Comment by noobermin

In the anglosphere (or may be just america) "think of the children" has lead to a lot of these sorts of issues. Child abuse is the worst thing anyone could imagine, and so, how could anyone over-react? How can any action be enough? May be some figures or entities take advantage of this, but there is some sincere motivation in these drives too. And now, we have issues like this article, children not being allowed unattended in most public places, children unallowed to walk on their own without adult supervision, and it goes on and on.

The thing is there is no needed ill intent, all parents can be sincere, and yet create a society and culture that stunts their very childrens' growth and lives. In the article, as the author said, how many thousands of parents have been separated from their child, and the infant, now parent-less, will be shuffled from foster home to foster home, all in the name of ending abuse based on filmsy evidence and poor science? It's depressing.

The very desire to protect and love leads to hurting those we intend to help.