This is a day of celebration. This is most likely the first day in months that Jamie Sullivan has felt heard.
An Alberta Judge has allowed this mother to speak of her daughter and show her picture, something she was forbidden to do. As we are all well aware CAS does not allow this sort of information to be made public. Putting a face or name to an incident`might prove harmful to child protection agencies.
We might actually see how well taken care of this baby once was, before being abused and before her untimely death.
I can not help but hope that this brings even greater awareness into the corrupt child protection system that we currently have.
We are crying out for public awareness, together we may just achieve this. My hats off to this fighter of a mother!!
I leave now with one final thought, do unto others as you`d have done to you.
Alberta Judge allows ID of baby who died in care
Delay in justice is injustice!
Friday, 14 October 2011
Thursday, 13 October 2011
A baby taken without cause dies 6 days later.
On April 5th, 2011 an RCMP officer and two social workers entered a home to apprehend two children. Another mother was there (a room mate to the first mother), as an after thought the workers took her baby as well. No complaint, no investigation, just took her away.
6 days later the baby died of child abuse. Days before that the mother and grandmother showed concerns about her well being. They were informed that a doctor`s appointment would be made on the Monday after if there was still a problem.
The baby died on Monday. An inquest has been made, answers are not forthcoming. The mother was informed of her daughters death hours after the fact. This mother now lives with the fact that her daughter was abused, suffered and most likely died of dehydration. This grandmother who would have been a perfect placement for this baby will never see her granddaughter again.
This baby was not placed with family, this baby was thrown to a foster home. This foster home will not be charged or investigated. CAS will not be accountable or held responsible.
This will be another child death forgotten......or not.
The mother and grandmother of this baby are fighting and fighting hard. They want the publication ban lifted so they may speak freely of this death. They want answers, they are rallying and informing the public of this injustice.
Please read more below.
Baby`s death
Grandmother questions foster care death
6 days later the baby died of child abuse. Days before that the mother and grandmother showed concerns about her well being. They were informed that a doctor`s appointment would be made on the Monday after if there was still a problem.
The baby died on Monday. An inquest has been made, answers are not forthcoming. The mother was informed of her daughters death hours after the fact. This mother now lives with the fact that her daughter was abused, suffered and most likely died of dehydration. This grandmother who would have been a perfect placement for this baby will never see her granddaughter again.
This baby was not placed with family, this baby was thrown to a foster home. This foster home will not be charged or investigated. CAS will not be accountable or held responsible.
This will be another child death forgotten......or not.
The mother and grandmother of this baby are fighting and fighting hard. They want the publication ban lifted so they may speak freely of this death. They want answers, they are rallying and informing the public of this injustice.
Please read more below.
Baby`s death
Grandmother questions foster care death
Monday, 10 October 2011
To return to parent......
This seems to be in the court documents submitted by MCFD, court date set for October 19th. I have already written about the gradual return of children to biological parents, we already know this to be nothing more then a stall tactic. More money, more time ,more court dates.
I would like to address the fact that a financial statement is not submitted to the parent or court outlining the many costs attributed to the removal of Ayn. The hospitalization of Ayn, the medicating of this small girl. The meetings and professionals brought in to do nothing more but prove a point.
I would also like to see a quoted financial statement outlining what it would cost the tax payers to have kept this little girl at home while bringing in the help or respite needed!
I can not see how this is in anyone`s best interest financially, emotionally or long term. I can not find any proof dictating that this is ever a successful route to take.
Yet as I continue my research I am finding more and more families with disabled or challenged children turning to CAS or running from them. Most turning to them find out very quickly how corrupt this system is.
Turn your child over to the system and the resources needed will be put into place in a strangers home. Can`t afford what`s needed?? No problem, we`ll fund a foster home instead of you. Dental care needed?? Medical care needed?? No problem, your child will receive what`s needed in a group home or foster home after being abused and unloved.
You the parent do not get resources or help. You do not get to keep your child in a loving environment. If you want help then we the society must make money from the care of your child.
