Thank-you and I'm glad that you heard our presentation too!

Yes, these problems with so-called "Child Protection Services" (Social Services) seem to be only happening in the more developed countries.

In fact, here if the family is really poor, that makes them an easier target for their children to be removed. The government would rather pay a stranger (foster family) to look after the child, than to help the child's own parents with that extra money that could make a big difference in the child's life.

These agencies are supposed to be only removing children from families that are actually abusing the child, or leaving the young child alone with no care,
BUT instead they try to get as many children as they can, even where the parents are trying really hard to do the best for their child.

Also, many times where the parent is truly not caring properly for their children, there are other family members (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) who would gladly take the child to live with them, but the Child Protection services often will not allow that, and will put the child with a stranger in a foster home instead. This is very sad too, as at least the child would be with family members if they were allowed to.