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    Should I call CPS on my best friend (who's a single parent)?

    @awesome777yay CPS is the last call you should ever make. Family. Friends. Intervention. She is unwell and needs a support network and gentle pushing toward therapy and DV pattern changing classes. CPS is possibly one of the most useless and harmful programs in the entire US. Even the IRS is...
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    Should I call CPS on my best friend (who's a single parent)?

    @developer2021 I hate sharing the story because it makes me feel so whiny and pathetic but in the end, if it helps even ONE family not get shredded by CPS then I’m all for it. They need reform. Badly.
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    Should I call CPS on my best friend (who's a single parent)?

    @faith20175 Absolutely correct! When my kids dad and I split it was ugly. We acted like jerks and threw each other under the bus when CPS was called by unknown individual concerned over our childish squabbling. CPS removed my children from both of us placed them in stranger foster care. Oh and...
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    Boys to men

    @nomalanga From one grieving single mother to another, I send my condolences and love. I know right now you’re feeling lost and defeated and sometimes just hopeless. Grief is complicated and stepping into a single mother role from a death compounds the whole complex ordeal. You’re suddenly a...
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    Should I call CPS on my best friend (who's a single parent)?

    @awesome777yay Domestic Violence centers often offer pattern changing classes. They help women learn what a red flag is. Yes. Some of us are born without built in red flag detection. The classes are free and empowering.
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    Should I call CPS on my best friend (who's a single parent)?

    @wrex Honestly! I’m sorry you too have gone through this. It sometimes feels like healing is near impossible!
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    Should I call CPS on my best friend (who's a single parent)?

    @wrex I am so grateful to you for posting this. Her behavior isn’t one of intentional neglect. She is unwell. The aftershock from the ending of an abusive relationship is so difficult to explain to someone who hasn’t lived it, and you did a great job. I went right from one abusive relationship...
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