Nicholas Goodrich was an eleven month old baby boy, who was
abused by his mother’s violent boyfriend. With suspicions of abuse, many people
called into social services to save this suffering baby. According to “The
Columbus Dispatch” in four weeks, twelve calls had been made to Franklin and
Delaware county official by neighbors to stop the abuse. A neighbor stated that
he had a bite mark on his cheek, bruises all over his body, was malnourished
and had severe diaper rashes. Another stated that he would die if nothing was
done to help him. With all the calls of plead from neighbors, child protective
services still did not see that the child was being abused. They did not go to
the home for the safety of the eleven month old baby. He ended up dying when
his mother’s boyfriend picked him up by the throat and threw him across the
room after being angry because he kept crying.
This proves that when Child
Protective Services do not go to the rescue of children being abused they die
in misery. They go through the horrible abuse put on them by the people who are
supposed to love them. They do not put in enough effort to protect children,
which is their main responsibility in their job. According to "The Dispatch" 87 of the 234 children died from 2002 to 2007 under Ohio's child protection agency. This shows that they are not doing enough to save children because too many are dying while CPS is supposed to be protecting them from abuse. Ohio's child protection agencies also need reform because too many of our children are put through abuse and still face it even after they are in the system. They are too being failed by social workers, which is not supposed to happen in the place where they are supposedly safe. I am realizing that sometimes children are not even safe in the system. They continue to be let down and constantly abused when social workers make the decision to leave them in the care of their parents when there are obvious signs of abuse or neglect.
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