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Michigan: Adopter arrested for chaining teenager

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I have a cabin on a lake up in Maine.  It is a 15 mile hike to our nearest neighbor.  Who needs chains?  When the day comes that I realize my daughter is on drugs that you can bet we will be eating fish, squirl, and deer for the next six months.

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singletary2 said … >I have a cabin on a lake up in Maine.  It is a 15 mile hike to our nearest >neighbor.  Who needs chains?  When the day comes that I realize my daughter >is on drugs that you can bet we will be eating fish, squirl, and deer for >the next six months.

Destroycps says … I understand you won’t need chains once you’ve got her up there because she’ll be too weak to trek the 15 miles while she’s crashing off her cocaine binge. But how are you gonna get her up there without chains in the first place? Adhesive tape? singletary2 said … .. you can bet we will be eating fish, squirrel, and deer … Destroycps says … I like fish. But I just tried venison for the first time a few days ago, and it’s lousy. I’m open minded about squirrel, but is sounds a little odd.  Can we stock-up some at the supermarket before we go? (I wanna come too!) By the way, I absolutely have to have my coffee.

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What passes for humor in this NewsGroup is grim, very grim. DestroyCPS said – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’m open minded about squirrel, but is sounds a little odd. > Can we stock-up some at the supermarket before we go? >(I wanna come too!) By the way, I absolutely have to have my coffee.

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On Fri, 18 May 2001 20:12:39 GMT, free_kaler<free_ka…@my-deja.com> wrote: Question.  What does this have to do with Foster Parenting? Specifically or in general?  I see no mention of any HHS agency in the article other than the children being placed into care after the incident.   I do find it interesting that "Free" would have something to say about it and it not being referenced to HHS abuses and such. Ron – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->In article <9e3qk702…@enews3.newsguy.com>, Fight CPS And Win says… >>May 18, 2001 >>Officials say parents didn’t need to chain boy >>By ERICA BLAKE >>Toledo Blade >>HUDSON, Mich. – Roxanne Feldkamp began her search for a drug treatment >>center for her 16-year-old son with a late night phone call. After she was >>turned down or put off by place after place, she was frustrated and scared. >>She and her husband resorted to desperate measures to keep Aaron out of >>trouble: They kept him locked up and shackled in his basement bedroom. >>"I wasn’t a parent idly standing by or some lunatic who decided they didn’t >>like their child and decided to chain them up," she said. "It’s not like >>that at all. It’s 180 degrees from that." >>Hillsdale County sheriff’s deputies found the teenager chained by the ankle >>in the basement of the Feldkamps’ farmhouse. Several heavy objects blocked >>the doors leading to the basement from the outside. He was locked in his >>room for most of the week and shackled for nearly two days. >>David Feldkamp, 56, the boy’s father, was arrested May 11 and charged with >>child abuse and domestic violence. >>He is to appear Tuesday in Hillsdale County Court. His adopted sons – Aaron >>and his younger brother, Bill, 14 – were placed in foster care. >>While the Feldkamps say they were at their wit’s end, child professionals >>and law enforcement officials believe the couple had alternatives. >>Superintendent Kathy Malnar said the Hudson Area School District offers a >>variety of resources for students who have problems with drugs or alcohol. >>And if the school cannot help the student, there are referral programs that >>are used. >>"I have a very hard time understanding how taking such a drastic action >>would be seen as the only option left to a family when there are so many >>options out there," she said. "There are options available, and it is just >>such a tragedy that a family would feel there aren’t." >>The Hillsdale County sheriff’s department and the Michigan Family >>Independence Agency are investigating the couple, who adopted Aaron and his >>two siblings – Jill, 21, and Bill – six years ago. The Feldkamps have two >>adult children of their own. Jill and the two adult siblings no longer live >>at home. >>A judge will ultimately decide whether Bill and Aaron are returned to their >>parents or placed in a foster home. >>Mrs. Feldkamp said the Family Independence Agency was just one of several >>places she went to for help. She said that various law enforcement agencies, >>social service programs, and the school were on her list. >>But she believed only an inpatient treatment center for adolescents would >>help her son. >>Vicky Hall of Family Services and Children’s Aid said substance abuse >>treatment programs are different from psychiatric treatment because patients >>cannot be committed. And while treatment programs are readily available, Ms. >>Hall said inpatient programs are more difficult to join. >>"Treatment programs are easy to find, but the patient might not meet the >>medical necessity for 24-hour care," Ms. Hall said. "There’s treatment >>available, but the level of care may be different from what the parents >>want." >>Lenawee County Sheriff Larry Richardson said he was aware that the >>Feldkamps’ were searching for alternatives, but that he had not been in >>touch with the couple himself. If he had, he said, he would have recommended >>dealing with the boy through the courts. "The intent to get the kid some >>help was there," he said. "But the way they went about doing it was way out >>of line." >>http://www.knoxnews.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=CHAINEDBOY-05-18-01&cat=AN >"Oh no, not the court’s." (Mr. ‘Bill’) (I bet at 56 years old, they have seen a >few other’s ‘greased’.) Fight CPS & WIN, did you post this at alt. adoption, >it’s enlightening, to say the least. (thought you were going on furlough?) Ha, >anyway, thank’s. >free. >>– >>Fight CPS And Win >>http://www.geocities.com/fightcpsandwin >"..and that you may never experience the >humility that the power of the American Government >has reduced me to, is the wish of him, who, in his >native forests, was once as proud and bold as yourself." > Black Hawk, 1833

