Oklahoma claims to have some of the toughest child abuse laws around. I beg to differ. Oklahoma DHS will not remove a child or even investigate a case of mental abuse or neglect. I was personally told by a case manager that they would not investigate or look into any cases that pertained to that unless the child had been physically abused or beaten to the point it was noticable. I beleive that Physical abuse is bad and wrong, but I also beleive that mental abuse and neglect are alot harder to over come. Mental abuse effects a persons head. People who have been mentally abused end up in counseling for years. Some are never the same. So therefore the state of Oklahoma is saying it is alright to mess up a young childs head to where they will have problems with self esteem and the general public for the rest of their lives. I feel very sorry for these innocent children.
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