To fully appreciate what CPS is, it's good to go back in history to see what started it all-

During the late nineteenth century there was a case that sparked American interest, the story of a little girl called Mary Ellen, so abused by her FOSTER mother that New York's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) stepped in to protect her. By all accounts this little girl was severely abused and mistreated. There were still bruises on her face the day she testified in court against her FOSTER mother. As the result of the Mary Ellen case, the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (SPCC) was founded, what many now believe to be the birth of Child Protective Services.

Foster Survivor (A NEAT Flash Intro!)
~AND~

The History of Child Protection
"After Mary Ellen told her story in court, her foster mother was prosecuted for assault and battery."

~another version of the story by the American Humane Association~
The Story of Mary Ellen: 
The Beginnings of a Worldwide Child-Saving Crusade

~and then that "Child Saving" organization went NUTS~

Mr. Peabody and Sherman learn about the
Orphan Trains

"...the Feds established kidnap agencies to collect children until a carload could be sent west on "Orphan Trains," to be picked over at trackside by migrants looking for cheap labor. Frying pan to the fire!

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children snatched children off streets and playgrounds, out of homes, schools and stores, anywhere they could be found a few feet away from their parents. Within minutes, victims were taken to one of three transport agencies. The system was "justified" by massive Federal propaganda that touted immigrant parents as "child abusers."

...They couldn't have cared less where the kids went as long as they went west.

...The Orphan Trains brought the U.S. close to revolution. Older children ran away home. Mobs attacked police and SPCC agents. In the West, Orphan Train and other victims became cannon fodder for a revolution that came close to splitting the U.S

...Orphan Train documentation is crawling with propaganda lies, most of them disinformation disseminated in a futile attempt to sucker the public into thinking they were done "in the child's best interests."

...Westchester Temporary Home for Destitute Children did not sent children west. Instead, they kept the children until parents could afford to reclaim them. They also "straightened out" uncontrollable children. Their refusal to send children west incurred the wrath of SPCC, the Times and other Train supporters. They filed a criminal child abuse complaint against the Home's director. The ensuing trial had strong similarities to McMartin. Eventual vindication became the first domino in the collapse of the Orphan Train system. The first step was disbanding SPCC and reorganizing it into the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

COMPREHENSIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FEDERALIZE U.S. CHILDREN

By Congressman John R. Rarick, (La.)
October 5, 1971

September 30 was a dark day for America. The Federal government has now been authorized to take over our children.

On January 31st, 1974, President Nixon signed Public Law 93-247, The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA).

...Congress unsuccessfully proposed multiple child protection bills during the period from 1964 to 1973, but it was Walter Mondale's adoption of this potent issue in his movement toward presidential candidacy that resulted in CAPTA's ultimate success. He championed this relatively non controversial issue, using the well remembered phrase "Not even Richard Nixon is in favor of child abuse!"

Children's Bureau Express  >  News From the Children's Bureau  >  Centennial Series:  The Progressive Movement
November 2011

Centennial Series: The Progressive Movement

This is the fifth article in our  Centennial Series, as we count down to the Children's Bureau's 100th anniversary next year. These articles address some of the social issues, practices, and policies at the turn of the last century that laid the groundwork for the creation of the Children's Bureau.

The beginning of the 20th century ushered in dramatic changes to American society that resulted in a number of new social and political movements. The post-Civil War years were characterized by social upheaval brought on by massive immigration, the shift from an agrarian society to life in new urban communities, and an economic depression. Corruption stemming from industrialization and the creation of big businesses, growing inner-city poverty, educational disparity, child labor, and class strife began to cause angst among much of the American public. This was fed by the rise of popular journalism, as newspapers and magazines made it possible for more people to keep abreast of what was happening across the country. One outgrowth of this dissatisfaction was the  Progressive Movement, a political effort to address and  remedy these social concerns by looking to the government to right injustices.

The Progressives were, for the most part, the new, urban middle class—doctors, lawyers, ministers, journalists, teachers, college professors, engineers and social workers—and their spouses (Sage, 2010).  They viewed government as the solution to many of the social and moral problems of the day.  In response to the Progressive Movement, many new Federal and State government programs were created or enhanced in the early 20th century. In fact, the Progressives touched almost every sector of life and were responsible for a number of "firsts" among government programs, for instance:  FULL STORY

So, depending on what YOUR  definition of Progressivism  is- There's the root of what started this insane, malfeasant, totally out-of-control CPS tyranny that is destroying the American family. I personally think the root of CPS is the Communist Manifesto, and  what it says about families and educating the youth