Frustration...
A friend of mine is going though a rough time at the moment. Her husband left her for another woman late last year, and now she’s got CYPSS up her ass. CYPSS is a government child protection agency. There job is looking after the children and young people in New Zealand’s welfare. Apparently they had received a complaint from her youngest child’s preschool about the child’s disruptive and emotional behavior. Like WHAT THE FUCK DO THEY EXPECT?! Dads moved out and Mum’s devastated…of course the kid gunna react.
My friend is struggling, as it is, to deal with three upset children, the never ending bills, not to mention her own feelings of betrayal and deception at what her husband has done. Now she’s got social workers dogging her every move. But instead of arranging for the family to see councilors or for the mum to do some sort of helpful course or something, they are coming up with scenarios as to why these children are upset. Of course discounting the obvious truth.
It frustrates me to see this agency spending so much time on this family when to me the solution is obvious….time and some emotional support. There are a lot of other cases out there that they should be concerning themselves with. A 6 year old little girl got beaten to death by her step-father the year before last…..CYPSS knew there was a problem with that family months before this happened. Guess what they did? NOTHING! Ditto with another guy who stabbed to death his 2 teenaged step-daughters.
I know how inept CYPSS are first hand, I reported the abuse of my brother and sister and their two younger brothers to them. And again they did nothing. It’s only been in the past 6 or so years that they have been involved with my father’s ex wife. And not surprisingly they have taken custody of her 10 and her 13 year old sons. Shame they didn’t react when I told them what was happening with my brother and sister. Might have saved them a lot of physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
Sometimes I wanna scream with frustration!
My friend is struggling, as it is, to deal with three upset children, the never ending bills, not to mention her own feelings of betrayal and deception at what her husband has done. Now she’s got social workers dogging her every move. But instead of arranging for the family to see councilors or for the mum to do some sort of helpful course or something, they are coming up with scenarios as to why these children are upset. Of course discounting the obvious truth.
It frustrates me to see this agency spending so much time on this family when to me the solution is obvious….time and some emotional support. There are a lot of other cases out there that they should be concerning themselves with. A 6 year old little girl got beaten to death by her step-father the year before last…..CYPSS knew there was a problem with that family months before this happened. Guess what they did? NOTHING! Ditto with another guy who stabbed to death his 2 teenaged step-daughters.
I know how inept CYPSS are first hand, I reported the abuse of my brother and sister and their two younger brothers to them. And again they did nothing. It’s only been in the past 6 or so years that they have been involved with my father’s ex wife. And not surprisingly they have taken custody of her 10 and her 13 year old sons. Shame they didn’t react when I told them what was happening with my brother and sister. Might have saved them a lot of physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
Sometimes I wanna scream with frustration!
posted by eMMa at 10:57 PM
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