Every year up until this point, more than 700,000 innocent children are being abused or neglected, and approximately 1,600 died (Lyons, 2016). Child welfare, a government service that helps take care of children 's safety, has helped thousands of children from abusive family, however children aren’t completely safe yet. Even when children are placed in foster care, they still get abused or neglected by their foster parents (Lyons, 2016). Researchers stated that kids are more likely to do better when with their family because when they are removed from their home or family, they will have more of a chance to leave lifelong scars (Lyons, 2016). However, children who are under the age of one are abused the most(Lyons, 2016). They are babies, who
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Between 2003 and 2008, the government spends $1 billion hiring and training social workers, update the computer tracking system, find more foster parents for the children. In 2004, government spends $34 million, and every year the number goes up (Lyons, 2016). While it is true that the government spends great amount of cash to support helpless children, it must also be recognized that children are defenseless, who can’t protect themselves so if the government or authority don’t look out for them, they will have no one to depend on. They deserve to have protection because they did not ask to be born and they cannot support themselves until a particular age. Additionally, government are also using a lot of money on the things that aren 't really important, such as art. Every year they spend around 150 million dollars on art, something that don’t have live and emotionless. In 2016 alone, the government spends $147,949,000 (National Endowment, 2016). If government spend this much money on something that will be put on the wall for people to look at, aren’t children, who actually have feelings, deserve so much better than this? Furthermore, once a child is hurt physically and emotionally, it is really hard for them to recover, no matter how old they
Between 2003 and 2008, the government spends $1 billion hiring and training social workers, update the computer tracking system, find more foster parents for the children. In 2004, government spends $34 million, and every year the number goes up (Lyons, 2016). While it is true that the government spends great amount of cash to support helpless children, it must also be recognized that children are defenseless, who can’t protect themselves so if the government or authority don’t look out for them, they will have no one to depend on. They deserve to have protection because they did not ask to be born and they cannot support themselves until a particular age. Additionally, government are also using a lot of money on the things that aren 't really important, such as art. Every year they spend around 150 million dollars on art, something that don’t have live and emotionless. In 2016 alone, the government spends $147,949,000 (National Endowment, 2016). If government spend this much money on something that will be put on the wall for people to look at, aren’t children, who actually have feelings, deserve so much better than this? Furthermore, once a child is hurt physically and emotionally, it is really hard for them to recover, no matter how old they