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In talking to many, many grandparents I have found an
awful lot of common ground. Courts put blinders on when it
comes to bio-parents. The burden of proof is so
overwhelming for grandparents, that most often the truth
cannot be proven in a court of law.
All too often a child says they are being beaten but by the
time the grandparent sees the child the parents get away
with some story, and the child is called a liar. Children are
taken into a different room so siblings cannot see the
beating, but they hear it. Grandparents, if they have any
visitation often have to live through the nightmares of the
child reliving these beatings.
If you see any mark on a child and the child tells of a
beating:
- Get that days paper
- Take a photo of the headline
- Take photos of anything the child say is from abeating
- Never cut the negatives apart, ever.
This is your proof of when you took the photos. Learn to
keep a journal, this being any bound book, at no time ever
rip a page out, keep it dated, any photos you have relating
to that date keep with it, date the photos. In the journal,
keep a record if you are told they had a good day and say
went for a walk in the park, or went to the circus. Don't
keep only negative listings. The good are an honest
accounting of what you are told. These entries need not be
long, but must be with as much information as you are
given or see for yourself.
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