11-28-2012, 03:11 PM
This particular case was pretty 'extra ordinary' in that the child welfare system is so over burdened right now that it will not usually take things this far unless there had been substantiated history of abuse or neglect by parents/caregivers and imminent danger to child. These cases are highly sensitive to the context of the case so it's difficult to draw conclusions that every instance where mothers/caregivers reject medication or recommendation of social welfare agencies would end up this way. The problem in this particular case was the neglect of the justice system (or a judge) to really review the case... but other than that, it's unclear what really went on for the situation to escalate into this. African Americans are disproportionately represented in child welfare systems. It's really great to see this mother fight back.
Even the people who work in child welfare will tell you how frustrated they are with the laws/regulations they have to follow. I was on the phone once with this guy from social welfare agency, and he went on a 30 minute rant about how awful things were.
Even the people who work in child welfare will tell you how frustrated they are with the laws/regulations they have to follow. I was on the phone once with this guy from social welfare agency, and he went on a 30 minute rant about how awful things were.