But I didn't want to screw it up. I wanted to do a real good job so other reporters would have this opportunity. Every time I sat in the courtroom I came out wanting to cry, and sometimes I did. The stories were so moving and the struggles are so overwhelming. The best thing about the system is that it's a statement.
Society has no right to go into the home and to intervene.
It doesn't have enough resources. It often does damage when it's supposed to do good. We have a lot to do to make the system work better. It's not a child's responsibility if they wind up in the child welfare system. It's parents who are abusing them or neglecting them.