Alan Dettlaff
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The gamut of social problems that people can experience are all more likely to be experienced by people who have been in foster care.
I think I would say it's important for people to know what we were just talking about, how harmful family separation is, to understand that the concerns they had about children being separated from their parents in 2018 are the same concerns they should have now every time they consider making a report.
they should know that in many cases, there might be alternatives to a report, particularly when those concerns involve some poverty-related type thing.
People should know that in many cases, once people become involved in the child welfare system, both parents and children are severely harmed by that system.
Even the process of going through an investigation, even if it's unfounded, can be incredibly stressful and traumatic for families and children.
So having all those things in mind when they're considering making a report, I think is important.
Knowing that the harm that results from a report could be greater than whatever harm they're concerned about in the home.
Not always, as we've talked about in extreme cases, but in some cases.
And then I think the other thing that I'd say that I try to think more and more about now, and we're actually writing a series about this at UpEnd.
One paper you might be particularly interested in, because it was written by Roxanna Esgarian, wrote a paper about what should happen if there is no child welfare system, what should happen to children who are sexually abused.
So Roxanna wrote that paper and all of her ideas in that paper come from talking to survivors of sexual abuse.
So I think what we need to do more of is talk to survivors and ask them what would they have wanted to happen?
Because in many cases, it's not being taken away from their parents.
And not even just us regular adults, the system particularly, never ask children what they want to happen.
And I would just add, and you can't know what's best for the child without asking the child, without getting the child's input as well.
Obviously, that's not always possible with pre-verbal children.
But right now, I don't think we do a good job asking children what they
Yeah.
So the Upend Movement is a national initiative that's focused on
ultimately raising public awareness, building public education, political education about the realities of the child welfare system.
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