I understand every situation in which CPS becomes involved would be different, but I'd like to inform you of the things the social worker asked my kids when she interviewed them.
What is your bedtime?
How are mom and dad?
Do mom and dad smoke?
What kind of cigarettes do they smoke?
Do mom and dad ever drink?
What do they drink?
Do they drink during the day or at night?
Do you ever get spankings?
Where do you get spanked?
Do they ever use anything to spank you with?
How many times a day do you eat?
What are you learning in school?
Do you have any friends?
How many bathrooms do you have?
Are you on any medications?
What's your favorite video game?
What's your favorite show?
Where do you sleep at night?
Do you like being homeschooled?
Do your parents ever leave you home alone?
Do you feel safe?
What do you like to do for fun?
I'm sure this doesn't cover everything, as she spent around 15 minutes with each child, but this is what my kids told me. If they interviewed your kids, I think what they ask them would depend on what the accusations were, but here's an inside view of what was asked during this particular interview.
My advice would be to avoid this interaction altogether as she was looking for any reason to pin us as unfit parents. Today it has been two weeks since I heard from them, and I figure if the kids were deemed "unsafe" by their definition, they would have been taken by now...
Thanks for reading
Love, snowpea