What would you do?

If this happened to you?

Just seconds earlier, Korrin and I had been confronted on our doorstep by two very nice, well-dressed women who informed us that an anonymous "child endangerment" complaint had been filed with the Child Protective Services.

One of the visitors was a social worker we've known for several years, and consider a friend. The other was a stranger who introduced herself as a CPS investigator. She intended to inspect our home and speak with our children.

There are some situations in life one should think about well before being confronted with them. How compliant one intends to be in the face of unconstitutional and heavy handed government orders is one of them. The Constitution forbids unreasonable search and seizure, and the history of English jurisprudence is based in no small part on the concept of being able to confront one's accusers. Both of these are turned on their head by the current mechanisms of "Child Protective Services." To be blunt: the government has no right to even consider taking ones children away based on an anonymous tip by someone whose credentials and motives cannot be examined. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Like the Griggs, my family had the unfortunate experience of seeing just how wrong this process can go in the hands of State automatons who consider parents guilty until proven compliant. We were lucky: not only were we vindicated beyond question, but the experience will probably prove useful when Big Brother gets serious about reigning in homeschooling.

All this to say: at what point does one say "no," regardless of the cost? Everyone has to find their own answer to that question. But if one is not willing to defend their own children against the overbearing State, where does one draw the line?