Protecting Children From Child Protective Services

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The Shredding of Families
By Dr. Lillian D. Dunsmore and Dr. Richard A. Dunsmore

Memoirs of a Baby Stealer: Lessons I've Learned As A Foster Mother
By Mary Callahan

Protecting Children from Child Protective Services
By Alan L. Schwartz

Dark Secrets within Child Protective Services
By Teresa Cunio

Whores of the Court
By Margaret A. Hagen

Custody of the State
Christian Fiction
By Craig Parshall

Fighting Child Protective Services False Accusations

A Review Of:
Protecting Children From Child Protective Services
By Alan L. Schwartz

Reviewed by Linda Martin on December 12, 2004

Alan L. Schwartz was a CPS investigator who worked for many years with families on an Indian reservation. His experiences gave him the desire to write Protecting Children From Child Protective Services (2004) when he retired. He still believes the agency has a place in our civilization but that around thirty percent of the cases are mismanaged to the detriment of children and their families.

He believes children should be listened to more than they are at this time. He says children usually don't know who their attorneys are and too often they're not brought to court to talk to the judges that make decisions about their lives. Some do not even know who their caseworkers are.

Schwartz says Juvenile Court judges should take time to make a connection with children and parents, taking them into their chambers to talk to them to get a sense of who they are working with. He says judges should listen to children and take time to learn what they would like the hearing's outcome to be. He is concerned that usually Juvenile Court judges merely rubber-stamp CPS case plans without giving the opinions of parents and children any credence or thought.

But that isn't the only part of child welfare services he finds fault with. Schwartz covers the subject very well, discussing topics such as lack of proper legal representation for poor families, faulty psychological evaluation and counseling services, child safety in foster homes and problems involving adoption.

This is a valuable book because of the perspective it was written from - that of a CPS caseworker who cares about children and families. He gives us an insider's view of the agency. The book is full of tips for parents who are alarmed about case mismanagement. He tells why it happens and suggests what might be done to have a better chance of winning in court. However it appears the book was primarily written for legislators - to give them information on how the system should be reformed.

In my opinion the biggest flaw in the book is that Schwartz assumes the child welfare agencies are still needed though he recognizes a lot of traumatic injustice occurs. My philosophy is that child welfare services should be disbanded (except for a small foster care unit) and that true child abuse cases should be investigated by law enforcement. I don't have any reason to believe this out-of-control agency can be brought to a condition where corruption therein wouldn't harm families.

However Schwartz's observations about child welfare and the harm it does to about thirty percent of the children involved are a helpful and needed contribution to what is published about CPS agencies and colluding professionals as they exist today.

This book can be purchased online at Author House or at Amazon.

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A Review Of: Protecting Children From Child Protective Services By Alan L. Schwartz

A Review Of:
Protecting Children From Child Protective Services
By Alan L. Schwartz