CRITICAL THINKING PAPER

Critical Thinking Paper

[Name of the institute]Critical Thinking Paper

Introduction

Life is beautiful! Family, friends and relationships play their important role in increasing the joys and spirit of our lives. Unity and close associations with the family members are very significant in enjoying the true essence of life. In this fast paced and technological updated era people find less time to enjoy this pleasure in the form of family that God has gifted to us. In order to cope up with this fast paced and rapidly changing society and to stay abreast with the world families are adopting practices that are not traditional. For example when parents are busy in their work life or due to some other reason they do not pay attention to the well being of their kids which in turn raises the question of child's safety. As a result of this situation a large number of children are taken into care by social workers. The aim and objective of this essay is also to talk about this aspect that social workers have become too active in breaking up families and taking more and more number of kids.

The following part of the paper discusses this issue in an in-depth way. The main reason behind choosing this topic is that this is one of the problems that is present in our society which is affecting various facets of society. When more and more children would be taken into consideration then this would raise concerns about their development and their progress. BY addressing this issue through research one can predict the trends and main reasons behind why more and more children are being taken onto care by social workers. Once we have reasons on our hands we can make an attempt to solve all those problems and can contribute our role in making our society contended and happy.

Background of the Problem

It was on August of 2007, when a child with the name of Peter Connelly later known as baby P found dead on his coat. Baby P was under the registration of Haringey Council. As soon as this baby was registered the Council made various efforts but was not sufficient enough to take the child under the custody. It was revealed through the post mortem examination that the baby P's rib was broken and 50 different injuries were discovered. This incident criticized the role of social workers and the role of local authorities. After this event social workers became active and play their role in saving the life of children who are suspected of danger. Since then there is a shocking upsurge in the number of children taken into custody (Steve, 2012, A-1).

Discussion

There are a large number of families against whom cases are filed for the removal of children. The main reasons that are noted behind all these complaints are child abuse and child neglect. This increasing number of filed complaints and increase in the number of children taken in care by the social workers raise the question ...