This young California couple was taught a terrifying lesson. They brought their 5-month-old son into a hospital for flu-like symptoms. The hospital told them their baby needed surgery, but the parents didn’t feel right about it. So, they left, went to another hospital and got a second opinion. There, they were told that their baby was well enough to take home. The story should have ended there, but first the authorities had to teach this young couple a lesson.
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The next thing this couple knows, police and child protective services barge into their home and kidnap their baby boy! The terrified mother is told, and I quote, “I am going to grab your baby and don’t resist and don’t fight me okay?” The horrified mom pleads with the officers, but they have no sympathy, they have their orders. (see video below)
Then as a last appeal, the mom asks where her baby is being taken. The wretched social worker patronizes the weeping mother, and I quote, “We are not going to tell you right now because I’m, you’re not, I don’t think you’re acting rationally right now.” Really? How should a rational mom act when her baby is being abducted?!
This couple was taught a profound object lesson. Object lessons always pack a little more punch, especially when the object is your baby. Here the teachers were the policemen and the social worker and the moral of their story is this:
Children are property of the state, and we can repossess your children at anytime, for any reason, and you, being nothing more than the boy’s mother, had better not try to stop us!
I realize there are times for the State to step in, but never, not ever, like this! Parents should be innocent until proven guilty, there should at the very least be some hint of abuse, and parents should always be told where the authorities are taking their babies.
While children should be protected from “real” abuse, parents and children should be protected from the abuses and terror of over zealous, baby-napping social workers. If there is not more to this case, then I hope the couple sues California back into bankruptcy!
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This story is very much sad.. I dont believe children should be possession of any state unless there are different circumstance. Thats like saying for you as an adult go to the hospital they diagnose you with something but you dont believe that is wrong so you go to another doctor to get a second opinion. I know this from experience. As a parent you know your child best. So they had every right to avoid a surgery that probably was no where near necessary.. the health care system in america is truly horrible and doctors out there who truly care for there patients are dwindling. 🙁
Hi Janine! I think there is something missing or muddled in this part of your post… “We are not going to tell you right now because I’m, you’re not, I don’t think you’re acting rationally right now.”
Just letting you know so that you can fix it.
This story reminds us that we are first the parents of our children and I think they did the right thing to ask for a second opinion. Doctors and those in the medical field can also be bullies. What happened next makes you wonder what the hospital professionals said to social welfare and the police.
Hi Christina! Yes, that quote does sound a little weird, but it is actually a direct quote from the video. But, you are right, I should probably say it is a direct quote or put it in brackets. Thanks so much for letting me know!
Thanks for the comment cousin!!! I sure wish we lived closer! It would be nice to hang out and let our kids get to know each other!! By the way, I’ve given up on staying a member of the mom group lol!! I seriously think someone is kicking me out so, that’s okay 😛
xo
Wish we were closer too. Do you visit Utah much? Maybe someday we will both be in Oregon the same time. I’m sorry you are getting kicked out!!! Do you want me to ask the other moderators what’s up?
I haven’t followed this story very closely- it’s so funny how different tellings vary so widely! I saw one snippet last week that made it sound like the parents were neglectful and belligerent with doctors and took their baby home despite dangerous circumstances for the baby- I have no idea if any of that is true because I never followed up! Thanks for your post- following up tonight! 🙂
Having been a foster parent for many years, and knowing that all sides of this story have not been shared yet, I think it’s premature to judge or take a stance one way or another about who is at fault here and why. We have a responsibility to raise our children and care for them in the best possible way. Perhaps these parents were, perhaps they weren’t. No one will know for sure until ALL information is disclosed. I just hope all of this media publicity doesn’t get them into more trouble as it can in a court of law.
I just found this update on the case for any interested! http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/30/court-rules-in-favor-of-calif-couple-who-had-5-month-old-baby-seized-by-police/
I’ve dealt with CPS off and on for years. People abuse calling CPS to make your life crazy. So far CPS has never found anything wrong.
Hi, Janine. I’ve nominated you for the Beautiful Mama Blog Award. My post is going live tomorrow. Thanks for inspiring me! http://wp.me/p280y0-Rf
Hi Jenny! You just made my day. Thank you so much.
So scary. Having a daughter who had brain cancer and now multiple disabilities, Ive been in some pretty close similar situations. We do everything our doctors tell us to even of we disagree with them because we are afraid if we don’t they will her take away from us. Parents really do not have the right to make medical decisions for their children.
This is really scary, isn’t it?
I can’t imagine how this couple felt.
My goodness, this is absurd! I’ve never heard of a case like this before. How terrible for the mother, father, and especially the child. I’d be interested in following the story to see how it pans out.
Unreal – how callous can some people be!! Like their attorney said – they took the child, right away, to another hospital. How can that be child abuse or endangerment. Someone, somewhere, has some major explaining to do. Sounds like a cover-up of a nurse or doctors mistake.