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Sad yet amazing story. Random thoughts I had while reading it.
The state had to plead down the mothers sentence in order for her to give up her parenting rights? That ludicrous. She was not that child's mother. There really should be legal standards of parenthood that go slightly beyond giving birth.
Amazing that people are what make people, people. Without other people a human being doesn't develop into a human being. Thought provoking.
Social services are filled with people who genuinely care but have their hands tied with bureaucracy, and it's filled with people who really don't care about anything and are there for a paycheck. If the public pays for social services, we really should stand up and ensure that they are filled with the best amongst us. It's disheartening and seems that our social services are being filled with people who ignore the "social service" part of the job. I'm still young, what little contact I've had with the workers of our government hasn't been pleasant.
DHS isn't perfect but this is 2008, a girl seen by the system but ignored to this point is beyond the realm of comprehension.
This article really made me sad.
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