When should a child go into care?

Article:
There is a lot going on because of the death of Baby P. One thing became clear: child-care needs to be improved in the UK. The NSPCC estimates that every ten days, a child is killed by it's parent. The death of baby P made us think about when a child is taken into care. How do they decide a child should be taken into care? Maybe we should place less value on the belief that children are always better off with their parents. This has been the belief of social services. Prof. Nick foster declares: ‘being shifted from one foster home to another can lead to children losing faith in society and falling into crime.’ However, social workers might hold back to long with concluding a child is abused or neglected because of the fear of being wrong.

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opinion:
I can imagine that it’s very hard to decide if a child is being abused or not. And second, how should the child be helped. I think it is still very good that social workers are trying to keep the child with it’s parents. A good foundation of a mans youth is important. But let’s be realistic. When a parent beats up him/her child as much as baby P, I think a social worker should not hesitate to take the baby away from it’s parents. A social worker should be more confident when making such decisions. Therefore, a social worker should be help less responsible for the child I think. This way pressure can make way for action.