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This is a tough issue. I suspect that it's the type of thing which is too complicated to be solved by vague idealism. I think that when situations become acute and lives and safety are in jeopardy, the state has an obligation to step in. That there are situations which lack certainty means that occasionally children will be separated from their parents needlessly.
These occasional needless separations are unavoidable and regrettable. However, all actions carry with them the risk of being needless. Our criminal justice system has a greater than zero false conviction rate and the marketplace frequently runs with less than optimal efficiency and frequently produces results that are in nobody's long term interest.
The short answer: shit happens, nothing's perfect. We should pay attention to idealism only as a means of pointing us in the right direction on our way to deriving sensible and realistic solutions to our problems.
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