Achewter, I too had a visit from CPS when my boys were little.. Seems an over zealous home day care operator noticed scrapes on one of my son's, belly, and also a burn on his forearm. When I arrived after work to pick up my sons, The CPS witch hunter asked if I was Mr.______ I said yes I am, is there a problem? She says I dont know why don't you tell me? WHAT??????
She was armed with a 35 mm camera and a spiral notebook. She said it seems that you have a habit of burning your child with a curling iron..... HUH? I said what are you talking about? She said I have taken photos of the burns on his belly and forearm, so I have the evidence.. Keeping my cool I aked what burns? (During this time my son was acting very frightened), 5 years old by the way.. which the Witch attributed to his being afraid to go home with me...Withch Hunter asked me to explain burns, and I explained that the scrape on his belly was not a burn butwas a scrape he got from climbing out of his grandpa's pick up bed the week before.. She said of course it is.. Getting angry at this point.... She asked about burn on his forearm, which had occured when he was with his mother when she was curling her hair in the bathroom three days prior, seems he climbed up on toilet and leaned against hot iron. I pointed out that these were in fact 2 separate accidents, and she smuggly replied, of course they were... Steaming now, she asked to accompany me to my home and ask more questions. Having nothing to hide, I agreed to this. We entered the house, which was a mess because the boy's mother was a slob who did little in the way of housework, (dirty dishes, unfolded laundry, unvacuumed rugs etc.)
Her first comment was "I see a typical abusive home setting" I said what are you talking about???? She says we see this all the time, messy homes and abuse go hand im hand.. She asked how I diciplined the children, and I said when time outs dontwork I spanked them with and open hand on their buttts.. Wrong answer.. she asked are there scars on their bottoms as well??? At this point I told her to get the hell out of my home, to which she replied, welll there will be a full investigation by CPS.. I said investigate all you want as I have done nothing wrong here.. Another smartass reply comes forth... "Thats what they ALL say".At the end of it alll I was found innocent of any wrongdoing by CPS, I wanted to sue also, for being drug through the mud by this self righteous biatch, not to mention the day care owner. Wife at the time said, get this, "no harm done", leave it alone. She is now EX wife, and my kids grew up being productive members of society. I feel your pain, but it is probably best just to let it all pass. It sucks having your name soiled by these morons, but in time it will heal. Good Luck dude...