Here on Blogger News and our sister site NARWO we cover as many missing children cases as we can. In cold reality that translates to somewhere less than 1% of probably 1% of cases reported just in the US. Jan and I would love to do more, but, there are only 24 hours in the day.
What concerns us greatly is the role of DCF. Different states call it different names. Essentially though, the mission is the same. Protect children who may be in a harmful or abusive environment.
Proactive beats reactive every time!
Unfortunately we live in what can only be viewed as a reactive world. It does not seem to matter that ‘the writing is on the wall’, until death occurs no-one seems to care.
Just take a look at these cases:
After a mother of five children punched out a Department of Children and Families caseworker she took off with the kids and then later that night she turned the kids in.
A call was made to the DCF making a formal complaint against a couple binding 10 year old foster twins, hand and foot and then forcing them to stand in a bathtub for hours in their home. Several other reports were made concerning the children as well.
The Department of Social Services was called several times in the case of Zahra Baker. The DSS claim that after investigating they concluded that there was no evidence found to substantiate the claims. A Neighbor claimed that Elisa Baker was notified in advance that the DSS would be coming so she would clean up the house and make sure Zahra knew what to say.
Where did the system fall down?
Is it just that we do not have the money to finance this area properly? It seems to me that we send billions of dollars to other countries when a crisis hits. Why not spend those dollars at home? I do not want to make light of the recent disaster that Japan suffered, but in reality they are a very rich country, they can afford to rebuild.
Who cares about Iraq or Afghanistan? Afghanistan became the Soviet Unions Vietnam, a pointless waste of life and money. Iraq seems to be a very similar story. Now we are playing in Libya.
Think about the money involved. The sums are staggering! The great quote by Senator Everett Dirksen says it all ‘A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you are talking about real money’.
How come we can afford to lob a Cruise Missile or 100 ($500,000 each) at some nut job in Libya but we can’t afford to look after the children in our own country?
I read these stories of DCF failing, time and time again they take the brunt of the criticism. Though inaction another child is dead.
Forget Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, take 1% of the money saved and put it into the DCF and education in general.
Simon and Jan Barrett
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I don’t understand the concept of permanent warfare. Should we need to fight a war (and there is doubt about the three current ones) we need to win and come home. We still have troops posted from WWII in Germany and Japan. What’s up with that?
Plus there is the concept of “foreign aid.” From everything I’ve seen working overseas, almost all the money goes to the dictator’s retirement fund in Switzerland.
George Washington said it best in his farewell address, “Beware foreign entanglements.”.
I’ll be the first to admit there are some case workers that are lax! But most are dedicated to try to help children gain a safe and secure life. These workers live and see more horrors with child abuse and neglect than most of us can imagine. Most case workers BURNOUT! They’re underpaid and overworked but expected to be on call 24/7. Their lives are threatened and judges return the child back to the family because the court seems to think the child belongs with family. But it’s a cycle that the children have to repeat over and over again. Sorry to be on my soapbox but it’s time to back the children and DCFS not their dysfunctional parents.
Simon,you have said it all! Such a Powerful nation as we are,and our children cant be kept safe,by the system set up to protect them.I also agree much money is spent foolishly,that could aid in the protection,care,an safty of this nations innocent helpless children.I often think what are we ever going to find on the moon/mars,yet trillions are spent going there.Foolish money spent! Why not spend more on the protection of the what will be our future/Children are the future.
I think you are missing the true purpose of DSS, it is not to help children or families, it is designed to break apart the Family Unit and make children wards of The State. Government Agencies have been infiltrated and their policies turned against American Families. This is all by design.
You said it all there Simon. I knew what I was thinking, but could never have put into words like you did. Thank you
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