November 2019

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It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. One night, early in the morning, your baby goes limp in your arms and you find yourself rushing to the hospital. But here’s the thing, the real ordeal hasn’t even begun yet. For one family in Houston, the nightmare took a turn for the worse. Dealing with a child’s misdiagnosis

Interactions between parents and children protective services programs (called different names in different states, Division of Children, Youth and Families “DCYF” in this instance) is challenging enough for parents, impacting the parents and children in irrevocable ways. However, it seems that parents’ problems with CPS go beyond the dynamic between parents and the program itself.

In Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, a social worker made false claims about a family, reporting that she witnessed various instances of neglect. Among her false claims she made, she lied that the mother tested positive for drugs and that she failed to comply with the terms of probation for an offense she had allegedly committed.

Picture this: A sick child. A worried, attentive mom unwilling to leave her child’s side, desperately seeking care for her child’s condition. Sound like a case of medical child abuse to you? Two years ago, a distressed mother in Houston rushed her ill daughter to the hospital after a massive hurricane hit Texas. She was

A misdiagnosis of a child can be devastating enough to the health of the child and the impact on the entire family. But when a serious medical case is mishandled by the state, the consequences are traumatizing and even destructive. In May 2015, a family in Elgin, Texas had just welcomed their baby boy. Unfortunately,