The only acceptable goal for child abuse fatalities is zero. But how do we come closest to achieving that goal?
Some have suggested that because child abuse deaths may have increased by 30% in 2023, Tennessee is doing too much to keep families together so we should tear apart even more families. That would only make everything worse.
For starters, there is no evidence for the claim that
Tennessee is bending over backwards to keep families together. On the contrary,
even when rates of child poverty are factored in, Tennessee takes children from
their families at a rate nearly 50% above the national average. ...
