Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just don't think a lot of people in this country > are grown up enough to be trusted with this sort > of information, and that is a very sad thing. > > With regards the professionals involved, what good > would naming and "shaming" them do? For a start, > it would make good potential social workers run an > absolute mile from this sort of work, and we'd end > up with worse services than we have now. Also, > these people were obviously cunning, and none of > the neighbours knew what was going on next door > either. When you go to a persons house as a > professional, you are not expected to check over a > child, and if he was laid in a cot sleeping, the > worker would not insist that he was awoken, > stripped, and checked over. > > I just find all the scathing comments about the > workers involved, to be massively ill informed, > and naive. > > Social workers are there to help families, and > keep kids in their homes if possible. They are not > trained to see through complete pychopathic > behaviour. If the people who are calling for these > professionals to be named had gone around there, > I'm pretty sure they'd have left the house > thinking that it was horrible, and that the mum > was a chav, and the boyfriend was a thick slob, > but does anyone here really think they'd have gone > round there, and immediately realised what was > going on? Your right Keef . More than likely, id have come away feeling very uncomfortable about the parents, feeling very sorry for the child, sensing that the child was an inconvenience, , hoping my feelings were wrong , but not imagining that they would actually kill it .