The state of New Jersey has threatened to take a son away from his parents and place him up for adoption after an incident where the boy twirled a pencil like a gun in class.
13-year-old Ethan Chaplin was initially threatened with suspension when a classmate stated Ethan had ‘twirled his pencil like a gun’. After receiving media attention the school backed off.
However, after the incident seemed to cool off, the family received a letter from the “New Jersey’s Department of Child Protection and Permanency and Department of Children and Families”.
“I received a letter from them saying they had found an incident of abuse or neglect regarding Ethan because I refused to take him for psychological evaluation,” the father stated.
To appease the state and end the insanity the father took Ethan in to see a social worker, where blood and urine were drawn and no behavioral problem was found.
But the state was still not happy and demanded more testing – threatening this time to take the child and place him up for adoption.
You can help this family deal with this insane situation by calling this the state’s Dept. of Children and Families:
Department of Children and Families
Address: 22 Mill St, Paterson, NJ 07501, United States
Phone:(973) 977-4525
1-855-463-6323
[email protected]
The father has contacted Gov. Christie’s office, who has promised to get in touch with the Dept of Children and Families, but feel free to give more impetus for that to happen by contacting the governor’s office as well. There is an online form if you prefer:
Office of the Governor
PO Box 001
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-292-6000
http://www.state.nj.us/governor/contact/
It sounds like the Department of Children and Families has a problem with common sense, and is acting like they do not have anything else to do but intrude on the lives of the people of New Jersey. What is wrong with these northeast states governments? They act like they are still King George’s subjects and using tyrant procedures!
Libtard $#%&!@*!!
Since when does our schools, people who don’t even know how to raise their own kids right and our screwed up government think they know how to raise kids?? THIS IS THE PARENTS RESPONSIBILITY-BACK OFF UNLESS YOU’RE REALLY NEEDED!!!
RIDICULOUS
This is nothing more then a good example of how far the WRONG way we have allowed our school management to become. What’s wrong with these people. Really? A pencil? What’s next? Johnny looked at Bill with anger in his eyes. Let’s expel him. Have him take anger management courses. Come on people. Where do we as parents draw the line?
How screwy can you get. It is getting out of hand, all children make a mistake playing around. Parents can’t watch them 24/7, believe me I raised five. Teachers/ principals, counselors are not trained for anything except send the child home or throw them out of school. Throw the teachers, administrator’s out too.
This is another example of busy-body liberals getting involved and making a huge mountain out of an anthill. DDS tried to do that same thing with our learning disabled adult daughter who tests out as an 8 year old cognitively. How many 8 year olds get married? NONE. BUT, DDS, in their infinite wisdom said that she was “entitled to do so because she is an
‘adult’. Maybe in the physical sense, but surely not in the emotional and cognitive sense at all. Yet, she is married. She both loves and hates her husband. Hmmm, sounds like an 8 year old to me.
THIS IS INSANE
Your kidding right?