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May 18, 2001 Officials say parents didn’t need to chain boy By ERICA BLAKE Toledo Blade HUDSON, Mich. – Roxanne Feldkamp began her search for a drug treatment center for her 16-year-old son with a late night phone call. After she was turned down or put off by place after place, she was frustrated and scared. She and her husband resorted to desperate measures to keep Aaron out of trouble: They kept him locked up and shackled in his basement bedroom. "I wasn’t a parent idly standing by or some lunatic who decided they didn’t like their child and decided to chain them up," she said. "It’s not like that at all. It’s 180 degrees from that." Hillsdale County sheriff’s deputies found the teenager chained by the ankle in the basement of the Feldkamps’ farmhouse. Several heavy objects blocked the doors leading to the basement from the outside. He was locked in his room for most of the week and shackled for nearly two days. David Feldkamp, 56, the boy’s father, was arrested May 11 and charged with child abuse and domestic violence. He is to appear Tuesday in Hillsdale County Court. His adopted sons – Aaron and his younger brother, Bill, 14 – were placed in foster care. While the Feldkamps say they were at their wit’s end, child professionals and law enforcement officials believe the couple had alternatives. Superintendent Kathy Malnar said the Hudson Area School District offers a variety of resources for students who have problems with drugs or alcohol. And if the school cannot help the student, there are referral programs that are used. "I have a very hard time understanding how taking such a drastic action would be seen as the only option left to a family when there are so many options out there," she said. "There are options available, and it is just such a tragedy that a family would feel there aren’t." The Hillsdale County sheriff’s department and the Michigan Family Independence Agency are investigating the couple, who adopted Aaron and his two siblings – Jill, 21, and Bill – six years ago. The Feldkamps have two adult children of their own. Jill and the two adult siblings no longer live at home. A judge will ultimately decide whether Bill and Aaron are returned to their parents or placed in a foster home. Mrs. Feldkamp said the Family Independence Agency was just one of several places she went to for help. She said that various law enforcement agencies, social service programs, and the school were on her list. But she believed only an inpatient treatment center for adolescents would help her son. Vicky Hall of Family Services and Children’s Aid said substance abuse treatment programs are different from psychiatric treatment because patients cannot be committed. And while treatment programs are readily available, Ms. Hall said inpatient programs are more difficult to join. "Treatment programs are easy to find, but the patient might not meet the medical necessity for 24-hour care," Ms. Hall said. "There’s treatment available, but the level of care may be different from what the parents want." Lenawee County Sheriff Larry Richardson said he was aware that the Feldkamps’ were searching for alternatives, but that he had not been in touch with the couple himself. If he had, he said, he would have recommended dealing with the boy through the courts. "The intent to get the kid some help was there," he said. "But the way they went about doing it was way out of line." http://www.knoxnews.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=CHAINEDBOY-05-18-01&cat=AN — Fight CPS And Win http://www.geocities.com/fightcpsandwin

