I personally think that the Child Protective Services are completely unorganized, unethical, and odvisouly overwhelmed with the cases they have to deal with.

The reason I say this is because, lets say for example, the situation you mentioned, were the child(ren), are taken from the home, and placed in state custody because the parents are alcoholics. But there were no signs of neglect, abuse of any form, and the children seem fine. Is it more important to take that child(ren) out of the home, and place them in a home, where space is limited, when there are children in a much more dangerous situation?

I know first come first serves seem to be the basis for alot of situations.....but when it comes to children, I think it should be the more severe and odvisouly dangerous situations that come first.

A emotionally neglected child.....or a hungray, beaten, abondened, and sexually, physically, and emotionally abused child.......who comes first, who's most important?

In my opinion......depending on the exact situation of course.......if the child is safe, has the neccesities, and is not abused or neglected in any serious form....then it is not neccesary to take them out of the home, and take the place a ,cast away and, hurt child's much needed space.

That's just me.......my opinion, no offense to anybody of course.
Desirae