Social Issue
Child welfare is an important social welfare issue. Child welfare issues often address, child abuse issues such as those involving physical and emotional abuse, the removal of the child from the parents or caregivers into foster care, ensuring that children have safe and adequate homes, and work to improve the maltreatment of children. Many children are unable to speak or advocate for themselves, are subjected to neglect or abuse, or live in impoverished situations. Numerous research studies have been conducted to determine the impact child welfare has on individuals, families, and communities. In reference to child abuse prevention Child Welfare Information Gateway at childwelfare.gov reports:
Child maltreatment is associated with adverse health and mental health outcomes in children and families, and those negative effects can last a lifetime. In addition to the impact on the child, child abuse and neglect affect various systems, …show more content…
The text notes that the government has failed children at times by allowing millions to go without health care, and failing to protect them from powerful people and institutions which are designed to protect them (Ritter, 2013, 166). A recent article in the Washington Post documents a case in which 5 malnourished children were living in a car in a Walmart parking lot for 2 months with their physically healthy and well-kept parents. According to the article, “The parents seemed healthy, police said, but their five children, ranging in age from 4 to 14, were filthy, fatigued and so malnourished that their bones were protruding from under their skin” (Hawkins, 2016). This solidifies the necessity for advocates of child welfare policies. The abuse or neglect not only impacts the life of the children yet extends to communities and society as a
Child welfare is an important social welfare issue. Child welfare issues often address, child abuse issues such as those involving physical and emotional abuse, the removal of the child from the parents or caregivers into foster care, ensuring that children have safe and adequate homes, and work to improve the maltreatment of children. Many children are unable to speak or advocate for themselves, are subjected to neglect or abuse, or live in impoverished situations. Numerous research studies have been conducted to determine the impact child welfare has on individuals, families, and communities. In reference to child abuse prevention Child Welfare Information Gateway at childwelfare.gov reports:
Child maltreatment is associated with adverse health and mental health outcomes in children and families, and those negative effects can last a lifetime. In addition to the impact on the child, child abuse and neglect affect various systems, …show more content…
The text notes that the government has failed children at times by allowing millions to go without health care, and failing to protect them from powerful people and institutions which are designed to protect them (Ritter, 2013, 166). A recent article in the Washington Post documents a case in which 5 malnourished children were living in a car in a Walmart parking lot for 2 months with their physically healthy and well-kept parents. According to the article, “The parents seemed healthy, police said, but their five children, ranging in age from 4 to 14, were filthy, fatigued and so malnourished that their bones were protruding from under their skin” (Hawkins, 2016). This solidifies the necessity for advocates of child welfare policies. The abuse or neglect not only impacts the life of the children yet extends to communities and society as a