
A Texas mom received a visit by Child Protective Services (CPS) for hosting a “chickenpox party.” Amanda Witt believes that it is healthier for a child to catch chickenpox early than to be vaccinated for it. The mother from Plano, Texas, moderates a private Facebook page for 300 plus parents who hold the same belief. She said, “When one child has chickenpox, we promote playdates throughout,” she told the local CBS affiliate.
by Lana Shadwick21 Dec 2015, 9:23 AM PST0

The mother of the toddler who was burned to death in an oven by a young sibling, has been charged with four counts of endangering a child. Nineteen-month-old J’Zyrah Thompson died after she was burned to death in an oven when the mother and her boyfriend left Thompson’s four children under the age of five unattended. A three-year-old sibling allegedly turned on the oven after the toddler climbed into the oven. Thompson’s live-in boyfriend has also been charged.
by Lana Shadwick27 Nov 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

A toddler died after she was burned to death in an oven when the children’s mother and her boyfriend left four children under the age of five unattended. A three-year-old sibling allegedly turned on the oven after the 19-month old toddler climbed into the oven. Child Protective Services (CPS) now has custody of the three surviving children.
by Lana Shadwick23 Nov 2015, 9:43 AM PST0

Two daycare workers have been fired for refusing to go along with the center’s transgender agenda. Madeline Kirksey, one of the workers who is an author of a Christian book, says her religious liberty rights have been violated. The two were fired after refusing to call a little girl a boy.
by Lana Shadwick6 Nov 2015, 5:50 AM PST0

Rapper Rich Homie Quan has found himself the target of a Child Protective Services investigation after posting a video to social media in which he appears to be smoking marijuana with his one-year-old child seated on his lap.
by Daniel Nussbaum25 Sep 2015, 9:35 AM PST0

A Texas Child Protective Services (CPS) worker has been found guilty of official oppression. The worker, Rebekah Ross Thonginh, is one of three individuals who were charged in connection with a CPS investigation of a case involving a special needs teenager who was murdered in 2012.
by Lana Shadwick18 Sep 2015, 8:04 AM PST0

A former Texas Child Protective Services (CPS) supervisor arrested on a felony evidence tampering charge will bring the Abilene woman to trial soon. The charge against the CPS supervisor is in connection with a highly publicized 2012 Abilene child dehydration and starvation death case.
by Lana Shadwick15 Sep 2015, 7:32 AM PST0

A Texas judge has given Child Protective Services (CPS) emergency custody of two boys left at a Houston fire station on Monday night. The state’s “Baby Moses” law does not apply because of the children’s ages. Neither parent attended the court hearing to decide the children’s temporary fate.
by Lana Shadwick9 Sep 2015, 2:35 PM PST0

The Houston Chronicle notes that “Texas law doesn’t say how old is old enough for kids to be left alone,” but unnamed “authorities” warn that “inadequate supervision puts children at risk.” Yes, and inadequate common sense puts innocent people at risk. I guess you could say the Nanny State is practicing what it preaches, as it frets about leaving its child-citizens inadequately supervised. No wonder helicopter parenting is mandated.
by John Hayward23 Jul 2015, 7:23 AM PST0

A Florida couple had their two boys, aged 11 and 4, removed from them because the eleven-year-old beat his parents home and was playing basketball alone in his yard.
by William Bigelow16 Jun 2015, 8:17 PM PST0

The Meitivs were first investigated last fall when their children, ages 10 and 6, were seen playing together at a park one block from their home.
by Dr. Susan Berry26 May 2015, 12:28 PM PST0

Child Advocates of Fort Bend celebrates volunteers who give their time and love to children in child welfare custody who do not have a mother or mother-figure with them on Mother’s Day. You too can become a CASA volunteer.
by Lana Shadwick10 May 2015, 7:04 AM PST0

The criminal trial for a Texas Child Protective Services (CPS) worker is set to start this week. The CPS worker has been charged with official oppression for subjecting a person under CPS investigation “to search and seizure that the defendant knew as unlawful.” Criminal charges against CPS employees related to their actions in child protective services cases are rare.
by Lana Shadwick22 Feb 2015, 10:33 AM PST0

A Maryland family faces a date with Montgomery County Child Protective Services next week, after the parents allowed their children to attempt to walk home from a park one mile away. The children ended up getting a ride half of the way home, after they were intercepted by police.
by Rich Tucker15 Jan 2015, 5:20 PM PST0