Over the years, I have been in homes of strangers that were filthy with dirty dishes all over the place, ants, cockroaches everywhere. Made my skin crawl. Doesn't mean the kids were in "danger". Never thought of calling Social Services on anyone else either. I've also heard of questionable cases like posters have described.
The frustration comes from the fact that Social Services HAS to investigate every complaint. How many times have you read about a serious abuse or death case where SS gets blamed for not intervening? How are they supposed to predict the future, i.e. is a "slob" of a parent also a "dangerous" or "unfit" parent? Tough call for anyone to make.
As for the "qualifications" of the social services worker: In most cases, they are following guidelines. They MAY not be parents but as Social Workers, they are NOT at the top of the pay scale and I would imagine most get into it because they have an interest in helping their fellow man. Hope things work out for you and your family.
JDemaris makes some very good points, adoptive parents go through a screening that is not required of people who just go out and make a baby.
Again, the problem stems from the fact that everyone looks to the government to solve all of our problems. If an abused kid gets hurt or killed, the first question is: where was protective services? Thank god, my kids are all adults. Nowadays if you take your kid to the doctor or school and they see a "suspicous" bruise or other injury, they are REQUIRED to call authorities. My kids (all very active in sports) ALWAYS had bruises and healing injuries. I'd probably still be in jail trying to explain some of them. :roll:
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