Dear Friends:
    Betsey from Connecticut has different experiences  than I do.
    When I worked for a rural Health Department, I had  to do some 
investigation for CPS, as I was a Public Health Nurse and out in the  field all the time.
    Folks would often call, having sicced CPS on  neighbors as a spiteful 
move.
    I can't tell you how awful it feels to show up on a  good parent's 
doorstep and have to go through some awful paperwork. I would  explain what I had to 
do, and give them the paperwork to fill out themselves as  I could see from 
their children's behavior that this was a loving home. And yet,  they had to be 
investigated because a complaint had been called in.
    warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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