Although it is hard not to feel a high level of admiration for the individuals featured in this article the crisis that is spoken of seems to me very easily solved. Social Services in this country see their role as keeping together dysfunctional family units. If, as there is for dogs, we had minimum standards for who was allowed to bring up a child then there would be far less need for this intensive ongoing help for basket case families and the poor children whose lives are ruined as a result of poor or absent parents.
Andy Jones ● 5548d