Foster Parents Arrested, Kids Taken To Shelter

Instead of taking a neighbors word. Please do some research into the family, therapeutic foster children, DHS, how many times the courts have against DHS. I know everyone is excited about child abuses going down but unfortunately the facts are saying that’s just not the case here. Think about it, if police show up at your neighbors and take their children and then report all this abuse you would start saying “I never knew” “I always thought there was something wrong”. These appear to be good people while there are legitimate abusers still out there like the case last week. If the media continues to rely on the policed report in this case, and continues propagate the surmises of neighbors. If we could see how your teenagers act, we might be able to deduce that you’re guilty of some crime as well. Drive down any main street on a Friday night and you’ll see teenagers standing outside in 30 degree weather for hours and their parents don’t even know where they are. I venture to say that the real story here is one of a heroic family trying to help unfortunate children.

I do not condone child abuse, I'm not a bleeding heart liberal, and I don't know these people. But I am the adoptive parent of a child (formerly in DHS custody) who has reactive attachment disorder (google it for more than you would ever want to know). As a result of many years of therapy and raising this child, I know that a lot of kids in foster care and those who have been adopted out of it have serious attachment issues. To survive, these kids learn to manipulate, triangulate, create chaos, and make false allegations, and they are very good at what they do . . . skills learned out of necessity in most cases. Yes, horrific circumstances caused their illness, and yes they need help. But please remember there are two sides to a story, and we may not be getting all of it, and in this country, the law still says innocent until proven guilty. I have been an advocate for my child for years, but I know from personal experience with a troubled child that sometimes the parent needs an advocate. Before I started the journey with my child, I'd have made some of the same comments I've read here, but my eyes have been opened to the harsh reality these kids have endured and to the nightmare they can create for those around them, especially people who love them. Cast stones with caution.

ekiookie ...shame on you! You don't discipline children by abusing them! An 4 o'clock to almost midnight is NOT 3 hours! Can you add time dear? Latch key children USUALLY are allowed in their own homes...not left outside barefoot with no proper clothing or food or water! These parents don't deserve accolades...they should be subjected to the same treatment THEN put in prison! And never allowed access to children again! Hope you aren't a parent...or if you are then you get some counseling on what a good parent does with a troubled child! My prayers are with all the children involved...and with those that agree with these abusers! Wayto go neighbors and Owasso Police!

Adopted or Foster Child...no one deserves this type of 'discipline'. Even the dogs had blankets...and food...and water. Approximately 3 hours? Family said they left the children at home outside because they were cutters. Why didn't they just stay at home and work on this problem? Instead of taking biological family for an evening of food and movies? Having lost one child already these parents should never have been allowed to adopt these two troubled children...much less have children of their own!

Adopted or Foster Child...no one deserves this type of 'discipline'. Even the dogs had blankets...and food...and water. Approximately 3 hours? Family said they left the children at home outside because they were cutters. Why didn't they just stay at home and work on this problem? Instead of taking biological family for an evening of food and movies? Having lost one child already these parents should never have been allowed to adopt these two troubled children...much less have children of their own!

ekiookie: good thing your not fostering kids. and did you ever consider these kids may have been 13? Of course not because your a dumb a** too. Foster kids stupid!!! thats not how you treat kids, let alone kids who have been shuffled from home to home.

locked out for three hours.... jezzz how awful. If the teens didn't to mind an be a part of the family they deserve the disciple, there are kids every day much younger that come home to no parents at all an stay by themselves until 6 or 7 in the evening. Just because these two were outside is where the problem lays, if they had been locked in the house no one would have said anything, maybe they were teaching them the importance of haveing a home an family. Good for the Parents... Teaching kids to appreciate everything they have.