Okay, since the mods all had their panties in a wad over a site I referenced, I'm attempting to post this again in a manner that won't make them whine at me. So let's try this again.

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I think most of us are familiar with what Child Protective Services is, but my question is whether or not CPS' intentions are all good. I realize CPS pulls children out of dangerous or abusive homes, but I have read hundreds of accounts of children who were allegedly wrongly taken from their homes, or taken from homes because of false accusations or with no reason.

There is a whole website dedicated to people who are currently fighting CPS because they say their children got taken when no abuse was going on. I can't link directly to it, but if you go to this address and click on the first result, you will be able to access the archive that the mods found to be sacreligious:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=fight cps&btnG=Google Search

The stories of the wrongly punished people are in the Guestbook section. I realize that a lot of these stories are probably construed in a way to make it seem like the parents are totally innocent and that CPS is the big bad evil force set out solely to ruin families, but I can't imagine they are all warped like that. By the way, the stories are listed in the Guestbook section of that site.

What do you think? Does CPS do more harm than good? Do you think social workers really only help children, or do some of them abuse their power? Discuss.