And yet a Mennonite family in our area (friends of a friend of mine) had the county on them like a hound dog, lost all their kids permanently. There was even a cop in the hospital waiting for the last one to be born-he was taken immediately. The young and childless social worker took every word that the kids spoke literally. “How many spankings do you get each day?” “(giggles) oh...a hundred (more giggles)”. CPS got involved because a daughter on a time out wrote a letter of woe to grandma about how mean mom and dad were...grandma who thought they were crazy to be Christians sent it to the county and the rest is history.
I’m not defending the family, they were probably too harsh and angry with discipline. But having family member who works in social services (not in CPS)it does seem that those who are trying their best but have little skills get the book thrown at them and those who are indifferent or cruel get away with it.
Social Services likes to even up the child removals among the races. So that black parents would have to set their kids on fire before they are removed, while forcing your children to go to Sunday School is enough to remove them if you are white.