo37p wrote

Thank you. My mom had some shit like abandonment of her kids at times and a semi legal kidnapping so... yeah never mind the other shit. From my past good luck to you and your colleagues breaking through that brainwashing. And God damn does the north country need some more mental health accessibility.

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