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In article <9e3qk702…@enews3.newsguy.com>, Fight CPS And Win says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->May 18, 2001 >Officials say parents didn’t need to chain boy >By ERICA BLAKE >Toledo Blade >HUDSON, Mich. – Roxanne Feldkamp began her search for a drug treatment >center for her 16-year-old son with a late night phone call. After she was >turned down or put off by place after place, she was frustrated and scared. >She and her husband resorted to desperate measures to keep Aaron out of >trouble: They kept him locked up and shackled in his basement bedroom. >"I wasn’t a parent idly standing by or some lunatic who decided they didn’t >like their child and decided to chain them up," she said. "It’s not like >that at all. It’s 180 degrees from that." >Hillsdale County sheriff’s deputies found the teenager chained by the ankle >in the basement of the Feldkamps’ farmhouse. Several heavy objects blocked >the doors leading to the basement from the outside. He was locked in his >room for most of the week and shackled for nearly two days. >David Feldkamp, 56, the boy’s father, was arrested May 11 and charged with >child abuse and domestic violence. >He is to appear Tuesday in Hillsdale County Court. His adopted sons – Aaron >and his younger brother, Bill, 14 – were placed in foster care. >While the Feldkamps say they were at their wit’s end, child professionals >and law enforcement officials believe the couple had alternatives. >Superintendent Kathy Malnar said the Hudson Area School District offers a >variety of resources for students who have problems with drugs or alcohol. >And if the school cannot help the student, there are referral programs that >are used. >"I have a very hard time understanding how taking such a drastic action >would be seen as the only option left to a family when there are so many >options out there," she said. "There are options available, and it is just >such a tragedy that a family would feel there aren’t." >The Hillsdale County sheriff’s department and the Michigan Family >Independence Agency are investigating the couple, who adopted Aaron and his >two siblings – Jill, 21, and Bill – six years ago. The Feldkamps have two >adult children of their own. Jill and the two adult siblings no longer live >at home. >A judge will ultimately decide whether Bill and Aaron are returned to their >parents or placed in a foster home. >Mrs. Feldkamp said the Family Independence Agency was just one of several >places she went to for help. She said that various law enforcement agencies, >social service programs, and the school were on her list. >But she believed only an inpatient treatment center for adolescents would >help her son. >Vicky Hall of Family Services and Children’s Aid said substance abuse >treatment programs are different from psychiatric treatment because patients >cannot be committed. And while treatment programs are readily available, Ms. >Hall said inpatient programs are more difficult to join. >"Treatment programs are easy to find, but the patient might not meet the >medical necessity for 24-hour care," Ms. Hall said. "There’s treatment >available, but the level of care may be different from what the parents >want." >Lenawee County Sheriff Larry Richardson said he was aware that the >Feldkamps’ were searching for alternatives, but that he had not been in >touch with the couple himself. If he had, he said, he would have recommended >dealing with the boy through the courts. "The intent to get the kid some >help was there," he said. "But the way they went about doing it was way out >of line." >http://www.knoxnews.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=CHAINEDBOY-05-18-01&cat=AN

"Oh no, not the court’s." (Mr. ‘Bill’) (I bet at 56 years old, they have seen a few other’s ‘greased’.) Fight CPS & WIN, did you post this at alt. adoption, it’s enlightening, to say the least. (thought you were going on furlough?) Ha, anyway, thank’s. free. >– >Fight CPS And Win >http://www.geocities.com/fightcpsandwin

"..and that you may never experience the humility that the power of the American Government has reduced me to, is the wish of him, who, in his native forests, was once as proud and bold as yourself."  Black Hawk, 1833

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In article <2GkN6.267616$o9.40633…@typhoon.tampabay.rr.com>, williritch says… >This is an example of how upset a family can get when one of their children >are involved in drugs.

Hi williritch Not a very damn good one, if you ask me. >Chaining the youth was wrong and they should understand that, but the >frustration they must have felt not being able to help their son with a >program that they think would help him is terrible.

So-o-o, if I understand you correctly, you are not condoning this. A lock on the frig. I can understand, a lock on my kid, border’s on capital. >So >Why is it always after the fact everyone comes out of the wood work after to >say well we have all these programs available?

No way in heck. Make a sample call to a hotline, or 911, or look in the front of the phone book, you talk about your better mousetraps. They’ll build a fourway up your ya ya just to get that Fed buck. You should know that by now. >How come when they asked and >searched around that no one would help?

Maybe, just maybe, they are lying, what goes around comes around?  Maybe they be on the court’s side before and know how they work? >  Well I will tell you why.  We all >want to stay as far away from drugs as possible, as it is no different than >TB or the Plague, it is contagious and devastating to a family to have >children on drugs

If I didn’t know better, you could be talking about GESTAPO CPS. "To protect the little children so our seed of thought can’t spread. To close our mouths and stop our minds, they hung us side by side." (from: Two Hangmen, Mason Profit)(early ’70’s) and there should be programs on the front page of the >telephone book with the programs parents can go to.

Yeah, Like call 1 800 CPS WATCH >To hell with the tax >credit take care of our children.

