You know how child welfare agency apologists always say “We
can’t take children on our own – a judge has to approve everything we do”? Well, WNYC Public Radio broadcast an
outstanding story last week on how the New York City Administration for
Children’s Services abuses its power to remove children without asking a judge first.
(And please keep in mind: New York City exercises more restraint about
child removal than most places. That
doesn’t mean the New York City system is good; it just means that wherever you
are, it’s probably worse.)
Also in New York City, an elite private school files a false
child abuse report against the family of one of its students. Then, when the family sues, they attack the
family in a mass email. I took a
particular interest in this one, because it happens to be the high school from
which I graduated 47 years ago. I
wrote about it here.
The Chronicle of Social Change has
a story about the recent American Bar Association Parent Representation
Conference.
And I have a blog post about why the latest McLawsuit from
Marcia Lowry stands a very good chance of making Oregon’s already horrible
child welfare system even
worse.
