Fuck CWS!!! (Child Welfare Services)

[Adam]

Why should they need the parents' consent to talk to the kid at school?

[Semicolon]

Why should they need the parents' consent to talk to the kid at school?

Because it is very easy for an investigator to coerce a child into giving false or misleading information. Ethically, the child should have a parent or guardian present who is vested with acting in the child's best interest. Also, all interviews with a child (or anyone else) should be videotaped, so the interview can be reviewed later if there is a question of undue influence.

[Adam]

But if they're invesigating the parent, how can they allow the parent to be there? It's likely that could put pressure on the kid to lie (assuming the parent IS abusive obviously)

It makes more sense to have the teacher there with the kid

[Semicolon]

But if they're invesigating the parent, how can they allow the parent to be there? It's likely that could put pressure on the kid to lie (assuming the parent IS abusive obviously)

It makes more sense to have the teacher there with the kid

The reason that the adult present is supposed to be a parent is because the parents are the adults who are legally responsible for representing the child's interests. When a child is at school, the school (and, by extension, its officials) are acting in loco parentis, so they are tasked with acting in the interests of the child. Ethically, I do not see a problem with an informed teacher (or, better yet, a school psychologist) acting as a guardian for a child during questioning.

[Adam]

I understand the parents are responsile for the kid, but surely when the parents are suspected of abusing the child, they shouldn't be there when the kid's being questioned? That's gonna make a LOT of kids too scared to admit it if they are being treated badly

[Semicolon]

I understand the parents are responsile for the kid, but surely when the parents are suspected of abusing the child, they shouldn't be there when the kid's being questioned? That's gonna make a LOT of kids too scared to admit it if they are being treated badly

You already said that, and I agreed with you.

[Adam]

I understand the parents are responsile for the kid, but surely when the parents are suspected of abusing the child, they shouldn't be there when the kid's being questioned? That's gonna make a LOT of kids too scared to admit it if they are being treated badly

 

[Semicolon]

You are completely wrong on this issue, and I couldn't disagree with you more.