A Mother's Plea: Should the State Take Away My Child?

This documentary explores the difficult realities of the child welfare system and the wrenching decisions faced by families, judges and social workers. It follows children and teenagers caught between troubled homes and the state, and the mothers fighting to keep them. Through their stories it reveals a system with no easy answers. Compassionate and searching, it gives a human face to one of society's most fraught responsibilities. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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