Since this summer, Indiana mom of three and stepmom of two Hannah Bright has had three calls made to child protective services about her by her husband's ex-wife—all for activities that posed no danger to the kids.

Weaponized reporting refers to using a reporting mechanism with malicious intent rather than for its legitimate purpose. Calls to child protective services can easily be used to harass parents. In Bright's case, her stepchildren's mother alerted authorities that four of the kids—aged 10, 9, 7, and 7—were left unsupervised for about an hour.

Bright and her husband married last year and live in Columbus, Indiana (incidentally, the safest small city in America). When she was a single mom of three, Bright had to juggle multiple jobs, school schedules, and day care on her own. Her

See Full Page