The ethics of tenor
Mills, Nicolaus
might also be killed on a whim. we still wonder if the the terrorism we have been victimized by promises to make 3 passengers and crew of Flight 847 will ever again fill at us appear...
...by being put on a list...
...It is chilling to think that families who get up the strength to come to a social agency and report that their children are being sexually abused, may be served...
...And "help" in this case means trained staff, which in turn means the one thing the politicians don't want to talk about: money...
...One family service agency in Maine has a waiting list of about 350 families — 120 of which need help with "intra-familial sexual abuse...
...worse - 12 july 1985: 389 Beyond the stage of investigation, there are even fewer places to refer troubled families...
...And whether the adults involved are part of the family or not, the children need help, the families need help...
...Like their colleagues throughout the system, they have too few staff for too many families...
...Those child-protection workers and family therapists aren't irresponsible or heartless...
...Without more staff, it will take at least six months to get to all those families, and money for more staff is one thing they (and their funding sources) don't have...
...A similar account comes from a family service agency in Oklahoma, where the long-term effects of economic recession are taking their toll...
...we still wonder if the the terrorism we have been victimized by promises to make 3 passengers and crew of Flight 847 will ever again fill at us appear weak in our own as well as terroristis' eyes...
...NANCY AMIDEI (Nancy Amidei writes regularly for Commonweal...
...As one Florida social worker explained, most of the proposed laws deal with criminals and day care centers, but 97 percent of the problem occurs within families...
Vol. 112 • July 1985 • No. 13
