My heart was already broken so I went to the link. What an amazingly beautiful little boy.
It seems that UK does the same stupid things with chldren from troubled homes that we do here--snatches them away and places them in foster care without trying to help or rehabilitate their natural mothers. Christian's mother was not perfect, but she was not a criminal either, and might well have benefitted from parenting classes, therapy, day care, and other methods of improving her parenting.
Here in the USA, child protective services (CPS) earns bonuses of thousands of dollars of federal money for each child they place outside its natural home, leading to horrible abuses of natural parents who would clearly benefit by developing parenting skills. A disgrace!
Here in the USA, child protective services (CPS) earns bonuses of thousands of dollars of federal money for each child they place outside its natural home, leading to horrible abuses of natural parents who would clearly benefit by developing parenting skills. A disgrace!
CAPTA, 1974
http://www.nkmr.org/english/capta.htm
That's really where it started here in the US.
More on CAPTA
http://www.geocities.com/fathersmanifesto/dhhsabus.htm