Friday, August 26, 2005
Busy little me
It's sort of crazy here lately at C&Y, and my other jobs have picked up the pace as well. That's good in that I'm surely not bored, and it's keeping me off the streets at night. The bad part is that I haven't really had time to have too much fun of any type over the past two weeks.
Just this past weeks I've got to deal with a family letting their 15 year old daughter go running off to Baltimore to spend the night at her boyfriend's, a mother who would have a hard time beating a box of rocks in a battle of wits with her two children-both under five, A young girl who was sexually abused by her uncle, a four month old baby who had unexplained injuries and some other stuff. Later I get to deal with a 5 year old boy who was sexually assaulted by his step-brother. Yoi and double yoi!
Granted it has been more nutsy than usual. But there have been times where it hasn't been too crazy or the calls too severe. The call because a mom doesn't like the way the baby sitter talks to the kids (Don't take your kid there mom), a call about a dad making the kid say bad things about the mother (Tell dad to knock it off or he doesn't get vistation) and my favorite, which came just an hour ago, a lady saw a mother (who she didn't know) yelling at a kid (who she didn't know) about something (which she didnn't know). Oh and by the way, they drove off in an off red car (to ssomeplace she didn't know). I'll get right on that ma'am. Riiiiight.
Some folks don't understand why we're here. Others don't understand the limitations that are placed on us by the laws. It's annoying that the same people that bitch and moan about how we come into families and cause problems are the same ones who bitch and moan when we can't do anything. Or they complain that they knew something was going to happen to that poor child they just knew it. Oh, no, we never called CYS about the family. that would be impolite.
Just this past weeks I've got to deal with a family letting their 15 year old daughter go running off to Baltimore to spend the night at her boyfriend's, a mother who would have a hard time beating a box of rocks in a battle of wits with her two children-both under five, A young girl who was sexually abused by her uncle, a four month old baby who had unexplained injuries and some other stuff. Later I get to deal with a 5 year old boy who was sexually assaulted by his step-brother. Yoi and double yoi!
Granted it has been more nutsy than usual. But there have been times where it hasn't been too crazy or the calls too severe. The call because a mom doesn't like the way the baby sitter talks to the kids (Don't take your kid there mom), a call about a dad making the kid say bad things about the mother (Tell dad to knock it off or he doesn't get vistation) and my favorite, which came just an hour ago, a lady saw a mother (who she didn't know) yelling at a kid (who she didn't know) about something (which she didnn't know). Oh and by the way, they drove off in an off red car (to ssomeplace she didn't know). I'll get right on that ma'am. Riiiiight.
Some folks don't understand why we're here. Others don't understand the limitations that are placed on us by the laws. It's annoying that the same people that bitch and moan about how we come into families and cause problems are the same ones who bitch and moan when we can't do anything. Or they complain that they knew something was going to happen to that poor child they just knew it. Oh, no, we never called CYS about the family. that would be impolite.
