That's the phrase I find obnoxious. The implication is clearly that the children are not free human beings, entrusted in the care of their parents, but state "resources" to be used for the benefit of the state.
Bump for that sentiment! I hate it when people talk about 'for the good of the children' or ask 'What about the children'? All it means is that they see children as objects rather than people. I'm only 18 and I vividly remember feeling that to many people I was more important as a figure in their cultural calculus than as an individual, and I was homeschooled at that! I cannot imagine putting your children through that sort of torture.
In Ender's Game, a novel by Orson Scott Card, one of the characters tells her brother that adults hold all the cards. "They call us children and they treat us like mice," she says. It's a good comment, in that it reflects a society where children are more important for what they can do for the government than what they will become on their own. I recommend the novel highly, (it is science fiction) for anyone who wants a look inside the heads of brilliant children, and also for anyone who thinks that the government actually cares anything about your children.
North Carolina, keep fighting! You've got your values straight, don't let them get twisted around!