CHILD WELFARE

Question 1

The 60s scoop

Answer 1

-sudden acceleration in child welfare workers removing native children from their aboriginal communities coincided with the dismantling of the church run by the education system
-quickly evolved into an aggressive tool for assimilation & cultural genocide
-children removed from families & communities without consent
-often separate siblings
-belied that were acting in the child’s “best interest”

Question 2

Genocide

Answer 2

“Forcibly transferring children of the group to another culture” constitutes genocide when the intent is to destroy a culture

Question 3

Impacts

Answer 3

-linked with social problems such as “high suicide rate, sexual exploitation, substance use & abuse, poverty, low educational achievement & chronic unemployment”
-many children would flee their new homes ending up homeless
-others couldn’t connect with the adoptive parents & would go foster home to foster home
-all impacts children/adults ability to create secure attachments - impact relationships, parenting, etc

Question 4

Impact on services

Answer 4

-loss of faith in social workers & the health care a system-mistrust leads to misuse or no use of services