Should these kids have been taken away?

United States
January 14, 2009 12:45pm CST
Three kids whose names were inspired by Nazis were taken from their parents: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ny-usnazi0115,0,526158.story?track=rss Now, these people make me a bit ill - I can't believe they would give their children these names! The father even defends the names in an article from about a month ago - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ny-uscake1218,0,4205351.story Now, all that to the side, assuming there was no abuse or neglect, is it right to take these kids from their parents? I'm sure there are lots of families who have beliefs that are not exactly friendly, but I'm not sure it's right to take their children unless they are endangering their child. I have very mixed feelings about this. How about you?
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@Seppy1984 (2145)
• United States
14 Jan 09
Hello, I will let you know that this will be a long response so please bear with me. Well I for one would not name my children with any of those names. But I for one do know a girl named Nazanine but she goes by Nazi and she grew up to be a nice sweet person. I for one don't think that this couple deserved to lose their children, it was wrong to do that and I am starting to think that the authorities took the children away because of their names. I hate to say right there is a law suite. When the grocery store would not put the child's name on the cake that is another law suite. But then again now days in America children protective services will take children that have not been abandon or abused because then it is easier to sell the children. People don't want damaged abused children because of the fact that you don't know how the children will act toward others. The only reason I know this is because it happened to me. It was 6 years ago I was 18 and had 2 beautiful children. A girl named Breanna and a boy named David. Well when I had my daughter she had ear problems but I had make sure she was always taken to the doctor's for the problem. I was a really good mom and everyone that was around me said that I was doing great for my age with 2 children. Then all of a sudden children protective services came knocking on the door and I of course answered the door thinking that I had too. They started complaining about how the house was not to their exceptions, because we were in the middle of renewing the kitchen. I was staying at my parent's house till I could get a job and save money to get my own place. But they kept saying that the kitchen had dishes in the sink from breakfast,that the cloths were not folded and that the floors needed swept. But they said that this was not livable for my children and took them away while at the same time I had younger siblings too who ranged from 14 down to 7 years in age. What my mom and I can't figure out is why did my children get taken away because of this so called problem and not my siblings. The reason for that is still a mystery to us. So they took my children out of their grand parents house and placed them with a horrible family, who lives like pigs, have a junk yard that the children play area is and yet they degraded my parents, but yet turned around and placed them in a junk yard. What it is is that America will take children for no reason and yet allow parents to keep their children even if abuse was found. Either way the father was right in his interview it is time for change. I mean come on what has this world come too. They need to give the children back to those parents and leave them alone.
• United States
14 Jan 09
I am so sorry for what you went through; it's really horrible to have children's services called on you. It's happened to me, twice, although thankfully in my case the case worker came in and couldn't figure out why he had been called in the first place. It's a crying shame that CPS gets called on someone for having a slightly messy house, but people who beat their children can sometimes get away with it.
@Seppy1984 (2145)
• United States
14 Jan 09
Well, I'm working on getting them back and have been for a good 6 years. Yes it is a shame that parents who beat their children will get away with them and then in most cases you find out a couple months later that they killed their children, it's sad that they can't really save lives like they should be doing. I know I thought it was a lousy excuse to take my children, plus it did not help that my children father's mom was stirring up trouble. But then again only if I knew back then what I know now then I would have been smarter and knew that some grandparents don't care or just does not want the children mom to do the taking care of. But I figure if I can't get them back in time and they come find me I will be able to prove that I was a good mom and that I kept fighting. I have so much paperwork that says that I was a good mom and that there was no abuse found but there is risk of abuse, but if that is the truth then no one should be allowed to have children because there will be risk of abuse all over the place. But thanks for listening, I don't have many people to talk to about my case so it some times eats me up inside. My hubby though is there for me and wants me to bring them home or get them so he can meet his step-children, but that might have to wait for a while. Thanks again for listening.