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| Dorothy Rodgers' children removed |
I detest when children are maltreated
by a parent. A father escorted his two small sons to school. I saw
him at a distance angry with one boy. I heard him screaming at the
child. “Look at me,” repeated several times. The tone so enraged
I made certain he saw me watching, thinking. “If he strikes the
child, I am obliged by law to report him, a stranger to me. One call,
anonymously spoken, like an offshore earthquake, could change that
family's world. They kept walking silently.
- Between 70,000 and 85,000 children are in state care across Canada
- Since 1998, the number of children in care has increased up to 65%
- Average number of placements for a foster child: 7
- 50% of street children were formerly children in care
“I don't deserve this and the kids,
they didn't do anything wrong either," she said.
