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The Harm Of Child Removal, Shanta Trivedi
The Harm Of Child Removal, Shanta Trivedi
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When the state proves or even merely alleges that a parent has abused or neglected a child, family courts may remove the child from the parent’s care. However, research shows separating a child from her parent(s) has detrimental, long-term emotional and psychological consequences that may be worse than leaving the child at home. This is due to the trauma of removal itself, as well as the unstable nature of, and high rates of abuse in, foster care. Nevertheless, the child welfare system errs on the side of removal and almost uniformly fails to consider the harms associated with that removal. …
Promoting Permanency And Human Rights, Lauren Bartlett
Promoting Permanency And Human Rights, Lauren Bartlett
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An increasing number of children are being cared for exclusively by grandparents or extended family. The majority of these caregivers are raising children outside of the foster care system without a formal legal status. In fact, kinship diversion, placing children whose parents cannot or will not care for them with family or friends outside of the foster care system, is encouraged by state and federal law. Informal kinship caregivers face many obstacles to providing care for children and they are more likely to be unemployed, receive government benefits, and be less educated, as compared with parents raising their own children. …
Religious Issues In Child Welfare Cases, Rebecca Stahl
Religious Issues In Child Welfare Cases, Rebecca Stahl
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