[Maru]

But if we punish the parent/parents, even if the child is able to return home, they may end up incarcerating their parents anyway, potentially putting them in a financial bind... so they may end up with extended family anyway... not arguing against it, just not sure how that thinking follows through... what is ultimately better for the child may actually end up being a lot of worse... the media doesn't tend to follow through on these stories after the interest is gone... so the child may disappear into the system and we may never know what actually happens to him. So we don't know the true effect of our laws in that sense... we just catch the most sensational bits.