Comment by DoreenMichele

I know. I'm trying to engage you in good faith.

I was molested as a child. I know a fair amount about abuse.

There isn't always a clear bright line between ignorance and abuse. Assuming the worst can make the problem worse.

People tend to not be paragons of virtue who have all the answers for everything they run into. Some people can be helped to become better parents.

I thought long and hard about that while sending care packages to a couple of welfare moms. Declaring them unfit moms and having their kids taken and placed in foster care wasn't some magic solution that guaranteed a fabulous outcome, so I chose to try to help them succeed to whatever degree I could, on a limited budget and from a distance.