Last month a Senior Fellow from the Child Welfare League of America, Paul DiLorenzo, wrote this response to a Farrah Mina article in The Imprint about interviewing children in front of their alleged abusers.
For the first time that we know of, a child welfare opinion piece has challenged the decades-old Progressive oversimplification that child protection workers are typically racist and that child removals from their families are often unnecessary.
Why respond after all this time?
It’s likely in part because child protection workers are trained to not take personal abuse personally. But the author also hints that some child welfare leaders are losing patience with attacks that lack grace, nuance, or an empirical foundation – and are also voicing a growing recognition that, in our desire to treat parents equitably, we have too often forgotten our duty to protect children.
Listen to a full analysis in this week’s podcast, here or wherever you hear your favorite podcast shows (or in the video below).
Read the full transcript of the podcast here.
Are Child Welfare Professionals Finally Pushing Back Against Criticisms?
Last month a Senior Fellow from the Child Welfare League of America, Paul DiLorenzo, wrote this response to a Farrah Mina article in The Imprint about interviewing children in front of their alleged abusers. For the first time that we know of, a child welfare opinion piece has challenged the decades-old Progressive oversimplification that child protection workers are typically racist and that child removals from their families are often unnecessary. Why respond after all this time? Join Rich for a full discussion and analysis on this in this week’s podcast.