#20: Child Protective Services
There is nothing more upsetting, offensive, or horrifying as a parent for someone to accuse you of negligent parenting. We’re not saying that Child Protective Services is a redundant agency, definitely not, let’s just say that there are certain families that require their services more than others… After a petition was started on Change.org, the Division of Child and Family Services in Utah showed up at their home unannounced.
Each child met with the workers for 2 hours so that they could get to know one another. After the event, Kevin said, “When they walked in unannounced, Eve and Ruby were baking bread together and doing a puzzle… Hardly the evidence of an abusive home.” Having visited for several hours, the DCFS representatives apologized for any stress they might have caused the family for doing what they deemed an unnecessary visit.