Scans_Daily

Real Life child services is pretty scary. Depending on the state, you can call Child Services and complain about a child's neglect and they WILL do a home visit, just based on your uninformed phone call. It gets worse if you have a connection to the family or some vague authority over the child--it's assumed that you do know best, so they'll step up the home invasions.

Dirty dishes in the sink and hampers of dirty laundry are, in certain states, evidence of child neglect. God help you if your child is a slovenly teenager.

Basically, it's an incredible weapon if you dislike someone who is a parent. They do investigate the callers, but it's tricky to prove the caller is simply malicious.

And I'm talking about biological children. Nor is this a worst-case scenario, as I've read far more horrifyiing accounts. I don't mean to defame the department here. Just noting that malice and lack of care can make even government agencies ill fit.