You’re a parent taking your child to the doctor for medical care. Genuinely concerned about the health of your child, you behave perfectly normally, determined that your child receive proper care. However, when your child is seen by doctors, medical professionals in whom you should have utmost trust, another doctor, not necessary to the care […]

The ruling made in the US Supreme Court case  Wisconsin v. Yoder may be in jeopardy and, if overturned, the ramifications will reach far beyond the Amish community for which it addressed. In 1972, the right of the Amish community to exercise their religious beliefs, including not requiring their children to receive formal schooling past […]

Imagine a world where the state can interfere in your child’s day-to-day life, governing something as familiar and as commonplace as the after-school sports and activities in which your child plays or participates such as dancing, cheerleading, or football? Sounds like something that can’t possibly happen in the USA, the land of the free, right? […]

Consider this situation. You find a child unattended in a car and either merely wonder whether the child is safe or become alarmed about the child’s safety. Now, consider how different perceptions of the same situation will affect how one might handle the situation. For instance, how might you feel if you learned that the […]

This article addresses information that covers the repercussions of the incident discussed, link here > Make sure you read the first article before you read this one. Link here > Child abuse pediatricians are a sub-specialty of doctors who are working more and more frequently alongside other medical professionals and child protective services, where they […]

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, […]