Before 1963, there wasn‘t a single law that mandated reporting “battered child syndrome”; by 1967 all fifty states had one on the books.
Before 1963, there wasn‘t a single law that mandated reporting “battered child syndrome”; by 1967 all fifty states had one on the books.
Then the investigator has to find a place for the kids to go. He brings them back to the office, where a social worker starts making calls—usually to family members. In child welfare–speak, this is called “kinship care,” and New York State law requires it as the first line of outreach, though this law is often ignored.
A child abuse investigator can enter anyone‘s home at any time without a warrant.
It‘s interesting how we correspond now more than ever because of platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, yet we are failing at basic communication worse than ever.
He‘s your husband, you‘re not supposed to want him to lose -Therapist in Gabrielle Union‘s We‘re Going to Need More Wine.
