: Re: Emergency Back-up Plan,foster care

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. You just re-posted the PIR scales:

PIR 5 - Disability. You are too sick to work or take care of family

let alone yourself. Financial ruin is the rule. A number on this

group are a 5.

" TOO SICK TO WORK OR TAKE CARE OF FAMILY - LET ALONE YOURSELF "

What are a caring parents main priorities?

At PIR 5 you have a difficult choice to make. To watch your

children suffer as you fail to take care of them, or to make other

arrangements out of sheer necessity.

The girl I saw in this situation did not get to pick the foster

parents, but she was allowed to visit. This was not an easy choice,

but it was preferable to not being able to provide for them at all.

" A GOOD parent would never even think of this for a moment " ?

If you had seen someone attempting to survive at PIR 5, I don't

think you would say this.

To my way of thinking, a good parent would want their children to be

taken care of, if they were unable to do so.

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>

> Hi ,

> I have for the most part, tried to stay out of this conversation.

But, some

> things have bothered me. Now, it looks to not only myself, but

others that

> you are attacking Rosie for trying to help find things to give them

> assistance. Such as vitamins, and new ways of eating, and things

to avoid.

> This information is PRICELESS.

>

> After reading your posts for awhile now, I find that you are very

> knowledgeable in many things, and very smart. And in fact have

learned

> several things from you.

> But, you do come off as very arrogant. It seems that if someone

does not

> agree with you and does follow your so called advice they are just

stupid. I

> have not read hardly any of your post since your uncaring, and un-

informed

> post last week about families with children. Where you advised

that parents

> should put their children into foster care. That post sickened

me. We have

> many parents on this forum, as myself. Who are looking for help.

And to

> think for a minute, that anyone of them would consider doing this

is just

> ridiculous. Are you a parent? I would have to say a BIG FAT

NO, to that.

> If you were, there is no way in HELL you would have made that

comment.

> If I remember correctly, you said you had a friend who just

dropped their

> children off at a foster home, a wonderful foster home, and then

when they

> were ready just went and picked them up. This again shows you are

not a

> parent, and have no clue how foster care works. One (atleast in

most

> states) you just don't get to pick the foster home. The state

picks it for

> you. They would NOT allow you to have the home tested for mold,

to make

> sure it was a safe environment. So, YES you could be endangering

your

> children's life. You don't get interview the families where your

children

> will be going. Heck, you have no say what so ever. As a matter

of fact,

> there have been several cases where the parents have been charged

munchausen

> and their children have been removed, and their Civil Rights have

been

> violated. They were told to never speak of mold again to anyone.

But,

> after going into foster care, the children were still sick. So, I

don't see

> how this is at all a good plan. Sounds stupid to me. A GOOD

parent would

> never

> even think this for a moment. But, then you don't have children

do you, so

> how would you know what it is like to have children and be put

into this

> situation, and make a huge decision that would affect your

children's mental

> state, as well as their lives, for as long as they live.

> I have been a parent, still am, and will always be. I would NEVER

under ANY

> circumstances use your advice. And hope that other parents on

this forum

> are not second guessing themselves after that stupid suggestion.

> Parents on this forum, please follow your heart. If you are a

good parent

> you will always make the right decisions for your children, like I

did. And

> most of us here are always will to help, and give you sound advice.

> Good Luck,

>