Interesting what you said about child protective services: We've got a real problem with it in Texas. ... What's sad about Texas is that calling CPS is an empty threat.
We live just south of San Antonio. I didn't consider it an empty threat; despite the sad situation of CPS here, my husband has co-workers whose children call and report abuse in retaliation against their parents' attempts to control them.
There is no system that will catch everything, alas. And it always seems that when the searchlights of any government entity turn in my direction, I never manage to be one of the ones that fall through the cracks.
~Amanda "one of the lucky 45,000 people nationwide selected for a random IRS audit in 2003" Geist
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Date: 2004-12-10 07:13 pm (UTC)We live just south of San Antonio. I didn't consider it an empty threat; despite the sad situation of CPS here, my husband has co-workers whose children call and report abuse in retaliation against their parents' attempts to control them.
There is no system that will catch everything, alas. And it always seems that when the searchlights of any government entity turn in my direction, I never manage to be one of the ones that fall through the cracks.
~Amanda "one of the lucky 45,000 people nationwide selected for a random IRS audit in 2003" Geist