[originaltext]W: Let’s continue with the issue involving the mother caught on v

W: Let’s continue with the issue involving the mother caught on videotape who was hitting her child.
What’s your opinion on the adopted Romanian children who suffer neglect, trauma and abuse during childhood?
M: I say that all the children should be removed from the parents, and that the parents need to attend parenting classes, and that the children could be referred to a safe place and meet with the parents two to three hours out of a week and they would be supervised.
W: Now you’re a social worker, right?
M: Correct, I am.
W: When a kid is removed at that young age, what kind of trauma does the child go through and how long does it last?
M: Usually the child is very happy and they are glad to see the parents and what I’ve seen happen all too often is that the parents don’t show up on time or at all.
W: Yeah, but if you’re physically removing the child from the house, from the parents, okay, what kind of trauma does that bring to the children? Do they get depressed? Do they cry? What do they do?
M: A lot, well at first, yes they cry. And when they’re in an environment that is treating them much better and they’re happy, then it’s.
W: Then it goes away.
M: Yes it does.
W: In the long run they are resilient. I think. I mean, you have the damage inflicted, but I’ve seen children just the worst. I mean particularly kids overseas--these Romanian babies and people like that. Once they get into an environment where they feel secure and loved—it’s like flowers, they bloom.
M: Yes, they do.
W: And that’s the resiliency that was being talked about.
M: Right, and that’s why I am for removing the children until the parents get the help they need. There are court ordered parenting classes.
W: I agree.