Would CAS loose Government funding if they implemented resources into a natural home?? Absolutely. This shows a decrease in CAS need and involvement.
Where exactly does the problem lay then??
I would like to address the fact that a financial statement is not submitted to the parent or court outlining the many costs attributed to the removal of Ayn. The hospitalization of Ayn, the medicating of this small girl. The meetings and professionals brought in to do nothing more but prove a point.
I would also like to see a quoted financial statement outlining what it would cost the tax payers to have kept this little girl at home while bringing in the help or respite needed!
I can not see how this is in anyone`s best interest financially, emotionally or long term. I can not find any proof dictating that this is ever a successful route to take.
Yet as I continue my research I am finding more and more families with disabled or challenged children turning to CAS or running from them. Most turning to them find out very quickly how corrupt this system is.
Turn your child over to the system and the resources needed will be put into place in a strangers home. Can`t afford what`s needed?? No problem, we`ll fund a foster home instead of you. Dental care needed?? Medical care needed?? No problem, your child will receive what`s needed in a group home or foster home after being abused and unloved.
You the parent do not get resources or help. You do not get to keep your child in a loving environment. If you want help then we the society must make money from the care of your child.
Would CAS loose Government funding if they implemented resources into a natural home?? Absolutely. This shows a decrease in CAS need and involvement.
Where exactly does the problem lay then??
Saturday, 8 October 2011
When a child is returned home after care
A child being apprehended is not given notice, is not given choice, is not given options. A child being taken from their natural parents will be taken forcefully and again their will. Parents have well documented and put on video doors being bust down by police and screaming children being ripped away from loving and emotional parents. A child being taken and placed with strangers never ever forgets that moment. A parent who is surprised and devastated lives in fear.
Sometimes a child is returned home, not often enough but sometimes they are. CAS realizes that they made a rash decision or a court orders a child to be sent back to the natural parents. Whatever the case it does happen.
No the parent is not allowed to storm into the foster home and rescue their child. No the parent is not reunited with their child right away. At this point we do not want to traumatize the child. CAS will start with more visitation, then unsupervised visitation and finally over night visits. This is a slow process and does not happen over night.
I would truly love to hear the reasoning behind this sort of torture. You can not tell me that it is O.K. to rip a child away and place them with strangers, to move them from foster home to foster home without warning. No slow process in the name of the child is taken then, only when it applies to the natural parent.
I`m finding it very hard to see how this puts a family first. I have yet to find evidence to support this claim with any agency.
Sometimes a child is returned home, not often enough but sometimes they are. CAS realizes that they made a rash decision or a court orders a child to be sent back to the natural parents. Whatever the case it does happen.
No the parent is not allowed to storm into the foster home and rescue their child. No the parent is not reunited with their child right away. At this point we do not want to traumatize the child. CAS will start with more visitation, then unsupervised visitation and finally over night visits. This is a slow process and does not happen over night.
I would truly love to hear the reasoning behind this sort of torture. You can not tell me that it is O.K. to rip a child away and place them with strangers, to move them from foster home to foster home without warning. No slow process in the name of the child is taken then, only when it applies to the natural parent.
I`m finding it very hard to see how this puts a family first. I have yet to find evidence to support this claim with any agency.
52 percent of foster kids.....
52 percent of foster kids are on psychiatric drugs. Most were not on any form of medication before entering foster care. Ayn was not on any medications previous to foster care.
Do we really have all these kids sitting at home in need of medications?? I don`t believe so. I do believe that it makes it much easier to get funding and to insure kids are compliant. I`m sure foster homes have an easier time with a child on anti depressants. What a way to bandage a broken system. What a way to shut kids down. What a horrible life lesson.
Do we really have all these kids sitting at home in need of medications?? I don`t believe so. I do believe that it makes it much easier to get funding and to insure kids are compliant. I`m sure foster homes have an easier time with a child on anti depressants. What a way to bandage a broken system. What a way to shut kids down. What a horrible life lesson.
