Dear Editor:
Children are powerless to advocate for their own best interests in dependency and neglect cases. These children, who have already experienced the trauma of abuse, neglect, and/or domestic violence, are often additionally traumatized by their journey through the child welfare system. These additional experiences, such as removal from their homes, being shuffled from foster home to foster home, as well as school displacement, can have lifelong, detrimental implications on their mental and physical…
