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No Way to Treat a Child : How the Foster Care System, Family Courts, and Racial
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781642936575
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Post Hill Press
ISBN-10
164293657X
ISBN-13
9781642936575
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28050405473
Product Key Features
Book Title
No Way to Treat a Child : How the Foster Care System, Family Courts, and Racial Activists Are Wrecking Young Lives
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Abuse / Child Abuse, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Research
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Family & Relationships, Political Science, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
20.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
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Harrowing yet full of heart, No Way to Treat a Child tells the searing tale of how political correctness is harming the smallest and weakest among us: kids who need homes. Kudos to Naomi Schaefer Riley for trying to change a system that needlessly puts young lives at risk. May her brave book succeed in its mission., Naomi Schaefer Riley's book reveals the extent to which abused and abandoned children are often injured by their government rescuers. It is a must read for those seeking solutions to this national crisis., Everyone interested in child welfare should grapple with Naomi Riley's powerful evidence that the current system ill-serves the safety and well-being of vulnerable kids., Naomi Schaefer Riley is one of the few people who will tell the truth about what really goes on in the lives of children who have been removed from their parents' care by the state. These children end up pawns in a great politically-motivated shuffle that often serves only to break their most important attachments; to leave them languishing for permanent placements until the 'right' kind of parent can be chosen by the state; or returned to dangerous situations. Sent from placement to placement--and school to school--they quickly suffer emotional and educational losses that can't be repaired. I don't know of any writer who reports as deeply and writes as honestly as NSR. At the very least, she bears witness to what we've all chosen to ignore. We all have a stake in this situation. Anyone who cares about the disappeared children of America should read this book., Naomi Schaefer Riley brings to the forefront a crucial question, which is foundational to the design of a compassionate and safe child welfare system in the United States. Her analysis and keen insights are more than worth a read. Her dedication and passion for this work continues to inspire me., We want the best for kids, especially the most vulnerable kids. But we aren't getting even close, as Naomi Schaefer Riley masterfully and heartbreakingly shows in her gripping book No Way to Treat a Child. More than a tale of woe, however, this book shows the way to a better future for the people who are our future., Our beleaguered, blinkered child welfare system has not kept pact with the scientific consensus on healthy child development or the effect of trauma on the young brain. That huge numbers of children are harmed by the status quo is indisputable. The question is why we can't do better. With a journalist's eye for detail and a scientist's command of evidence, Riley describes how a system mired in forms of reckless idealism, disinformation, and bigotry has abandoned its mission to protect the most vulnerable members of our society. This is bracing, powerful stuff, and Riley is not interested in protecting naive feelings; but her provocative call to action should inspire decent people of all backgrounds , faiths, and identities to reform a disgraceful system and, perhaps, to live in closer alignment to the Talmudic saying that, 'Whoever saves one life saves the world entire.'
Synopsis
The American child welfare system is bent toward protecting adults, not children. Kids in danger are treated instrumentally to promote the rehabilitation of their parents, the welfare of their communities, and the social justice of their race and tribe--all with the inevitable result that their most precious developmental years are lost in bureaucratic and judicial red tape. It is time to stop letting efforts to fix the child welfare system get derailed by activists who are concerned with race-matching, blood ties, and the abstract demands of social justice, and start asking the most important question: Where are the emotionally and financially stable, loving, and permanent homes where these kids can thrive? "Naomi Riley's book reveals the extent to which abused and abandoned children are often injured by their government rescuers. It is a must-read for those seeking solutions to this national crisis." --Robert L. Woodson, Sr., civil rights leader and president of the Woodson Center "Everyone interested in child welfare should grapple with Naomi Riley's powerful evidence that the current system ill-serves the safety and well-being of vulnerable kids." --Walter Olson, senior fellow, Cato Institute, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies
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