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Do No Harm

Do No Harm

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Melissa Bright thinks she's living every parent's worst nightmare when her five-month-old baby tumbles from a lawn chair and hits his head on the driveway. But after she rushes him to the hospital, a new nightmare begins.The Brights are thrust into a medical and legal system so focused on protecting children from abuse, it has targeted innocent parents. With exclusive audio captured as the events unfolded, this harrowing six-episode series takes you inside the Brights' fight to hold their family together, against a system that can sometimes do more harm than good. Hosted by NBC News National Investigative Reporter Mike Hixenbaugh, Do No Harm is a co-production of NBC News and Wondery.

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  • Introducing Do No Harm

    Introducing Do No Harm
    Oct 29 2020

    Melissa Bright thinks she's living every parent's worst nightmare when her five-month-old baby tumbles from a lawn chair and hits his head on the driveway. But after she rushes him to the hospital, a new nightmare begins.The Brights are thrust into a medical and legal system so focused on protecting children from abuse, it has targeted innocent parents. With exclusive audio captured as the events unfolded, this harrowing six-episode series takes you inside the Brights' fight to hold their family together, against a system that can sometimes do more harm than good. Hosted by NBC News National Investigative Reporter Mike Hixenbaugh, Do No Harm is a co-production of NBC News and Wondery.

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    2 mins
  • Fractures | 1

    Fractures | 1
    Nov 10 2020

    Melissa and Dillon Bright race to the emergency room after their baby is seriously injured. As doctors assess the injuries, the Brights pray their son will be OK. But then a different team of doctors enters Mason’s hospital room, and the real nightmare begins.

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    34 mins
  • Warning Signs | 2

    Warning Signs | 2
    Nov 10 2020

    Melissa and Dillon believe if they just tell the truth, Child Protective Services will see they aren’t a danger to their children. But the state of Texas isn’t just going to take their word for it. Not after the horror story that unfolded in another family a year earlier.

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This was a heartbreaking story of two families whose children were wrongly removed over false abuse charges by the Texas Child Protective Services. What happened to both was a travesty and shocking details are brought to light. Excellent reporting and interviews with the families really bring this story home. The sad fact is that it is still happening across the country. A must listen.

Harmed by the System

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This was one of the best podcasts that I have ever followed. While the story itself was gut-wrenching, it was so well balanced regarding the difference in how each family was mistreated. Great, great job!

Heartbreaking

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Always, always, always record your interactions with CPS. They are humans and do not have special abilities to not make mistakes or misunderstand a situation. Know your rights in your city/state as well.
What these couples went through was horrendous! This was a well laid out and thoughtful to tge families podcast. I enjoyed the fact this was morre than a retelling of a sitution. The interviews with people involved added a layer of authenticity to this series. 10/10!

This is why you should always stand up to CPS!!

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2 families among thousands just like them finally get justice when bureaucracy & understaffed agencencies make ignorant and thoughtless decisions about the welfare of children. Good programs, case workers, & systems designed to identify child abuse are broken. Families are torn apart because of incorrect assumptions, false reports, and inefficiencies because a few put public perception ahead of child protection. A Must Listen!

Child protection becomes family destruction

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I've had my own less than stellar experiences with Child Protective services, but SUCH craziness was unfathomable to me! If you have kids, you better listen and if you have grandkids, you better listen! If you want to have kids you better listen, too!

Wow!

Intense, gripping don't miss this one

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This story had me gripped! I was so upset at the injustice. Amazing work done.

Wow

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As a victim of CPS misconduct myself, this is extremely emotional for me, but it's also very well done.

Made me Cry

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Believe me when I say this happens more than it should. However, as a social worker I have to also say that CPS is right more often than they are wrong. There have to be investigations but I feel like these two were seriously mishandled. It’s easy to blame CPI and social workers though. We just have to remember that there ARE bad parents out there that make CPI investigations necessary.

The flip side to this story

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We should all be very disturbed by these stories. This is what can happen when government officials go to extremes while eliminating our basic constitutional rights. They call the shots while the parents are assumed to be guilty.

We must seek a balanced system that is not biased by government officials’ and judges’ fears of negative consequences.

Very unfair system

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