ecoTrain Question Of The Week: Lawful kidnapping by the State (Child Protection, Social Services) is a symptom of a modern day crisis. What are the issues that lay behind the increasing trend of State taking children away from their parents, and .......

Lawful kidnapping by the State (Child Protection, Social Services) is a symptom of a modern day crisis. What are the issues that lay behind the increasing trend of State taking children away from their parents, and what can be done to prevent abhorrent injustice?

This is a huge and very important question!

It is one that has brought up alot of emotions in me. I am aware that there does need to be support put in place for children who suffer neglect, but in reality what I am seeing is multiple businesses being set up for profit. When once we lived in communities that had a place for everyone and everyone was cared for. Now we stand segregated, alienated and disempowered. What the C.P.S and Social Services are doing by kidnapping children, is reinforcing this and weakening us.

If these lawful kidnappings continue at this rate and especially if they are taking children who 'they' consider at risk, then the more this is going to personally affect us all, if it hasn't done so already.

In the U.K alone, 2 out of 6 homes on an average street has had intervention from Social Services.

This is massive and very worrying.

So why is this happening and when did it begin?

Globally we have a long history of children being stolen/kidnapped from their families by those in authority.

In Ireland, where I come from, there is a terrible history, with the Magdalene Laundries, that ran from the 1800's up to the late 20th century, which housed women and children many who were born there or others who were forcefully removed if the women brought there were pregnant. Where did these children end up? In the 1950's over 60,000 women had their babies taken from them,mostly because they had gotten pregnant outside of marriage. These babies where sold mostly to families in America. In nearly every town throughout the country you will meet families who have been affected by this barbaric act. All of these young woman had no choice and were told that all of this was being done in the 'child's best interests' and to save them from bringing disgrace to their families. In my final year in school I met one elderly lady who had spend most of her life in a mental health institution (this is where I met her) at the age of 17 she fell pregnant and was admitted to a home so that she could be hidden away and not bring shame upon her family. Her baby was born and immediately taken from her. She never got to hold her own baby. Everyday since then she slept with a doll and that doll became her baby, she took it everywhere and cared for it. When I met her she had been doing this for nearly 50 years.

Childs Best Interests

In England and Wales thousands of babies where taken and placed in forced adoptions throughout the 1950's, 60's and 70's. Reaching a peak in 1968, when more than 16,000 babies born to unmarried mothers were handed over to new families. “Sadly for unmarried mothers, adoption was considered to be in the best interests of the mother and child because of the associated stigma and the lack of support for lone parents.”
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/03/catholic-church-apologises-for-role-in-forced-adoptions-over-30-year-period

Fast forward to present day and again we are being told that all children taken by Social services are done in 'The childs best interests'., Nothing has changed, it's still the ones who are in power that are taking advantage of vulnerable people for their own gain. Lets tell it like it is, It really is in the best interests of the authorites/Social Services.

In the UK local authorites are given rewards by the government for reaching adoption targets, and up until 2008 fines where given if those targets weren't being met.

Under New Labour policy, Tony Blair changed targets in 2000 to raise the number of children being adopted by 50 per cent to 5,400 a year. The annual tally has now reached almost 4,000 in England and Wales - four times higher than in France, which has a similar-sized population. Blair promised millions of pounds to councils that achieved the targets and some have already received more than £2million each in rewards for successful adoptions. Figures recently released by the Department for Local Government and Community Cohesion show that two councils - Essex and Kent - were offered more than £2million "bonuses" over three years to encourage additional adoptions. Four others - Norfolk, Gloucestershire, Cheshire and Hampshire - were promised an extra £1million.

Source: www.ukfamilycourt.com

This is the reality

Thousands of children are taken by Social Services every year and the reasons they give are:

1. Domestic violence, this includes children hearing or witnessing their parents shouting or yelling.

2. Parents being aggressive towards Social Services, this includes refusing to engage with them.

3. Children who have unexplained bruises.

4. Parents who themselves have been in care or have suffered abuse and as a result are deemed unfit to look after their own children.

5. Parents who have a history of drug or Alcohol abuse or have a chance of relapse in the future.

6. Children who have suffered emotional, physical or sexual abuse.

As a mother that list above means that if I was residing in the U.K then my children would be at risk of being legally kidnapped and I would be deemed an unfit mother. Am I alone in thinking this, how many children have heard their parents argue, how many have been out playing and can not explain where their bruises came from because to them it doesn't really matter. How many parents out there have suffered abuse of some sort. This makes us all targets.

On top of that it has come to light that psychiatrists and psychologists, many who have never practiced are being paid huge amounts of money to write reports supporting claims made by Social Services that the parents under investigation are unfit to look after their own children. In many cases these professionals have never even met the parents.

This really is like a game, a way of of keeping the money within authority. It is obvious to me that in order for the government to continue to be in control they have to keep us weak. They are hitting us where it hurts the most, and by taking our children, they are trying to take our future from us. They are desperate to convince us that they really hold the power. They need us to be submissive and fearful because then we are far easier to control, and the fact is that they start this act of terrorism with our children.

SO WHAT CAN WE DO

In The Long Term

Lets create safe havens for families who are at risk, lets really work at being a community and looking after one another. If there are children who are being neglected or abused it should be the community that steps in and provides the support and care that is needed. It has never been in any child's best interests to be passed around to strangers. We need to start providing for our own communities. Have homes that are always available for any family that needs support.

Lets create a DAPP, a decentralized App that alerts everyone in their community if Social Services or Child Protection Services turn up , in that way anyone who is near by can go to that families house or wherever they may be and stand by them, show a united front. Let Social Services feel intimated and overwhelmed, because the children are our Future and it is in all our best interests to stop these kidnapping.

In The Short Term

We can make sure we stay informed, keep educating the people around us about what is going on. Unfortunately alot of people still believe the lies that the CPS and Social Services tell. These corrupt services need to come to light.This is happening already, we are educating ourselves everyday by sharing our stories, our research. Being part of @familyprotection has allowed us to become part of a global community and with it bringing global awareness.

Be nicer to one another, be more accepting and more tolerant. CPS and Social Services donot care where you come from or the colour of your skin, lets not help them anymore in deepening these already existing divides.

If Social services do approach any of us all we need to say is, 'I have been advised not to speak to you' and walk away, it's important to throw them off guard, but donot engage with them further. Try to stay calm as any sort of anger or resistance plays in their favor.

Get out there and make it your business to know your neighbours, to know the families around you, start by just saying hello. Build on your existing community, group minds hold more wisdom than individual minds. Work on how we communicate with one another, celebrate the great diversity that is present in each community. Find ways to unite one another.

We start with empowering ourselves.With healing ourselves and others. When we join forces we are no longer alone, when people are alone they feel weak and than they are easy targets. But we are not weak, we all have huge potential and we are the ones to do what needs to be done, to change what needs to be changed.

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