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Article: Protecting the Most Fragile Ones
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 18, 2000
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Regarding the death of 2-year-old Brianna Blackmond, who died two
weeks after a court returned her to her mother from foster care,
Deputy Mayor Carolyn N. Graham stated: "Parents suspected of such
action often are sent to parenting classes and required to have
psychological tests. They go through a battery of tests before a
child is returned. It is so important for us to work with these
fragile parents in the community" [Metro, Jan. 8
]
This is all well and good. But when will the courts and social
service agencies realize their first priority is to protect the most
fragile of all in the community--the children?
MARY L. MAJOR