After thoroughly reading all the entries and the comments regarding this situation, it would appear that Paige is creating another drama like in South Florida with the Elian Gonzalez case, the little boy who washed up on the shore from Cuba. His father wanted him back and his cousins here in the states took it to court to try and have Elian taken away from his father because the cousins thought they knew what was best for their cousin, regardless of the father's wishes.
As an outsider to this situation (as is everyone who has responded to Paige)we only know the one side of the story. No one, not Paige, not anyone who is showing her support, knows what the parents have gone through. It is always very easy to sit back and judge someone else's parenting skills and parenting decisions.
God as our parent, our most loving father, at times puts us in situations that we don't like, that we don't understand, FOR OUR OWN GOOD!!
Paige, you say you are a Christian. I do not know you. I do know, that you know, that as a Christian, we are to pray about situations and let God handle them. As a Christian, we are subjected to the authority over us.
I am confident that you were not in the room the many times the parents were brought to tears, the result of the bad choices this young girl has made, that lead to their decision to try to get her help by placing her where she is now. While you think you may know what has gone on with the family, I am willing to bet that you are an outsider to the problems, and as such, really not in a position to make judgement on what is best for her.
Paige, if you want to help the child, than pray for the child to make wise choices. Pray for her parents to make wise choices. Pray for God's will, not Paige's will, to be done.
The minor child in question is subjected to the authority over her, namely her parents. You are out of line, just as Elian's relatives were out of line, in trying to interfere with his father's wishes to have his son back.
The Bible has a great deal to say concerning raising children, and punishment for inappropriate actions. Could it be that her parents actually love their daughter more than you can comprehend because they are demonstrating tough love?
I have not read anything in any of your entries about the minor child being physically abused, made to sleep on hard floors, being without clothes, not being fed, being refused basic necessities. The issues you are having with her parents seem to be parenting style issues. It is so easy to sit back and judge, critisize, and condemn the parenting decisions of others.
What I have seen, with my own eyes, is that YOU PAIGE have endangered the minor child. You have listed her by name. Juvenile delinquents who commit various crimes have their names protected. You haven't even bothered to do do that. So, who is caring for the minor child and who isn't? You've pasted your family's story on the web to seek support from strangers. You have now draged your son and his sister out into the open. Yet, you sit back and condemn her parents for their decision, and make comments about them not loving her. Who is showing more love Paige, them for protecting her, or you for pasting it out in the open for the whole world to see?
Paige, as a parent myself, I will pray for her parents to make wise choices. Unlike the others who have shown you support, who have not lived through the problems that brought the minor child to the place she is now, I will not jump on your bandwagon and help you undermine the parents of this girl. One Elian story in the states is enough. Paige, if you truly do care for the girl, as you want others to believe, than stop dragging her through the mud and pray for God's will to be done, not yours.
The news is full of stories of parents who have starved their children, tied them with duct tape, beat them, had sex with them, locked them in cages, not clothed them, and other horrible things. The personal conflict you are having with her parents does not seem to fall into any of these catagories.
I feel sorry for you to be so blind.