Name: Guess Who Wants to Abolish the Child Welfare System w/ Naomi Schaefer Riley
Uploaded: 2024-08-20T16:21:03+00:00
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Description: In a recent conversation with Naomi Riley, a senior fellow at AEI and child welfare expert, Christina Buttons and I dived into a deeply disturbing topic: the factors damaging child welfare. Riley argu

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In a recent conversation with Naomi Riley, a senior fellow at AEI and child welfare expert, Christina Buttons and I dived into a deeply disturbing topic: the factors damaging child welfare. Riley argues that the emphasis on anti-racism has inadvertently harmed child protection efforts in the United States. Antiracist ideology has led to the wholesale corruption of social work institutions (and individual social workers), which are crucial for protecting child welfare; this has had detrimental impacts on children in various settings, from foster care to homeless encampments.

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Chapters
0:00 Intro
00:55 Movement to abolish child welfare prioritizes family preservation over child safety concerns
06:44 Cultural sensitivity arguments against child welfare
12:29 Failures in child welfare lead to tragic outcomes for children left in abusive homes
16:32 Myths about child welfare
21:46 State variations in child welfare practices impact federal standards on adoption
27:21 Foster care abuse rates
33:43 Cost-cutting measures in foster care
46:59 Portland's child protective services
01:11:00 Pennsylvania allows reunification of sexually abused children with abusers
01:15:14 Focus on monitoring and rehabilitation