[Rodney King]

The "accuser" is a minor who was sitting the other two kids. She told her mom about his room and the mother called it in. The boy has bladder control problems among other things. The police came, checked out the house, and left. The warrant from CPS came a week later without either the sitter, the mother, or CPS ever having met the child. The standard procedure is for CPS to go to the school and interview the child without the parent's permission. Because Mark's wife homeschools the kids they did not have access. Mark called the Home School Legal Defense Association, to which he belongs. They recommended that Mark NOT surrender his kids and get an attorney. He did. The attorney he got has been a thorn in CPS' side. The attorney removed the wife and kids into hiding. Even Mark does not know where they are. That's much as I can tell you.

Why didn't they just let them interview the kid? Do they lock the kid in his room all the time, and that's why he pisses in it?

[Carry_Okie]

Why didn't they just let them interview the kid?

Reactive Attachment Disorder is not a well understood diagnosis and can require unorthodox parenting methods. Why were they unwilling to talk to his therapist, first? It was offered.

I'll tell you that from my personal experience with that system when I was a kid, I would never do it without an attorney present. Kids with fetal alcohol and cocaine histories can be really tough.

Do they lock the kid in his room all the time, and that's why he pisses in it?

Your fantasies are getting the best of you. Didn't you read it? THERE WERE THIRTY PEOPLE AT THE HEARING WHO KNOW THIS FAMILY THROUGH A LOCAL HOME SCHOOL GROUP. If you think they would do that if the family was locking the kid away, you are one sick human being.

[Capagrl]

Do they lock the kid in his room all the time, and that's why he pisses in it?

Tell me, Rodney, is ignorance truly blissful? If you don't know anything about RAD, why not search it before making a comment as inane as that? My youngest son has a similar disorder called ODD and used to pee his pants at will. These kids are FAR from ordinary and cannot be treated as such. Read up on it and THEN come back and comment. Sheesh.

[daybreakcoming]

Rodney, If you have time - read up on RAD kids. I know parents who adopted three of them while infants. The two oldest ones now are almost uncontrollable. They have gone down every avenue there is and still trying to find the right key for these kids that they love so much. It's a heartbreaker.

[N3WBI3]

Rodney, because CPS often wants to interview the kid alone, which means they can intimidate or lead the child in question to say pretty much anything. Also many CPS offices automatically look at home schoolers as cooks..