[MtnClimber]

Where does the corruption end?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Spot on. Do something about it.

[metmom]

But what about kids in actual abusive situations?

And one such family lived in the slum lord rental next to us at one point in NYS.

Those kids were filthy, underfed, underclothed and being sexually abused.

I can’t see leaving them there.

[ryderann]

This was going on in my county when I first came here almost fifty years ago. DSS would take babies and young children from poor families who didn’t have the means to fight it in court. The county also held any welfare/housing benefits over their head.

[Carry_Okie]

A related article: Child Protective Services is an Unjustified and Illegitimate Institution.

[logi_cal869]

It’s a racket that must end.

At the end of a gun, AFAIC. All options on the table if it was my child.

[larrytown]

Rather than focusing on the revenge aspect - punishing past overreach...

How can the taking of children be reduced to only those that really need the rescue - how do we disincentivize the system? Moving from a per child headcount system to ... what?

[ViLaLuz]

It’s a racket for sure. Personal experience. A nightmare.