Remember the parent that I had to report to CPS in the Fall. Well, a lot has happened since that report was made, and we tried to make it work with intensive in-home family services, but there was not a lot of change. One of the children was hit by a car, and the parent said that she couldn't do it anymore. She wanted to give her kids up.

The DSS Social Worker found places for the 5 kids to live, but she had to split them up. One of the boys (age 9) brought a few packets of cocaine to school and was suspended. He told a few different stories of how the drugs got in his possession. The school officials have not told us if he will be expelled from Baltimore City Schools.

I feel like we did everything we could to keep the family together and to get them help, but now one of the kids is in serious trouble.

It is important to know that as social workers, we are to do our jobs to the best of our ability and with integrity...but even if we cross all of our "t's" and dot all of our "i's," we may still end up with a messy situation.