Question:
> 20/20 Primetime spent 5 months investigating the Hines Family. Their son > suffered numerous fractures.
Osteogenesis Imperfecta is as rare as hen’s teeth. Sure, there need to be tests and criteria to exclude it. We’ll have them soon. But since "proof" is obtainable in a legal sense only by a court, and since a potential victim, namely a child, should NOT be left in their potential abuser’s clutches, then CPS should take charge of them till a court determination can be made. The State has a responsibility to children to protect them from abusive parents. We do NOT leave ANY other victim in the clutches of their assailant, and we cannot do that in the case of a child with respect to their parent either if the parent is suspect. Steve
Response:
20/20 Primetime spent 5 months investigating the Hines Family. Their son suffered numerous fractures. The child suffered a fracture when he was in Foster Care, also. However, CPS in the Midwest did not consider that fact to be significant. The story was presented last Thursday on ABC PrimeTime 20/20. The family had to flee the country and face criminal charges, merely because no alternate assessments were permitted by CPS. Recently a New York court ruled that CPS MUST PROVIDE specific, targeted services to families, and not just the usual Parenting Classes, substance abuse, Anger Management or individual counselling. Just as children with learning disabilites are expected to be provided alternate ways of educating them, CPS is supposed to make efforts to correct the family’s situation without the drastic incarceration of Foster Care. Http://www.abcnews.com – Go to Hines Story under 20/20 or Primetime. Http://www.protectourfamilies.com (Hines site in Midwest)
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