Having kids taken away from their parents is a tragedy that many families hope never happens to them. However, sometimes parents are truly unfit to provide care, and CPS stepping in is the only option. When that happens, other family members are the first in line to take them in.
But not all family members are willing — like the grandparents in this story, who refused to take in their grandchildren and expected a cousin to do it. The request left the Navy officer speechless: she hadn’t been close with her cousin for a long time, and had to be deployed overseas for 7 months.
So, she asked for advice online about whether she was being heartless or her aunt and uncle were just trying to guilt-trip her into taking in someone else’s kids.
A woman faced pressure from family members to take in her cousin’s children after a CPS arrest
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But her life as a Navy officer was way too unstable for taking care of two kids
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Commenters sided with the OP, agreeing that she had no obligation to take in the kids
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After a call with the CPS worker, the OP came back with an update
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“The people-pleasing would have led to a lot more problems,” commenters noted and supported OP’s decision
