ssmom79
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Re: need opinions...i called cps...
08/25/11 08:40 AM
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People really shouldn't downplay or defend the fact that the father dispensed a controlled substance (and Ritalin is a controlled substance) to the child without a doctor prescribing it for the child. The father was wrong, plain and simple.
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He was certainly wrong. I totally agree. My opinion is not to downgrade or defend.
I take my mom's migraine medicine when I do not have any of my own kind. I've even used my father-in-law's migraine meds. I look back at my mom, who gave me my sisters pink penicillin when I was sick and do not see a need for CPS to be called. I see my kid's BM administer meds between kids if they suffer from the same symptoms like a sinus illness. Because the doctor is going to prescribe the same thing. But I would not call CPS. Maybe I am setting myself up for a problem later. Something to think about.
If someone felt my mom was less of a parent, or BM is less of a parent because of those choices, then they can parent their child their way. But for me, I am OK dealing with this sort of an issue without CPS.
Goodmom said this: "The father had issues with dealing with the child. Rather than go through the proper channels, including discussing with the mother, who has sole legal custody, he chose to give his child a controlled substance so that he didn't have to deal with the issues."
And I totally agree there. He is wrong for what he did and that should be dealt with. I just don't agree that CPS is the proper channel. But hey, it's not my kid. I'm not in a toxic relationship, and BM and I see eye to eye on this issue. Maybe if I wasn't in my own situation I would feel differently.
And I totally understand that a universal med like penicillin isn't Ritalin, however, the act is the same. It's sharing a med.
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