I will start this letter with the hopes that it will be able to put you on a level of perspective that you may not be familiar with in certain aspects of other peoples lives and how "Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority" (Daniel Webster). I always imagined a doctor to be a person of respect and caring for other individuals and their quest for knowledge on how to help people THE BEST would never cease to want to end. The actions you CHOSE to take against my family before finding out all the details surrounding the situation goes against everything that I would have imagined a doctor would have been taught in school. I am in no way shape or form a doctor nor would I ever try to give medical advice to a person because that is not my field of expertise,Ball Pythons are though.You made a diagnosis before EVER hearing ALL the fine details of the situation. If a person walks into your facility and says I have a headache, my toe hurts, and im having trouble breathing would you automatically make your diagnosis right then and there and treat it, or would you want to find out as much as you can about the symptoms so you could treat the ailments in the BEST way possible.That was not the case in this particular matter,you heard the word snakes,pythons or reptiles,you knew I have children and your diagnosis was calling the DSS immediatly before finding out, Are these snakes poisonous? (NO),are they large enought to eat a small child? (NO),Will they EVER be large enough to eat a small child? (NO),Do the children have UNSUPERVISED access to the animals? (NO) Has there EVER been a reported case of a ball python killing someone especially a child? (NO) Does my son help with the cleaning duties in the snake room? (NO) Has my daughter ever even seen a live snake,let alone touched one (NO), Are strict sanitary measures being kept to guarantee the HEALTH and SAFETY of ALL the members of the home? (YES).This is the financial future for me and my family.I work full time and im a full time father, during the summer I work 2 full time jobs plus being a father,I am devoted to my family,and by your actions, you chose to feel that because you are a doctor you can make an unbiased decision on a field that you may no nothing about and potentially destroy my hopes of being better and having better for my family because of ignorance and feeling justified in YOUR OWN mind.What I do is not the most common thing you come across in an everyday conversation with someone and when it fell in your lap your first instinct was negativity, instead of keeping an open mind and LEARNING more than what you know about a different situation.I love my children with ALL I have to give and I would NEVER put them in danger,instead YOU did that by making a phonecall and allowing someone that YOU dont even know (to my knowledge) come into my home and tell ME whats best for MY children.My home is clean,I dont do drugs,I work hard,I dont abuse/neglect my children,I am an excellent father I want more for my children than you do, believe me, please dont try to destroy someones life before you learn all the FACTS and then re-evaluate those facts again,and again if theres even a doubt in your mind that you could be wrong. To have the ability to have someones children taken from their parents without proper just cause is cruel to both sides, children and parents.You may do more harm than good and then all your hopes of helping people flies out the window with having a child taken from his LOVING parents arms because YOU didnt feel it was appropriate and you were so knowledgeable in my field (Ball Pythons) already that you didnt have to do some research for yourself so you could feel good at the end of the day and say "I MADE A RESPONSIBLE DECISION" based on THE FACTS not on the stereotypes held by society.Differences in RACE,CULTURES,HOBBIES, FAMILY,BUSINESSES is what sets us aside from the norm and it makes people who they are as individuals and as private society in their own kind,my kind being Ball python breeders and reptile lovers.My son is the smartest child in his class (at least thats what his teacher said) I have exposed him to so many things animals,nature,the airport,the ocean ANYTHING and EVERYTHING,I hunt, so he can recognize animals that NO ONE else in his class would even think to know at his age,and I intend for my daughter to be the same way.My son grew up with the snakes and so will my daughter if DSS doesnt take that right away from me,I dont want my children growing up thinking that they have to conform to EVERY aspect of " basic" society because someone else said they are wrong if they dont. I want them to embrace differences and grow up respecting people,nature and themselves.I want my children to be the best they can be and that sometimes goes against other peoples views and opinions.As long as they ALWAYS keep respect for the individual they will NEVER fail!!!
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
-Daniel Webster
