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The do not get attached climate is really a recent manifestation of welfare policy coming out of California and Oregon in the last 20 years or so. It is rooted

The do not get attached climate is really a recent manifestation of welfare policy coming out of California and Oregon in the last 20 years or so. It is rooted in the family preservation and reunification first policies, vice the children permanency first policies. These policies are sold as evidence based and are generally just what was measured based, and the research is usually conducted by the largest social services companies in the given states.

heimatau 6y ago
I'm not a historian but you're clearly turning this into a political issue (by talking about CA/OR as the origin). Instead, let's focus on the policies. I was in Florida (mostly GOP ran) and they had similar training. These policies (to not be attached) sounds very wrong, especially when numerous studies support attachment parenting as the best way to nurture child development. Let's focus on the a mutually agreed problem (shit training) and work towards a better solution through better policies that either experiment with attachment or outright support it.
- frankydp 6y ago
  I was simply referencing the origin of the authors of the policies that were then moved to the federal level and tied to funding, which was passed by a GOP congress. The problem has nothing to do with training, and all to do with legal policy regrading termination of parental rights. The training is a result of appellate risk for TPR with regards to state effort for reunification. But thanks for the attack of my character.
samspot 6y ago
I was trained in North Carolina and our trainers explained that don't-attach was a traditional method that is now widely disproven. Encouraging attachment is now strongly recommended even though reunification is still Plan A.
- frankydp 6y ago
  Thanks for the insight. I have heard similar comments from varying states at the national events. The policy and literature around child welfare is surely in a state of change in the US right now.

heimatau 6y ago

I'm not a historian but you're clearly turning this into a political issue (by talking about CA/OR as the origin). Instead, let's focus on the policies. I was in Florida (mostly GOP ran) and they had similar training. These policies (to not be attached) sounds very wrong, especially when numerous studies support attachment parenting as the best way to nurture child development. Let's focus on the a mutually agreed problem (shit training) and work towards a better solution through better policies that either experiment with attachment or outright support it.

frankydp 6y ago
I was simply referencing the origin of the authors of the policies that were then moved to the federal level and tied to funding, which was passed by a GOP congress. The problem has nothing to do with training, and all to do with legal policy regrading termination of parental rights. The training is a result of appellate risk for TPR with regards to state effort for reunification. But thanks for the attack of my character.

samspot 6y ago

I was trained in North Carolina and our trainers explained that don't-attach was a traditional method that is now widely disproven. Encouraging attachment is now strongly recommended even though reunification is still Plan A.

frankydp 6y ago
Thanks for the insight. I have heard similar comments from varying states at the national events. The policy and literature around child welfare is surely in a state of change in the US right now.