Not in My Back Yard

How many of you ARNT involved with a caseworker from Children's services on a weekly basis? That a problem. See people dont "get involved" unless it directly effects them. Its the NIMBY syndrome. If the problem isnt in your face you may care but you arnt doing anything about it. You know - Jesus didnt sit in church..

Every week I read stories about Children's services caseworkers not doing their job, kids dying, and nothing changes. Here in a recent one. This stuff happens because people who ARNT abusing thier children dont really get involved. If its NIMBY, its someone else's problem.

“He looks like he just came out of Auschwitz,” Lederman said. “This is like a neon sign for child abuse. It would have been obvious to anyone who came in contact with this family the last few years.”
Among those who came in contact: a child-abuse investigator from the Department of Children & Families, a mental health counselor from Jackson Memorial Hospital and educators from the 9-year-old’s school — who called the state’s child abuse hotline recently seeking help for the boy.