Children`s aid is accountable to who??
It`s quite simple really, here in Ontario they are accountable to.....wait for it. No one. You can complain all you like. You can prove injustice legally all you like. They are not accountable to investigation. It does not matter what they do. Very simply there are steps you can take according to CAS.
1) First make a complaint with the manager in charge, basically the actual Social worker. The in take workers are not social workers, they report to a superior.
2) If that goes no where you can then fill out a complaint form and sent it in to a review panel for investigation. This review panel consists of members of Children`s aid societies.
Here is one Children`s aid societies process here in Ontario. I think I basically summed it up without all the silly jargon that might make you think it`s otherwise legit.
Client Complaint Process
That`s about the end of the road as far as a complaint department goes. You can send letters off to the Queen for all they care, no member of Parliament will get involved. No one will investigate or right the wrongs.
So why exactly would the Government NOT vote in a bill that would make CAS agencies accountable to a outside agency? Ombudsman oversight is desperately needed here in Ontario. The bill has been voted on twice in the past few years. The liberals have voted against it twice now. To much to hide?? I wonder.
View below.
Who oversees Children`s aid societies in Ontario?
1) First make a complaint with the manager in charge, basically the actual Social worker. The in take workers are not social workers, they report to a superior.
2) If that goes no where you can then fill out a complaint form and sent it in to a review panel for investigation. This review panel consists of members of Children`s aid societies.
Here is one Children`s aid societies process here in Ontario. I think I basically summed it up without all the silly jargon that might make you think it`s otherwise legit.
Client Complaint Process
That`s about the end of the road as far as a complaint department goes. You can send letters off to the Queen for all they care, no member of Parliament will get involved. No one will investigate or right the wrongs.
So why exactly would the Government NOT vote in a bill that would make CAS agencies accountable to a outside agency? Ombudsman oversight is desperately needed here in Ontario. The bill has been voted on twice in the past few years. The liberals have voted against it twice now. To much to hide?? I wonder.
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Who oversees Children`s aid societies in Ontario?
Friday, 7 October 2011
Lori Pynn
So many families to speak of, so many children to speak for. One has to be crazy not to get involved on some level. Least it be you one day.
I have been in so many chat rooms and still find myself arguing with naive people about the `good` that CAS or CPS is doing. I am still seeing comments of `well if nothing was wrong she wouldn`t have lost her children`. Least we forget nothing needs to be wrong, the only thing that has to happen is a phone call. An irate spouse, angry friend, a misinformed teacher. Just one call. Many workers (intake and case workers) are out of school in a year. Social service worker program is two years.
Lets think about that, basically by age 21 you can decide on the future of a family. Families are forced to reason with near teenagers who have no life experience, no children and no common sense.
This brings me to a case that I have been following for a little while. Lori Pynn. Lori lost her twins. Lori posts daily about her pain. Lori lives in a cloud of fear. Lori seems to be a wonderful witty person. She adores her children and speaks of little else. Yet her broken heart is easy to see, her tears easily heard.
Below is a story about mental health issues, dare not judge as to many people suffer from mental health issues which can be little more then anxiety. God help you if you are on anti depressants, as this to has been used as a tool against parents.
I will start with a picture of a grandmother in pain, I cried when I first viewed this picture. This is Lori`s mother saying goodbye to her grandchildren. Veil is lifted folks, extended family rarely gets custody.
Now let`s start from the start.
1) Lori Pynn gave birth to Brian and Bailey February 2009.
2) Child welfare visited Lori for the 3rd time in 2 years with allegations that she was not going to counselling appointments. Lori had her hands full and had other priorities (rightfully so). Lori had many other supports in place including family and friends.
3) The twins were born at 39.5 weeks, after staying in the hospital for 2 months Lori more then had her hands full. Her house was clean and her priority was to keep the twins from outside elements.
