S07 E09: Who America Considers a Family

About this episode

The episode discusses the overlooked harms of the child welfare system and advocates for strengthening children's rights.

As the media weaves a narrative about evil doctors kidnapping children: the real harms caused by the child welfare system go unnoticed. Today we look at the case for strengthening children's rights as well as the case for replacing the child welfare system altogether. Featuring: Roxanna Asgarian, Child Welfare Journalist Elizabeth Bartholet, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School Alan Dettlaff, Professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work *** Read Roxanna Asgarian’s We Were Once a Family: https://www.roxannaasgarianwrites.com/ Read Alan Dettlaff’s Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System: https://www.amazon.com/Confronting-Racist-Legacy-American-Welfare/dp/0197675263 Try out Andrea’s Podcaster Coaching App: https://studio.com/apps/andrea/podcaster Order Andrea’s book The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/the-mother-next-door-9781250284273/ View our sponsors: https://www.nobodyshouldbelieveme.com/sponsors/ Remember that using our codes helps advertisers know you’re listening and helps us keep making the show! Subscribe on YouTube where we have bonus content…

People in this episode

Host: Andrea Dunlop

Guests: Roxanna Asgarian, Elizabeth Bartholet, Alan Dettlaff

Topics covered

• child welfare system
• children's rights
• media narratives
• true crime
• social justice

Keywords

• child welfare
• children's rights
• true crime
• media narratives
• social justice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard Law School, University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work

Products: The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy

Books & works: We Were Once a Family, Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System

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