[Under the Radar]

I agree that the child shouldn't be removed from the mother. The mother was wrong to beat the child, but there is as much of a chance that the child will be abused in foster care than if she stays with her mother. Taking children away from their parents solves nothing.

[Irene Adler]

"Taking children away from their parents solves nothing."

Sometimes it keeps the children alive.

[wtc911]

Sometimes it saves children. I was LEO in NYC. I've seen what loving parents can do to their own children. I also raised 5 myself. I have never struck any of them except my oldest who got a whap on the butt when at the age of three he stepped into the street. He was shocked but he got the message.