4) She was then accused of having emotional problems (welcome to parenthood) Of coarse she was agitated by the harassment and emotional. I would be as well.
Her twins were removed, her other children remain. I am wondering now how we can deem a parent unfit yet leave other children in the home? This certainly needs to be addressed. It is happening far to often.
I will take a quote from Lori to finish her story with:
I have been in so many chat rooms and still find myself arguing with naive people about the `good` that CAS or CPS is doing. I am still seeing comments of `well if nothing was wrong she wouldn`t have lost her children`. Least we forget nothing needs to be wrong, the only thing that has to happen is a phone call. An irate spouse, angry friend, a misinformed teacher. Just one call. Many workers (intake and case workers) are out of school in a year. Social service worker program is two years.
Lets think about that, basically by age 21 you can decide on the future of a family. Families are forced to reason with near teenagers who have no life experience, no children and no common sense.
This brings me to a case that I have been following for a little while. Lori Pynn. Lori lost her twins. Lori posts daily about her pain. Lori lives in a cloud of fear. Lori seems to be a wonderful witty person. She adores her children and speaks of little else. Yet her broken heart is easy to see, her tears easily heard.
Below is a story about mental health issues, dare not judge as to many people suffer from mental health issues which can be little more then anxiety. God help you if you are on anti depressants, as this to has been used as a tool against parents.
I will start with a picture of a grandmother in pain, I cried when I first viewed this picture. This is Lori`s mother saying goodbye to her grandchildren. Veil is lifted folks, extended family rarely gets custody.
Now let`s start from the start.
1) Lori Pynn gave birth to Brian and Bailey February 2009.
2) Child welfare visited Lori for the 3rd time in 2 years with allegations that she was not going to counselling appointments. Lori had her hands full and had other priorities (rightfully so). Lori had many other supports in place including family and friends.
3) The twins were born at 39.5 weeks, after staying in the hospital for 2 months Lori more then had her hands full. Her house was clean and her priority was to keep the twins from outside elements.
4) She was then accused of having emotional problems (welcome to parenthood) Of coarse she was agitated by the harassment and emotional. I would be as well.
Her twins were removed, her other children remain. I am wondering now how we can deem a parent unfit yet leave other children in the home? This certainly needs to be addressed. It is happening far to often.
I will take a quote from Lori to finish her story with:
Although the death of my Children was not Physical....i assure you, the spiritual Death is Quite Agonizing.
Child Welfare Kidnapped my children in the name of "Protection", ...The Director .. along with her Lawyer, lied to a Judge and court of law to keep/ sell?..my children......
I am intimidated,belittled and laughed at constantly when i fight for my babies ...you see they left me with some of my kids..so i am told NEVER to "question this"..or else (my other children are in danger of a good ol' child welfare snatching)
Radio
My hats off to radio stations, they seriously use freedom of speech without fear. I have listened in on many interviews done via radio and it is so candid and honest, so heartfelt that it is not possible to ignore.
It is well documented that a few reporters and lawyers have had children taken away due to their involvement in CAS cases. It is also documented that CAS has and will remove children when families reach out to the media and go public.
What a fear of bad publicity CAS must have. To return a child and days later apprehend the same child because of a news story is nothing more then shocking.
To remove a child in the middle of a birthday party is horrific. To threaten families using children as tools is disgusting.
It is well documented that a few reporters and lawyers have had children taken away due to their involvement in CAS cases. It is also documented that CAS has and will remove children when families reach out to the media and go public.
What a fear of bad publicity CAS must have. To return a child and days later apprehend the same child because of a news story is nothing more then shocking.
To remove a child in the middle of a birthday party is horrific. To threaten families using children as tools is disgusting.
Derek to attend IEP meeting for Ayn....
What a strange system we have, full of abuses of power. Let me get this straight.....
1) Ayn is autistic, she therefore is a special needs child. Derek has done nothing but fight for her rights within the school system. The school was not able to control Ayn so they made a class room at the back of a class for her, away from all other students. We are obviously well trained with special needs children.....
