BERMES PEOPLE

I have worked with a Burmese Family this year.  I had a Child Protective Service investigation that came in on the family. The referral stated that a 15 year child had just had a baby from a man that was 25 years old.  The hospital made the referral and our agency accepted the referral.  First of all I did not know anything about Burmese people.  I did not know that Burmese people exist.  The first thing I had to do is research.  I Google Burmese people and read about their culture and where they are from.  The main important thing was their language.  Our agency did not have any one to speak Burmese language.  This investigation lasted for a long time.  I made several calls to find an interpreter.  I found out that there were a group of Burmese people that resided in our county.  I finally got in contact with the people that were helping this particular group.  To make a long story short, their culture allowed older men to be with young girls.  The mom stated that her daughter and the man were married.  The judge order the couple to get married legally in our county or charged was going to be pressed.  The couple was married and the family is doing well.