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borked · 03-24-2009, 01:24 PM

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When I started medical school, a baby born addicted to cocaine had been a standard reason for removing the child from the mother?s care. During the intervening years, cocaine addiction had become so common that it was no longer considered a reason to remove a child. We had been, in the words of a famous sociology essay, ?defining deviancy down.? As abuse and neglect of babies had become more common, we kept readjusting the definition of abuse and neglect, so we could continue to send babies home instead of into the foster care system.

Talk about putting your head in the sand