It seems wrong that a family may think they are establishing trust in a Christian environment but in reality it’s the state watching and recording. The Christian counselor acts as a state agent.
I know the legal argument regarding liability but the bigger picture is that legalism encroaches on the church.
The business model of Christian Counseling is fraudulent. It is an office of the state. And the personnel of the state are in these matters unimpressive and unaccountable.
To separate a child from a good parent while things get’sorted out’ is an act that protects the state from accountability. It does nothing to increase health. The state employees who think they are’saving’ a child do not know that they are in fact damaging the child because they do not have knowledge of the situation on the ground.
That’s the problem, the state Does not know
Having been through the system, there is merit to many of the things you write.
My question is, why do we allow the local bar association to write the rules government legal practice?? The system claims to look out for “best interest of the child”, but truly they have a cookie cutter formula which ignores faith and family practice. Thankfully, in my jurisdiction, the default position is that there will be a geographic restriction of the child’s residence, so that both parents can have a meaningful relationship with the child(ren). There is a legal mountain to climb for the custodial parent to try to run off with the child. This is very, very good. But most other jurisdictions just let Mom run off and deprive Dad of that relationship.