SURVEY ”CAUSES OF CHILD ABANDONMENT AT BIRTH”
21/10/2007
What can we do to keep children far away from the doors of institutions, and in the arms of their family – even in hard times? An agenda for change should be based on a common value of building families, not institutions. We should start by developing child and family friendly policies. These policies should be oriented to the consolidation of the family, to the development of parental skills and the development of family-based alternative services- such as placing the child with the extended family or with foster carers. To deliver this type of support, well-trained social workers are needed to carry out appropriate assessments and interventions.
The tasks are enormous, but not insurmountable. We all change the world one child at a time. The infant and the toddler need our welcome, our closeness, and to be brought near to the significant loving adults for their development.
We consider that this research will help us in understanding the issue of child abandonment at birth and, subsequently, in defining our tasks and steps that need to be taken to prevent this phenomenon.
