Reid's article on adoption is packed with heart-rending examples offamilies fighting adoptions, painting social workers as heartless childsnatchers and implying adoption rates are soaring because the Governmentis giving councils cash incentives. The piece rightly addresses thesecrecy that shrouds family court proceedings, but it fails to take thisto its logical conclusion. It is packed with quotes from parents butnone from professionals who see the other side of these harrowing cases.Mistakes are sometimes made, but does Reid really think any decision totake a child from a parent is taken lightly and with half an eye ontargets?
If the measure of a decent society is how it treats its children thensome recent newspaper cuttings create a worrying picture.
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