Reply To: Lev Tahor – what now?

I don’t think even ARWSF would advocate taking the children away from their parents. As we are Rachmanim bnei Rachmonim we really have to get the leadership away first, and then work with the families to get them the help they need. It’s not just the kids that are suffering — although they are the most vulnerable.

These children have a very hard time adjusting to the real world, and uprooting them from the families they love will make the adjustment almost impossible. However, if the PARENTS are actually guilty of abuse and neglect OF THEIR CHOOSING (not by simply being there) there is probably no choice but to get their kids into heimish, vetted foster care. We can’t just “rescue” them and dump them into the general system.