I do take care of mine, (without chains) But, I know what you mean, Advocate. "These chains of love-a-love got a hold on me" (Lennon/McCartney) Respectfully. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->bill ritchotte, Child Advocate for former foster children. >http://communities.msn.com/FormerOrphanFosterChildrenSupportGroup >"free_kaler" <free_ka…@my-deja.com> wrote in message >news:XmfN6.8066$6j3.680977@www.newsranger.com… >> In article <9e3qk702…@enews3.newsguy.com>, Fight CPS And Win says… >> >May 18, 2001 >> >Officials say parents didn’t need to chain boy >> >By ERICA BLAKE >> >Toledo Blade >> >HUDSON, Mich. – Roxanne Feldkamp began her search for a drug treatment >> >center for her 16-year-old son with a late night phone call. After she >was >> >turned down or put off by place after place, she was frustrated and >scared. >> >She and her husband resorted to desperate measures to keep Aaron out of >> >trouble: They kept him locked up and shackled in his basement bedroom. >> >"I wasn’t a parent idly standing by or some lunatic who decided they >didn’t >> >like their child and decided to chain them up," she said. "It’s not like >> >that at all. It’s 180 degrees from that." >> >Hillsdale County sheriff’s deputies found the teenager chained by the >ankle >> >in the basement of the Feldkamps’ farmhouse. Several heavy objects >blocked >> >the doors leading to the basement from the outside. He was locked in his >> >room for most of the week and shackled for nearly two days. >> >David Feldkamp, 56, the boy’s father, was arrested May 11 and charged >with >> >child abuse and domestic violence. >> >He is to appear Tuesday in Hillsdale County Court. His adopted sons – >Aaron >> >and his younger brother, Bill, 14 – were placed in foster care. >> >While the Feldkamps say they were at their wit’s end, child professionals >> >and law enforcement officials believe the couple had alternatives. >> >Superintendent Kathy Malnar said the Hudson Area School District offers a >> >variety of resources for students who have problems with drugs or >alcohol. >> >And if the school cannot help the student, there are referral programs >that >> >are used. >> >"I have a very hard time understanding how taking such a drastic action >> >would be seen as the only option left to a family when there are so many >> >options out there," she said. "There are options available, and it is >just >> >such a tragedy that a family would feel there aren’t." >> >The Hillsdale County sheriff’s department and the Michigan Family >> >Independence Agency are investigating the couple, who adopted Aaron and >his >> >two siblings – Jill, 21, and Bill – six years ago. The Feldkamps have two >> >adult children of their own. Jill and the two adult siblings no longer >live >> >at home. >> >A judge will ultimately decide whether Bill and Aaron are returned to >their >> >parents or placed in a foster home. >> >Mrs. Feldkamp said the Family Independence Agency was just one of several >> >places she went to for help. She said that various law enforcement >agencies, >> >social service programs, and the school were on her list. >> >But she believed only an inpatient treatment center for adolescents would >> >help her son. >> >Vicky Hall of Family Services and Children’s Aid said substance abuse >> >treatment programs are different from psychiatric treatment because >patients >> >cannot be committed. And while treatment programs are readily available, >Ms. >> >Hall said inpatient programs are more difficult to join. >> >"Treatment programs are easy to find, but the patient might not meet the >> >medical necessity for 24-hour care," Ms. Hall said. "There’s treatment >> >available, but the level of care may be different from what the parents >> >want." >> >Lenawee County Sheriff Larry Richardson said he was aware that the >> >Feldkamps’ were searching for alternatives, but that he had not been in >> >touch with the couple himself. If he had, he said, he would have >recommended >> >dealing with the boy through the courts. "The intent to get the kid some >> >help was there," he said. "But the way they went about doing it was way >out >> >of line." >> >http://www.knoxnews.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=CHAINEDBOY-05-18-01&cat=AN >> "Oh no, not the court’s." (Mr. ‘Bill’) (I bet at 56 years old, they have >seen a >> few other’s ‘greased’.) Fight CPS & WIN, did you post this at alt. >adoption, >> it’s enlightening, to say the least. (thought you were going on furlough?) >Ha, >> anyway, thank’s. >> free. >> >– >> >Fight CPS And Win >> >http://www.geocities.com/fightcpsandwin >> "..and that you may never experience the >> humility that the power of the American Government >> has reduced me to, is the wish of him, who, in his >> native forests, was once as proud and bold as yourself." >>  Black Hawk, 1833

"..and that you may never experience the humility that the power of the American Government has reduced me to, is the wish of him, who, in his native forests, was once as proud and bold as yourself."  Black Hawk, 1833

