>What's the point of keeping children in the company of people that think of them as little more than chattel? That can't be good for a child's self-esteem or d

>What's the point of keeping children in the company of people that think of them as little more than chattel? That can't be good for a child's self-esteem or development. What has to be considered is the alternative, there is not an infinite supply of good places to send children to if their parents are terrible. The foster system has quite a lot of negative outcomes, to put it generously. Not very many people want to adopt a half grown child with behavior problems from earlier mistreatment, it is not at all an easy thing to do. A family court has the unenviable position of picking lesser evils when surrounded by manipulations while attracting incompetent zealots. Everyone wants to be upset about the mistreatment of children, few good competent people able to support a difficult child actually want to take on that responsibility from someone else.