Hello, 
!
I would like to thank you
for your response to my latest rant!
! I would like to thank you
for your response to my latest rant!
Before getting into the nitty-gritty of why I did it, and what good came out of my latest rant! I would like to give you all a bit of a history lesson into how and why this community came about, maybe then you will understand why I am so passionate and protective about .
.How it all began.
I told my story about Growing up in foster care and being homeless when I first joined steemit. The response was amazing and it really helped me deal with a lot of issues I had buried. And I also discovered that being open and honest with this community gained me a lot of respect.
The Straw That Broke The Camel's Back!
Roughly four months after writing that post, we received a phone call from the Swedish school board stating that if we continued to home-school our children then we would be getting visits from cps, they expressed their dislike to our lifestyle because we travelled and world-schooled our children. They even made a point of saying that this was a very WORRYING situation. Luckily for us we were prepared for this type of aggression because we had already sold our house and built a tinyhouse on wheels so that we could escape whenever we wanted.
We told our story, and yet again the response from the steemit community was unbelievable.
The Snow Ball Effect!
We received hundreds of comment from people all over the world, people who had no idea that it was illegal to home-school in Sweden and that Swedish cps frequently kidnap children from home-schooling parents.
After the response, I started to look deeper into this matter and discovered a world of injustices being dealt out by "child protection" agencies all over the globe. At this point I would like to remind people that we are still on the run, travelling around Europe looking for a country that will except OUR choice to home-school OUR children.
I started to find stories and put them together, backed up with my own personal experiences from growing up in care and then having the state threaten to take our children for no reason. My posts were gaining interest and BIG payouts which for some reason I felt uncomfortable with. I felt that some of this money I was receiving should be for the families that suffer and that there must be a way to help these people as well as raising awareness.
was born!
I came up with the idea of having a support group, but I knew that I would need some help. I went to the person that I trusted and looked up to most on steemit, this person was also a believer of home-education and without her resteeming my posts about the Swedish government then I'm sure that the response would not have been so huge! She also made it clear of her dislike towards cps because she had previously helped families in her home-town who had been terrorised by cps.
Her Name was 
The First Ever Post!
Post!The Rest Is History!
The 
Even people who had not had any dealings with cps were helping us spread awareness on this ever growing epidemic, but like with anything that involves money or rewards, we were bound to get some people who would take advantage of the situation.
I had started to question peoples motives, and because I was donating a huge chunk from my
Back To The Matter At Hand!
Ok! So now you know why
The Rant!
Five days ago, I made a post expressing my dislike to the fact that some people do not donate some of their rewards back to the community. We had tried in previous post's to get our point across but the message was not getting through to a few of our members, so I decided to try again, only this time, I did it my way.
I admit, I could have handled it in a more civilised manor and maybe I should have been a bit more specific, this way the people who were contributing would know I wasn't talking about them, but as they say "you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs".
What did I Learn From It?
My post certainly raised some eyebrows. Some people got offended and some got upset but all in all I think the response was positive. I think it was needed, and I don't regret it. One thing that has come out of all of this, is that we, Ca-Co and I, need to be more vocal about our expectations and that maybe we should set a minimum amount that is reasonable to our members but still beneficial to
Who Should Donate?
I think It's fair to say that everyone who benefits from being a part of FP should donate a portion of these benefits back to the cause, Thus to say, if you make a post and tag it with our tag, then some of the rewards you get from that post (which are usually higher than normal) should be channelled back into the community.
Exceptions!
We do make exceptions because some people really need our help and because we are a support group, we should support these people who are in need by letting them keep all the rewards until they are in a position to start contributing. We currently have four such members (that I am aware of) who qualify for our help, and those are as followed:
, who has been struggling with homelessness and is in danger of having her children taken by the legal kidnappers.
who has had his boy taken by cps and will need all the support he can get in the coming weeks, he also goes out of his way to interview victims of cps and pays them for their stories.
who is another victim of cps and is currently struggling to keep a roof over her and her families head.
who is trying to get the Kids Inc. documentary made that exposes cps and how they make Big money from legally kidnapping children from loving families.
These are the people we are here to help, so I think we are all in agreement that we should help them by letting them keep all the rewards from being in this community? and in the future we hope that we can offer people who find themselves in this position more than just upvotes!
How Do We Know We're Not Being Scammed?
Ok! This is the internet, and there is no way for us to know if what we are being told is the truth. We have already been scammed on numerous occasions by people trying to take advantage of our kindness, so in the future we will have to come up with some sort of way to tell if what we are being told, is in fact true.
We are already discussing a method whereby if someone wants our help, then we need to interview them via skype and ask to see some correspondence to back up their claims but for now, I'm willing to go with gut feeling.
If you are not on the exceptions list, then it's expected that you donate some of your rewards back to the cause and if you are wondering why you are not getting upvotes from me or Ca-Co then It might be related to your contributions to the community.
We Are Not A Vote Buying Service
Some people are donating before they have received upvotes from us which is not advised, If we don't deem your post as being valuable to our cause then we will not upvote it.
Post Quality Matters!
Ok! I will be making a post to explaining in detail what our requirements are, but for now I will say that if your post does not get a upvote or resteem from us but it is about cps and you have donated in the past, then this might have something to do with the quality of your post. This is another reason to only donate if your post has been successful.
Conclusion.
I think that we are a strong community, but we are a growing community and we are bound to have a few teething problems along the way. For the most part, I think that we are all on the same page and that we can work our way through any misunderstandings that may arise.
I don't wan't to be seen as a hard-ass but at the same time I need to be firm, otherwise we will be overrun with parasites and then we can all wave goodbye to
I would also like to add that
I think that from now on if anybody has any doubts or questions, then joining the familyprotection discord chat is a good way to connect with the community without having to go through the Blockchain, here you can chat with the rest of the community or send a private message to both me and Ca-Co.
Familyprotection Discord Link
https://discord.gg/qeZEcp
https://discord.gg/qeZEcp