The state of New Jersey has threatened to take a son away from his parents and place him up for adoption after an incident where the boy twirled a pencil like a gun in class.
13-year-old Ethan Chaplin was initially threatened with suspension when a classmate stated Ethan had ‘twirled his pencil like a gun’. After receiving media attention the school backed off.
However, after the incident seemed to cool off, the family received a letter from the “New Jersey’s Department of Child Protection and Permanency and Department of Children and Families”.
“I received a letter from them saying they had found an incident of abuse or neglect regarding Ethan because I refused to take him for psychological evaluation,” the father stated.
To appease the state and end the insanity the father took Ethan in to see a social worker, where blood and urine were drawn and no behavioral problem was found.
But the state was still not happy and demanded more testing – threatening this time to take the child and place him up for adoption.
You can help this family deal with this insane situation by calling this the state’s Dept. of Children and Families:
Department of Children and Families
Address: 22 Mill St, Paterson, NJ 07501, United States
Phone:(973) 977-4525
1-855-463-6323
[email protected]
The father has contacted Gov. Christie’s office, who has promised to get in touch with the Dept of Children and Families, but feel free to give more impetus for that to happen by contacting the governor’s office as well. There is an online form if you prefer:
Office of the Governor
PO Box 001
Trenton, NJ 08625
609-292-6000
http://www.state.nj.us/governor/contact/
STUPID!!!
Ridiculous!
MY 10 YEAR OLD SON WAS ALSO IN TROUBLE FOR USING HIS FINGERS LIKE A GUN ,I STRAIGHTENED THAT UP,MY SON HAS ADHD AND BEHAVIOR ANXIETY
New Jersey sounds like they’ve fallen off their rocker !
Where is the Communist Country called New Jersey? I will never go there. So many places you cannot safely travel to or thru.
this needs to be stopped, vote against liberals that want the government to control everything. get out and vote don’t just sit there saying someone needs to do something ……… vote against anyone that wants to take away your rights they do that when they say its for your own good. no its not……. vote!!!!!!!!!!
Nooo JOIZZEE Needs to back the $#%&!@* off and leave the family alone. Hell!! We used to use our pencils as rubber band guns!
When I was a kid, I drew rifles and pistols and bullets all the time in my school projects and it was a private school, yet nobody ever raised a fuss about it.
what a bunch of Ass
Way out of control!