2) The school unable to control Ayn fights Derek on every level, they are if anything one of the causes of Ayn being abducted into a system of control.
3) Ayn goes missing for less then an hour, Derek panicked calls the police, Ayn is found and returned and everyone is happy. As I have quickly learned Autistic children do wander, this is a behavior...certainly not a reason to abduct.
1) Ayn is autistic, she therefore is a special needs child. Derek has done nothing but fight for her rights within the school system. The school was not able to control Ayn so they made a class room at the back of a class for her, away from all other students. We are obviously well trained with special needs children.....
2) The school unable to control Ayn fights Derek on every level, they are if anything one of the causes of Ayn being abducted into a system of control.
3) Ayn goes missing for less then an hour, Derek panicked calls the police, Ayn is found and returned and everyone is happy. As I have quickly learned Autistic children do wander, this is a behavior...certainly not a reason to abduct.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Derek`s Thanksgiving
I have heard to many stories now to believe otherwise, Ayn will most likely stay in a basement sedated during this holiday as well as the next.
Holidays are not a priority for any agency. Foster families have their own agenda`s and families and probably do not have time to cart children around or what ever else a visit on a holiday would entail.
Oh that`s right, sorry...it`s what`s in the best interest of the child. I forgot that it`s the right thing to do to leave foster kids alone during Christmas and any other holiday that might be of importance.
I don`t ever want to see a count of how many children have spent birthday`s without family. It would be much to high a percentage.
Holidays are not a priority for any agency. Foster families have their own agenda`s and families and probably do not have time to cart children around or what ever else a visit on a holiday would entail.
Oh that`s right, sorry...it`s what`s in the best interest of the child. I forgot that it`s the right thing to do to leave foster kids alone during Christmas and any other holiday that might be of importance.
I don`t ever want to see a count of how many children have spent birthday`s without family. It would be much to high a percentage.
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
And so they lurk........
It has now been found that many child protection and social workers lurk in the backgrounds of facebook groups.. Groups that target apprehension issues.
I think it`s fantastic, what a way to voice your opinion. What a way to get your point across. I wonder if workers from Derek Hoare`s local child service agency are also reading.
It can be a great tool.......it can also be quite harmful.
It has certainly crossed my mind a time or two that the Hoare family may be prolonging the situation because of the negative media attention.
These agencies have been cast negatively many times in the past few years, people are beginning to see this faulted system for what it is. People from all walks of life are fighting back, being verbal and going viral with very harmful details pertaining to child protection cases.
Along with negative attention comes less support......with less support we start to see a decline in funding.....and that is not going to be acceptable.
I think it`s fantastic, what a way to voice your opinion. What a way to get your point across. I wonder if workers from Derek Hoare`s local child service agency are also reading.
It can be a great tool.......it can also be quite harmful.
It has certainly crossed my mind a time or two that the Hoare family may be prolonging the situation because of the negative media attention.
These agencies have been cast negatively many times in the past few years, people are beginning to see this faulted system for what it is. People from all walks of life are fighting back, being verbal and going viral with very harmful details pertaining to child protection cases.
Along with negative attention comes less support......with less support we start to see a decline in funding.....and that is not going to be acceptable.
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
4 Toronto CAS agencies have created a facebook group.....
As if the advertising wasn`t enough. Now the swamped , overworked and underpaid workers are running a facebook group!!
The administrators are hard at work, it takes approx. 30 seconds for posts to be deleted. I`m sure they thought of this before creating the group.
I only had to read one doc. to get the picture. The Doc. was about leaving a child alone for a short period of time. Did you know that there is actually NO LAW IN ONTARIO (directly quoted from said Doc.) that dictates a specific age for leaving children alone? Yet, now get this, you can be charged and investigated if you leave your child alone even for a short period of time if someone reports you. Yes, both statements were in the same document.
The administrators are hard at work, it takes approx. 30 seconds for posts to be deleted. I`m sure they thought of this before creating the group.
