Posted by pulse on June 14, 2006, at 11:59:04
In reply to Re: Doctor Tomorrow!!! » pulse, posted by heaven help me on June 14, 2006, at 10:19:40
i'm a big fan of andrew vachss, attorney only for kids, and, also, a very successful author of 'neo' noir crime books, often the subject of which is child abuse. not for the faint of heart, but i have most of his entire series.
i do disagree with him on one thing that he's adamant about: that childrens' services' only problems are lack of funding and poor salaries. imo, the biggest problem is that far more often than not, the people (most often women) who are drawn to this helping profession are child abuse victims themselves. as such, they can't see the exception to the rules that:
1) sometimes it's the man who is being abused by the wife.
2) the wife is abusing the kids, sometimes even sexually.so, from day one in their investigations, they go in quite biased.
more succinctly, i agree that they would make your sister an even better liar, in so much as they would believe her side of any story.
i have lots of questions, but, unfortuntely, no answers to these dilemnas.
so sorry you are going through this. i know how scary it can be!
pulse
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