I am a firm beliver if you are hurting a child, that child should be removed from your home. But what if you are doing the best you can do?
I have a very good friend that is very poor. Her and her brother used to share a room but the parents decided when they hit middle school they should have seperate rooms. The parents moved to the living room so the children could have thier privacy. They have been trying to find a new house that they could rent for quite a while. Thier current house has many holes in the floor that they do not have the money to prepare. Recently thier yard caught on fire due to a ciggarette but and they were very scared that thier house was going to burn. However thankfully it did not.
After the fire a social worker begin to come to thier house. They have heat, but it comes from thier stove. and the extra blankets in thier rooms. Thier mother trys to do her best on taking care of her two children. Her husband works to jobs without a car and she often walks to apply to different jobs. The on thing she makes sure of is her kids are fed, clean, warm, and happy. She is doing a very good job, but now may lose her children. I think as long as she is doing the best she can, and not neglecting her children, she should be able to keep her children and not be threatened to lose them. I just think the whole situation is wrong.
I had a friend that was almost exactly like that. It was so sad to watch their family go down the socail ladder because they didn't have enough money to afford new, cool, clothes. She was very self conscious and thought that she wasn't cool, so people made fun of her. She had a brother and a sister, both older, that were the same way. My family supported them for a while, giving them money and buying her nice things when she was in need, but we couldn't do enough. We ended up in a fight and aren't friends any more, but i still think about her all the time and feel like i should talk to her just to make her feel better. I hope that her family gets better and that they don't take the kids away. Everybody desirves a better chance than they actually get.
As long as they are not being beat and they have their needs meet they should be able to stay with a family that loves them, money dont by love or happiness.