This isn’t the only mom who has realized “Looking back, I should have told the detectives to get lost.”  This painful lesson is one I discuss in PROTECTING YOUR CHILD along with offering guidance about how to handle yourself if you are faced with a baseless investigation.  When innocent parents cooperate, they often make their situations  worse.   It’s counterintuitive, but it’s true.  Sometimes, the best thing to do is to refuse to play ball because the game is rigged.