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Melissa Bright thinks she's living every parent's worst nightmare when her five-month-old baby tumbles from a lawn chair and hits his head on the driveway. But after she rushes him to the hospital, a new nightmare begins.The Brights are thrust into a medical and legal system so focused on protecting children from abuse, it has targeted innocent parents. With exclusive audio captured as the events unfolded, this harrowing six-episode series takes you inside the Brights' fight to hold their family together, against a system that can sometimes do more harm than good. Hosted by NBC News National Investigative Reporter Mike Hixenbaugh, Do No Harm is a co-production of NBC News and Wondery.
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18Melissa Bright thinks she's living every parent's worst nightmare when her five-month-old baby tumbles from a lawn chair and hits his head on the driveway. But after she rushes him to the hospital, a new nightmare begins.The Brights are thrust into a medical and legal system so focused on protecting children from abuse, it has targeted innocent parents. With exclusive audio captured as the events unfolded, this harrowing six-episode series takes you inside the Brights' fight to hold their family together, against a system that can sometimes do more harm than good. Hosted by NBC News National Investigative Reporter Mike Hixenbaugh, Do No Harm is a co-production of NBC News and Wondery.All episodes of Do No Harm are available now. You can binge the series ad-free on Wondery+ or on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or Amazon Music Unlimited subscription. Join Wondery+ here: https://wondery.app.link/donoharmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Melissa and Dillon Bright race to the emergency room after their baby is seriously injured. As doctors assess the injuries, the Brights pray their son will be OK. But then a different team of doctors enters Mason’s hospital room, and the real nightmare begins.Support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Melissa and Dillon believe if they just tell the truth, Child Protective Services will see they aren’t a danger to their children. But the state of Texas isn’t just going to take their word for it. Not after the horror story that unfolded in another family a year earlier.Support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Brights figure CPS has moved on. Melissa and Dillon try to do the same. But when a CPS worker comes to their door, it's the beginning of the hardest night of their lives.Support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Across town, Lance and Sharde Butler have been fighting their own battle against CPS. After nearly a year, the system has almost broken them. But soon the Bright’s case will intertwine with their own in ways that neither family could have imagined. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, here are some additional resources: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264Crisis Text Line: Within the US, text HOME to 741741Support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
A pair of brash Texas lawyers step in to help the Brights, but by then, damage has already been done. As they each head to court, the Brights and the Butlers fear the worst.Support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
As the Brights and Butlers confront CPS, their shared struggles raise difficult questions: Who’s really protecting children? And is this what it takes to keep them safe?Support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Laura Beil, the host and reporter of Dr Death and Bad Batch, sits down with Mike Hixenbaugh to talk about the reporting of Do No Harm. We also have an update about the families at the center of this series.Support us by supporting our sponsors!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
In this special preview, Mike Hixenbaugh tells you why you can’t miss MSNBC’s newest podcast, “American Radical.” In this five-part original series, host Ayman Mohyeldin explores the story of Rosanne Boyland, a woman from his own hometown who became a foot soldier in one of the most dangerous movements in America. Listen to the first episode and follow or subscribe to the series: https://link.chtbl.com/americanradical_feedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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This happens to families all the time. The difference is that if this was a black. brown or poor white family everyone would say that the parents are awful and the children need to go. They are not given the benefit that this family is being given. The only thing that CPS did wrong was wait three weeks. when i worked CPS and she broke the safety agreement the children would have been removed that day.
My younger sister was taken away from my parents in a situation like this. I am grown now but listening to these cases broke my heart in a whole new way, hearing the parents side of it. She was placed in a home that ultimately caused her death.
and there is saddest part the judges just listen to what they want without a care in the world if it's rltrue or not
can hurts more families then it helps they take kids from good parents then parents who abuse there children they give th back to. and let's not mention if your worker doesn't like you due to standing up for your rights. it's terrible I don't think they don't understand the damage they do to children by removing them them at such a young age
BOOM! out of no where, it's about race..... not even convinced a little; that that's the cause of the differences. stupid. why even compare? what's the point of that?
They would have had to literally pry the kid from my arms.
i was hoping there would of been an update on the people that fostered the two children. were they ever investigated ? how did the little girl get the black eye ?
this podcast was so emotional and heartbreaking to listen to... the recorded audio was almost too much for me to handle... but very well produced, easy to binge, but did they really need to throw in the George Floyd nonsense? no, it really wasn't needed and I hate when podcasts push certain political opinions and whatnot... regardless, the podcast gets a 90% from me
I really hope the Butlers filed a lawsuit as well.
interesting how they seem much more concerned with how children are treated in their own homes by their parents than they are with how safe the foster homes are.
None of the episodes are playing for me. I get an error that there is a broken source. Anyone else having this problem or know how to fix it??
I think the failure is that any safe children are allowed to be taken from their safe families. it's a systemic failure if anyone can use a system designed to protect children in any way that hurts them. Shouldn't there be checks involved to make sure no safe children are removed from their homes and families? how were the children removed in the first place when there was so little evidence (and flawed evidence) that the children were at risk? how were they held away from their loving families in homes that put them in danger? that's the failure. that's what the podcast is about. it's about how children were put in danger when there should have been no way this could have happened. The agency designed to protect children harmed them because of systemic failures.
ACAB.
I really enjoyed this series. It brings back the fear and thoughts of that the government sometimes has way to much power and are not objective enough, and has No one checking on them or no one that they isn't any over seeing them and what they are doing or not doing. thanks for the reminder that we are all human and we have no idea of what it is like to walk in someone else's shoes.
I would beat the absolute fuck out of lavar. That is so fucked up. I mean come on it’s insane.
i think the point is that it is not just one person who is at fault (i mean lamar sucks but). there is a judge, there are the doctors, the lawyers and the supervisors who are just as at fault
that judge is corrupt AF
I'm sorry, but YES he has fractures consistent with abuse, the medical professionals have to report this. sucks for the family but wtf else are they supposed to do?
Omg 😱 it’s heart 💜 breaking