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[–] [email protected] 64 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That’s absolutely disgusting. The state should not kidnap children when their housing conditions cannot be met by a minimum wage.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

As if taking the kids away from a stable, albeit less-than-ideal, home to send them to an even worse situation is the solution.

Sometimes the state can be way too bureaucratic and heartless.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

https://nccpr.org/the-evidence-is-in-foster-care-vs-keeping-families-together-the-definitive-studies/

Foster Care is TERRIBLE for kids. Only the most severe cases of abuse and neglect should cause removal. In these cases adoption should be looked at because the instability of foster homes causes measurable damages

[–] eksb 56 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Apparently everybody before 1800 was a bad parent.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

“You don’t have have air conditioning, it’s not safe for your kids to be here!” - someone in 1800 probably

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Goodness, I wonder what's different about the climate since 1800...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Are you suggesting children in 2024 should not be allowed to be reunited with their parents unless those parents can afford air conditioning?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Apparently everybody before 1800 was a bad parent.

On the one hand, I wouldn't be surprised.

On the other hand... that's probably why youth were so eager to move out so quickly!

(That may not actually be the case...I'm just kidding here, lol)

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (3 children)

My parents grew up in homes with 3 bedrooms and 5-6 kids. They made it work and it wasn’t considered a problem back then.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago

My mother and her family grew up in New York City apartments, which were usually one bedroom. She and her brother slept in the living room.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Bunk beds have existed for a long time, not that big a deal.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Sad stuff. Another case of the perfect being the enemy of the good.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

That's a big problem in the foster system too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

It's bloated, parent homes who meet basic requirements for a child have to get them back asap. There's no excuse for a system to be this slow.