Bringing Understanding to Middle America

In this fight against the excesses of the Child Protective Services we often begin to chase our tails and preach to the choir. Those of us who have been touched by CPS know.  We KNOW!  There is no doubt, there is no amount of reasoning that will change our minds, but most of America doesn’t know.  When they hear of someone losing a child they naturally think that there must have been SOME reason.  These are the people we need to educate.

What began as an agency to protect abused children evolved into a force that ignored the Constitution, invaded our homes, and destroyed families.  What was a department to stop an alcoholic father from beating his kids became a watchdog to see if little Johnny had new pressed clothes every day at school.  What became of Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors?” 

This is what we need to explain to middle America.  We need them to see how close, how incredibly close anyone is to being caught up in this system which is a no win situation.  And they are particularly vulnerable simply because to DO try to do everything right and when the CPS shows up they believe that their very status, their very work ethic, their very CITIZENSHIP will pull them through, so they invite the worker in, offer he coffee and behave like normal, civilized Americans. 

Then, they become one of us, and the people in the neighborhood say, “Wow!  There MUST have been SOMETHING wrong.”  Then their credibility is down the drain, and then they have to fight their way thorough an all familiar maze that we all  know about. 

These are the people we have to reach BEFORE they are marked with the mark of the beast.  And they have to understand that even speaking up for what they believe is right will draw the wrath of the CPS down upon them.  They need to understand how much our Bill of Rights has eroded because of this organization.

We need to reach out to middle America.  They are the ones who will stand up and change the system.  We don’t want to wait until we are all victims. In this fight against the excesses of the Child Protective Services we often begin to chase our tails and preach to the choir. Those of us who have been touched by CPS know.  We KNOW!  There is no doubt, there is no amount of reasoning that will change our minds, but most of America doesn’t know.  When they hear of someone losing a child they naturally think that there must have been SOME reason.  These are the people we need to educate.

What began as an agency to protect abused children evolved into a force that ignored the Constitution, invaded our homes, and destroyed families.  What was a department to stop an alcoholic father from beating his kids became a watchdog to see if little Johnny had new pressed clothes every day at school.  What became of Dolly Parton’s “Coat of Many Colors?” 

This is what we need to explain to middle America.  We need them to see how close, how incredibly close anyone is to being caught up in this system which is a no win situation.  And they are particularly vulnerable simply because to DO try to do everything right and when the CPS shows up they believe that their very status, their very work ethic, their very CITIZENSHIP will pull them through, so they invite the worker in, offer he coffee and behave like normal, civilized Americans. 

Then, they become one of us, and the people in the neighborhood say, “Wow!  There MUST have been SOMETHING wrong.”  Then their credibility is down the drain, and then they have to fight their way thorough an all familiar maze that we all  know about. 

These are the people we have to reach BEFORE they are marked with the mark of the beast.  And they have to understand that even speaking up for what they believe is right will draw the wrath of the CPS down upon them.  They need to understand how much our Bill of Rights has eroded because of this organization.

We need to reach out to middle America.  They are the ones who will stand up and change the system.  We don’t want to wait until we are all victims.