"We need to recognize that most children come to the attention of the child protective services system for reasons of neglect. When you study those cases, as I have in both Wisconsin and Washington state when I was responsible for the system there, you will find neglect steeped in conditions of poverty with parents who have learning and cognitive disabilities, as well as several adverse childhood experiences of their own. Parental substance abuse and mental illness are also big factors...."
http://www.alliance1.org/susandreyfus/how-can-all-kids-have-parents-alexandras
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