I retired from the magistracy in 2015 after 17 years mainly as a presiding justice

United Kingdom
My current blog can be accessed at https://thejusticeofthepeaceblog.blogspot.com/

TAKE "GOOD" BABIES FROM EVIL PARENTS?

 26. Jan. 2010. – 14:31:54

Generally it has been considered in the balance between "nature" and "nurture" that a baby even with the most dreadful genetic origins if cared for by and within a loving family can develop into  an upright citizen. This position has been reinforced by studies which show that a baby`s brain and the nervous connections within it grow and take form for some years and even to the late teens the adult brain is still approaching its final configuration. The Society of Jesus commonly known as the Jesuits knew this centuries ago..."Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterwards." St.Francis Xavier.

With the current case of the two children in Edlington the option of removing the children from their home environment has been and gone. But can this be the event which finally removes the social services from the mantra that where possible it is preferred not to remove children from their parent[s]. Perhaps the question should in future be changed to "why should this child not be removed from a parent and placed with family well vetted and approved for adoption".

As a family man and self admitted libertarian it is difficult to accept that a child and society could? would? benefit from such an authoritarian action but the disfunctionality in our society, even if we don`t all agree with a certain Mr Cameron, has reached such a level that the choice is now upon us.

No comments:

Post a Comment