Mom: Child welfare officials were OK with cage for toddler
POTTSVILLE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania mother whose 22-month-old son was kept in a cage by his father said Friday that local child welfare officials had previously seen the enclosure and approved of it.
Tiffany George said the makeshift wooden pen was meant to keep the toddler safe.
“They’ve seen the cage and had no problem with it,” she said of Schuylkill County Children & Youth. “It’s not that we wanted to lock our kids up and entrap them.”
Lisa Stevens, the agency’s executive director, declined to comment on George’s claim, citing confidentiality rules. But she said in general, a homemade cage wouldn’t be considered an appropriate place for a child.