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This is an example of how upset a family can get when one of their children are involved in drugs. Chaining the youth was wrong and they should understand that, but the frustration they must have felt not being able to help their son with a program that they think would help him is terrible. Why is it always after the fact everyone comes out of the wood work after to say well we have all these programs available?  How come when they asked and searched around that no one would help?  Well I will tell you why.  We all want to stay as far away from drugs as possible, as it is no different than TB or the Plague, it is contagious and devastating to a family to have children on drugs and there should be programs on the front page of the telephone book with the programs parents can go to.  To hell with the tax credit take care of our children. bill ritchotte, Child Advocate for former foster children. http://communities.msn.com/FormerOrphanFosterChildrenSupportGroup "free_kaler" <free_ka…@my-deja.com> wrote in message

news:XmfN6.8066$6j3.680977@www.newsranger.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> In article <9e3qk702…@enews3.newsguy.com>, Fight CPS And Win says… > >May 18, 2001 > >Officials say parents didn’t need to chain boy > >By ERICA BLAKE > >Toledo Blade > >HUDSON, Mich. – Roxanne Feldkamp began her search for a drug treatment > >center for her 16-year-old son with a late night phone call. After she was > >turned down or put off by place after place, she was frustrated and scared. > >She and her husband resorted to desperate measures to keep Aaron out of > >trouble: They kept him locked up and shackled in his basement bedroom. > >"I wasn’t a parent idly standing by or some lunatic who decided they didn’t > >like their child and decided to chain them up," she said. "It’s not like > >that at all. It’s 180 degrees from that." > >Hillsdale County sheriff’s deputies found the teenager chained by the ankle > >in the basement of the Feldkamps’ farmhouse. Several heavy objects blocked > >the doors leading to the basement from the outside. He was locked in his > >room for most of the week and shackled for nearly two days. > >David Feldkamp, 56, the boy’s father, was arrested May 11 and charged with > >child abuse and domestic violence. > >He is to appear Tuesday in Hillsdale County Court. His adopted sons – Aaron > >and his younger brother, Bill, 14 – were placed in foster care. > >While the Feldkamps say they were at their wit’s end, child professionals > >and law enforcement officials believe the couple had alternatives. > >Superintendent Kathy Malnar said the Hudson Area School District offers a > >variety of resources for students who have problems with drugs or alcohol. > >And if the school cannot help the student, there are referral programs that > >are used. > >"I have a very hard time understanding how taking such a drastic action > >would be seen as the only option left to a family when there are so many > >options out there," she said. "There are options available, and it is just > >such a tragedy that a family would feel there aren’t." > >The Hillsdale County sheriff’s department and the Michigan Family > >Independence Agency are investigating the couple, who adopted Aaron and his > >two siblings – Jill, 21, and Bill – six years ago. The Feldkamps have two > >adult children of their own. Jill and the two adult siblings no longer live > >at home. > >A judge will ultimately decide whether Bill and Aaron are returned to their > >parents or placed in a foster home. > >Mrs. Feldkamp said the Family Independence Agency was just one of several > >places she went to for help. She said that various law enforcement agencies, > >social service programs, and the school were on her list. > >But she believed only an inpatient treatment center for adolescents would > >help her son. > >Vicky Hall of Family Services and Children’s Aid said substance abuse > >treatment programs are different from psychiatric treatment because patients > >cannot be committed. And while treatment programs are readily available, Ms. > >Hall said inpatient programs are more difficult to join. > >"Treatment programs are easy to find, but the patient might not meet the > >medical necessity for 24-hour care," Ms. Hall said. "There’s treatment > >available, but the level of care may be different from what the parents > >want." > >Lenawee County Sheriff Larry Richardson said he was aware that the > >Feldkamps’ were searching for alternatives, but that he had not been in > >touch with the couple himself. If he had, he said, he would have recommended > >dealing with the boy through the courts. "The intent to get the kid some > >help was there," he said. "But the way they went about doing it was way out > >of line." > >http://www.knoxnews.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=CHAINEDBOY-05-18-01&cat=AN > "Oh no, not the court’s." (Mr. ‘Bill’) (I bet at 56 years old, they have seen a > few other’s ‘greased’.) Fight CPS & WIN, did you post this at alt. adoption, > it’s enlightening, to say the least. (thought you were going on furlough?) Ha, > anyway, thank’s. > free. > >– > >Fight CPS And Win > >http://www.geocities.com/fightcpsandwin > "..and that you may never experience the > humility that the power of the American Government > has reduced me to, is the wish of him, who, in his > native forests, was once as proud and bold as yourself." >  Black Hawk, 1833

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