I only had to read one doc. to get the picture. The Doc. was about leaving a child alone for a short period of time. Did you know that there is actually NO LAW IN ONTARIO (directly quoted from said Doc.) that dictates a specific age for leaving children alone? Yet, now get this, you can be charged and investigated if you leave your child alone even for a short period of time if someone reports you. Yes, both statements were in the same document.
Monday, 3 October 2011
To visit or not to visit......
Seems to be such a hot topic and I`m not sure why. I have read everything possible on CAS supervised visits and they seem nothing but heart breaking to me.
I am not sure I could sit and visit with my children for an hour with someone taking notes. My God how exactly did we get to that point??
What happened in past cases to bring about a Hitler attitude to child rearing and visiting? Has no one thought of how a child might view this visit? How the child might loose respect for a parent? How a parent might feel helpless and lost?
I am not sure I could sit and visit with my children for an hour with someone taking notes. My God how exactly did we get to that point??
What happened in past cases to bring about a Hitler attitude to child rearing and visiting? Has no one thought of how a child might view this visit? How the child might loose respect for a parent? How a parent might feel helpless and lost?
Friday, 30 September 2011
Not to be paranoid........
I can`t keep track of where the millions of dollars in funding (not to mention the donations) are going. I would hate to think that we are paying foster families 3 times more then any natural parent makes if they both stay at home with a child. I would also hate to think that we would spend more money to support a foster family then we would a natural family. This can not possibly be the case.
I recently read about a mother that was being investigated because her daughter`s teeth were examined at school and the shcool (surprise insert here) called CAS. The mother agreed that her daughter needed a dentist but could not afford one. The worker would not help and when pushed to help actually looked into the child`s mouth and declared her fine!!
Yes Ontario, we just paid someone to investigate dirty teeth, to humiliate and scare a mother and not offer an ounce of help or support.
We the Child Protection workers are here to serve......exactly who are they serving again?
I recently read about a mother that was being investigated because her daughter`s teeth were examined at school and the shcool (surprise insert here) called CAS. The mother agreed that her daughter needed a dentist but could not afford one. The worker would not help and when pushed to help actually looked into the child`s mouth and declared her fine!!
Yes Ontario, we just paid someone to investigate dirty teeth, to humiliate and scare a mother and not offer an ounce of help or support.
We the Child Protection workers are here to serve......exactly who are they serving again?
Plea for Ayn
Plea for Ayn
My name is Derek I am a single father of three wonderful young children, aged 9, 10 and 11; my youngest two have both been diagnosed with severe autism. Though a constant and challenging struggle, I have done my best to protect and nurture them, as I love them so much and have dedicated my life to their achievement of happiness. My youngest child is a bright and beautiful little spitfire named Ayn. She has and is blossoming so well here at home and has come so far to overcome her obvious disability, she does however continue to struggle and outburst when in other environments, particularly at school.
People fighting for the Hoare family
I have been following a child abduction case quite closely, although quietly. I have expected a turn of events almost every time I`ve opened the on going facebook group.
Over 100 days have passed and still no result, no end, no answers. I wonder how much more this father and mother can possibly take. I wonder what is going on inside this little girls mind. She is Autistic. I do not pretend to know what that intails. I do however have children, love children and could not live without them. I always assumed that I would die without them. After following Derek for several weeks now I realize that we do not die. I am not sure I can say that we go on....go on to what? Derek must wake up in pain, he must go to bed in pain and he most certainly functions in a cloud of pain.
Over 100 days have passed and still no result, no end, no answers. I wonder how much more this father and mother can possibly take. I wonder what is going on inside this little girls mind. She is Autistic. I do not pretend to know what that intails. I do however have children, love children and could not live without them. I always assumed that I would die without them. After following Derek for several weeks now I realize that we do not die. I am not sure I can say that we go on....go on to what? Derek must wake up in pain, he must go to bed in pain and he most certainly functions in a cloud of pain.
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