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.
I think the children who are neglected do need to be protected, but are the ones likely to fall through the cracks.
Charge the parents with crimes. Do not institute a bureaucracy wielding unconstitutional powers.
Consider the data in post 7.
What about them?
The existing government/nonprofit complex IS an abusive situation, and you're paying for it. It must end.
Find a different way of dealing with "private" abuse ... the current way of dealing with "private" abuse is a much greater system of "public" abuse.
Did CPS intervene for those kids? I doubt it, no profit motive. The system we have now does more harm than good. Are we to allow our compassion for some ruin the lives of many more?
In better times those parents would have been charged with crimes and the children would have been put in a Christian orphanage funded by charity.