When you choose to get involved you have to realize there will be ramifications. Got a call from the sheriff's department. The "mother" of the boy (turned out he is her foster child) complained to the police that I had talked her son into getting into my car. They had mollified her by saying they would call me letting me know of her concern. This call, the deputy explained, was so he could write in his report that I had been contacted. I was furious but held my temper. I asked what I should have done differently. The deputy said I did what I needed to in order to keep the child safe. If the mother thought she could mitigate her culpability - allowing a kid to go to school in this weather w/ no coat, not checking for over two hours after basketball practice was over, and who had yelled at the nearly frozen boy that it was his fault - by blaming me she wasn't fooling me nor the sheriff's office. Friday, October 19, 2012
Tamarack swamp
When you choose to get involved you have to realize there will be ramifications. Got a call from the sheriff's department. The "mother" of the boy (turned out he is her foster child) complained to the police that I had talked her son into getting into my car. They had mollified her by saying they would call me letting me know of her concern. This call, the deputy explained, was so he could write in his report that I had been contacted. I was furious but held my temper. I asked what I should have done differently. The deputy said I did what I needed to in order to keep the child safe. If the mother thought she could mitigate her culpability - allowing a kid to go to school in this weather w/ no coat, not checking for over two hours after basketball practice was over, and who had yelled at the nearly frozen boy that it was his fault - by blaming me she wasn't fooling me nor the sheriff's office. 
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Sounds like the authorities understand that you were just being a good samaratin. Too bad the "mother" hasn't figured that out.
Sounds like this little guy would be better served with a foster family who cares about him, rather than the monthly paycheck.
cjb
promise me the tamarack swamp will still look as pretty on Thursday.
Thank goodness the sheriff has the good sense to see through this mother's complaint. You did the right thing in calling the sheriff first while waiting with the boy.
This is exactly why folks wonder why some people can keep walking past an emergency situation without stopping. They may have been 'burned' one too many times for helping.
Rebecca
What happened to the pizza?
seems like a kid that can play basketball should know his phone number. JVM
Hmmmmm. Maybe Social Services would like to know about an unfit foster parent shirking her responsibilities.
"No good deed goes unpunished". I would have done exactly what you did. Let it go. I deal with parents like this all the time. You can't fix stupid!!
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