CPS has boy in Amber Alert

I'm not quite sure what my feelings are. I've criticized CPS so many times for not taking children out of a situation that they clearly should have so I'm not really sure with out knowning all of the details behind this. From what I read it almost sounds like they took the child because the father failed to do his investigating of who the babysitter/nanny really was that he was hiring to care for his child. Is that neglect? I guess every parent has a right to their own decision as to how much background checking they do on someone. Maybe he felt comfortable with her and she didn't give him any reason to second guess her, her age or anything else, who knows. I don't think you can be ridiculed because you didn't do a thorough background check, although personally myself I would, but different strokes for different folks. I think there has to be more to it than CPS just faulting him for not doing a thorough check up on the girl he hired. It will be interesting to follow and hear what additional details come out.

I too have very mixed feelings... CPS is not exactly known for their excellent child protection. I know the father made a mistake, a huge mistake that could have cost him from ever seeing his son, but to take him away!?!?!?
I don’t feel bad for the father; it’s the little boy that will end up getting hurt.
Here’s my problem with this situation:
We all make mistakes in raising our children. But he hired a stranger to watch his young son. Would it be ok it the boy were older and could talk… not in my book. A stranger is just that, strange. Until you get to know someone and are able to trust a person, no child should be left alone with one.
BUT… will the young child be better off taken away from his father and in CPS custody? CPS has documented cases of giving homeless children to drug ridden families.
Again, we all make mistakes, and I believe we learn from our mistakes. I would almost say this father will NEVER leave his son alone again, or at least without really knowing the person.
Why not give the child to the dad’s mom (in a different story the grandmother was quoted and does live in the valley). At least the boy is with family and (hopefully) out of harm.
I’m having a tough time agreeing with the state in their decision.

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OK ya'll there is so much more to this story than theyare telling us.... CPS would not and can't take a child just for that... Just for finding a babysitter on craigslist and not checking her out properly.. NOWAY! There is way more we don't know yet...

I emailed this story to my friends that live here in the valley with a subject line of "who would do this? Find a babysitter on craigslist" and one of my girlfriends emailed me back last night and said that is how she found her nanny.and she is the best nanny she has ever had. She said she is 41 with grown kids and used to owrk at a church or something...I felt bad for my subject line of the email and had to email her back and say sorry and that was great that she found a great nanny...

But really there is more to this story than what we know right now... No way!, no way!, no way! did they just take that child for that reason...

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I think there must be more to this story......more than is being printed, anyway. The sitter claims the boy was being abused and that's why she took him.....so far that is unsubstantiated, supposedly......but perhaps they are looking into that.
The father was definitely remiss in not doing a throrough investigation into who he hired as a live in nanny.....but there must be thousands of parents out there who are guilty of the same.....people find sitters from online ads, postings, etc and I would be willing to bet some are not very dilligent about checking them out, they just take them at face value.....how many parents leave their kids with men/women they haven't dated long and don't know much about.....more than a few, and it's rare to see cps step in.
I also found it odd that it took the father almost 4 hours to report the child missing....the "nanny" took the child to a park at around 4:30 and didn't call the police until 7:30? That seems like a long time to me. Who knows what is going on with these people.

If you are looking for what do I think of CPS taking the child from the father...I think it's good. It means that CPS is doing their job and that is protecting and investigating a situation between a parent and child. So many times I criticize CPS for not doing what they are supposed to do (hello, doesn't anyone know the story of the mother who beat her child in front of wal-mart while the grandmother sat on him???) but in this case, there are some serious neglect issues and some abuse allegations going on (I deeply criticize ANY parent for simple mistakes that can put a child at harm, ex: not checking out who's providing care for your child). I'm sure there is much, MUCH more to this story, but for now that child is in safe harbor at least and hopefully CPS can prove to me for once that they can do the job the agency is set up to do.

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