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[alisa_ivanovna]

Yesterday I got into an unpleasant discussion with another LJ user on the topic of Child Protection Agencies and the removal of children from their homes wither upon the determination of, or while the situation is being investigated whether the child is safer being removed from the parents or the current place of residence

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sovsem mne delat' nechego...

[shushandra]

There is a difference between values based on feelings for children, and values based on feelings specifically for "your children" - it's strange to me how most people here don't see the distinction. Indeed, the general attitude from the commenters is "as long as my children are ok, other children can rot in hell". the only reason no one here said it straight out like that, is because other children don't even enter your minds. Everyone here cannot see beyond the horror of being separated from their child. But as Alisa said, no one will separate you, honest. When my child falls down and I get called to school and asked about the bruises, I won't resent it because it's a safety check that in another case can save a kid who is forced to endure the unendurable. I know that I will not do anything to harm my child, so being scared of DSS is in the same realm for me as being scared of being beaten to death by a cop. It happens, system fails, there are crazies everywhere, but Alisa is not one of them. And select cases of DSS workers performing badly need to be addressed with extra money, extra training, better information for parents, statistics gathering, but not by hand-wringing on the internet.

"power hungry CPA"? Aliska "trivial" about children taken away from their parents? Mmm, methinks you're speaking to voices in your head.

Re: sovsem mne delat' nechego...

[aregjan]

Indeed, the general attitude from the commenters is "as long as my children are ok, other children can rot in hell".
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Sorry, that's just your imagination. What people say is that they are unwilling to risk the safety of their children just for the hypothetical benefit of another child. Then you take this, and exaggerate it ad absurdum.

I know that I will not do anything to harm my child, so being scared of DSS is in the same realm for me as being scared of being beaten to death by a cop.
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There are some MAJOR differences. I personally would never compare the consequences of being beaten by a cop to the consequences of my child being mistakenly taken away from me. Furthermore, there are remedies and recourses against police brutality. REAL recourses. Almost precise opposite is true for DSS -- you have a lot less rights when it comes to them.