Posted on 02/12/2018 11:31:54 AM PST by nickcarraway
They haven’t seen my hair.
So strangers should just ignore kids who look like they may be mistreated because, maybe, just maybe they might be autistic.
Sorry I think the parents here are way too sensative..
But the fact remains that “the police were called on us because my son was having a bad hair day. What does this say about our society?”
That’s what it says.
The problem is busy-body strangers.
People deliberately comb it messy these days
Were there bruises.
I have a policy:
They are not my kids. Unless there are signs of obvious abuse and neglect (obviously SERIOUSLY malnurished and/or suspicious - as opposed to normal kid type - bruises), it’s none of my &#$*#&@ business!
They were lucky the CPS Gestapo didn’t swoop in and destroy them.
I agree 100%. Cops were called to investigate the well-being of a child. They had a short, polite exchange with parents. End of story.
I understand the parents anger, as much as I, someone with no children could understand it. I have worked with many autistic individuals, so I have some experience being in a public setting with them.
Of course, it was upsetting to have some invisible busy-body tattling on you w/o knowing the facts. The reality is sometimes there really is abuse going on. Think six weeks ago, when the world found out about those 13 brothers and sisters who had been tortured and hidden for years.
Many commenters were asking ‘Why didn’t somebody say something after all that time?”
There has been a heavy wave of drug addicts for the last few years. Many of these addicts are young and have small children. Some of the worst cases of neglect and abuse have occured in such situations.
It’s easy for me to say ‘try not to take it personally’ because I’m not there, and it’s not my child. But this may be the best perspective. Be thankful that the Officers used common sense and backed off. If the parents had over reacted with anger, that would have bloomed into yet another situation, one that could have put them behind bars or at least in tight cuffs for a while.
I always say se something out of order don’t ignore it. the cops were completely right to ask just a few questions. and it sounds as if they did the little bit of investigating that could prevent something horrible happening to a kid. I would rather have a cop ask a stupid question and investigate something that is a nothing then not ask and inquire after someone thinks something is not right.
Nobody’s seen my hair for over 20 years - it got thin enough on top it wouldn’t stay combed so I started shaving my head - my wife told me I could shave my head and have all the sex I could handle or I could do a comb-over and hand-le it myself...
Left 20 years of working with SED (severely emotionally
disturbed) kids in a residential Tx facility. I can
identify with being happily excited over things that
don’t happen. Lots of our kids had different levels
of autism.
Miss some kids, enjoy retirement.
I haven’t seen my hair in years....................
My mom was the kindest, most gentle person in the world.
Once she was babysitting my sister’s kids and they got unruly (as usual) One of the girls was especially boisterous and obstinate. My mom reached out to restrain her from crashing into a glass display case and dislocated the kids shoulder. She took her to the emergency room where the doctors questioned her for an hour before calling the cops, who questioned her for another hour.
My mom was in tears when my dad showed up and read them the riot act (which he could do VERY well!). After all that we still got a call from CPS and had to endure their sneers and lectures.
We live in a post common-sense world.
You try dealing with autism ... or retardation ... or some other mental illness/disability 24/7/365.
And of course, the parents didn’t have the right to know who the accusers were because there’s no Constitution.
You’d call the police if you saw someone wearing a coat on a hot day?
The parents should have told the cop theirs a reason the kid’s name is Einstein.
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