by law, medical professionals, and any person involved in the welfare of children, are required to report concerns. not to get anyone in trouble, but to allow the professionals the assess and decide what is in the best intrest of the child. if a report is not made, and something happens, you can be charged with a crime. maybe i have a unusual relationship with our local CPS, but i feel very confident that a lot of care and thought is behind the decisions made. in my area, CPS will help a family in any way possible to stay together, even transport to MD appt. and especially in educating parents. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html