child protection workers, what are the grounds for removing a child based on neglect?

my sisters kids need to be taken away from her, i hate it but it is what has to be done, she neglects her children's medical ,dental and emotional needs child protection has been called but it seems like they may not remove them, why i don't know, i have spoken to the case worker myself and he seems to agree, is this just a long process??? i want them out of there now. its not that she doesn't know what she needs to do, she is just lazy and i think she doesn't care, she almost never hugs her oldest daughter (age 6) calls her a little b#@&h and says that she feels "retarded" when she hugs her, screams at her all the time, doesn't help her with homework, and let her go for 2 weeks with a bladder infection, she has a 4 year old that we were thinking was autistic, but after having him at my house this weekend, i don't think there is really anything wrong other than he is very neglected, i just need some advice if there is anyone that can help.

2006-11-05T21:52:25Z

nadia, I love my sister very much, and you have no idea how many sleepless nights i have spent due to this problem. unfortunately i live 2 hours away, and i have a husband with a serious heart condition and my own business and 2 children of my own. i still am a good mother to my kids. she has no excuse. she has never held a job, she is too lazy, she is not depressed as that was my first concern. she has popped out 5 kids, the 2 older ones have already been taken by their fathers these kids dad is in prison. i am not turning on my sister, i want her to get off her lazy butt and take care of her babies! but she refuses to do so. my moral obligation is to make sure they are taken care of. and furthermore i have already told cps that i will take all three of them, that is part of the reason i never called before is because i was afraid that they would be placed in fostercare. but cps has informed me that they will be place with family if possible. and also her daycare turned her in not me.

2006-11-05T21:53:41Z

and they turned her in because she was sending her 1 year old baby to daycare with bottles of rotten milk with mold growing in them.

aibnyc2006-11-05T20:59:57Z

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Your sister sounds like she is the one in need of professional help. Are there any other family members that you can get involved? Start documenting all of the abuse and neglect you witness. Also if the kids are in school contact the principal and teachers about what you know. If they notice anything they are obligated by law to report it. Keep in touch with CPS and make sure they know everything that happens and that there is a concerned family member who is willing to step in and help out.

Good luck.

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Anonymous2016-05-22T06:51:03Z

This is a tough question. I worked in a lot of schools, and it is hard not to be emotionally attached to kids, but it would also make you crazy trying to save the whole school. I think a good child protection worker is another story. I think to be a good child protection worker, you should protect children from those who harm them. I think it is hard to know who is telling the truth and who is lying. The child protection worker that we had as children, came to the house and asked questions, but she didn't ask the right questions. We had been abused for years and years, and we were pros at keeping secrets, but we would have answered questions, if someone had bothered to ask them. With the documented history of abuse from our house, it seems odd to me now as a grown up, that the child protection worker didn't ask us the questions that would have saved us from more abuse.

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Anonymous2006-11-05T21:19:45Z

well I think you or a family member should help her with her kids while she gets help what kind of sister are you ?do you want those kids to be taken away and given to the state then could have it worse then now and be split up.You guys are family and do what ever you guys need to do as a family .Im not saying it right what shes doing because Its not .what has this world come to family turning against family makes me so sick.

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Chandra H2006-11-05T20:52:01Z

I would talk to the main person incharge at Child and Family services, that is aweful I will pray for you family......Good luck to you

Nadia o has a good point!!!!!

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