Should parents that got their children taken away, still receive supervised visits?

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Is a situation where there is obvious abuse of a child, resulting in the child being taken away, should parents still have the right to supervised visits?

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Depends on how severe their offense was and if they are making effort to better the situation.

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I voted yes, but it’s case by case. Reunification is usually the goal with children in foster care. If the parents are taking the right steps, and acknowledging where they went wrong supervised visits are great. 
If it was egregious abuse, no. That will only retraumatize the child. Sexual abuse cases usually fall into this category.

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I guess it depends on the situation, but abusive, no. I wouldn’t want to see my parents again. I feel like that would be added torture. If the child is older and receiving therapy and has decided they want to see their parents, then perhaps.

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not if they were abusive towards the kids, no. Those kids don't need to revisit the source of their nightmares

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It really depends on each individual case. Some people end up in bad situations that end up detrimental to their children. Some people can change. I feel for CPS workers. It would be so hard to tell what each situation warrants and even at that it doesn’t matter if a judge takes away their decision. A caseworker I know has went home crying numerous times because she knew something was bad for the children involved.

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depends on the circumstances, I guess.  a lot of children would still want to see their parents because they still love them. the kids have already been through trauma and to take them from everything familiar and not let them see their parents could be really hard on them. plus abuse is cyclical, a lot of these parents don't know how to be parents and were raised the same way or worse. it doesn't make it ok, but it also doesn't mean they don't love their kids and want to do better.

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Depends on what the abuse is and severity. If the child expresses a disinterested then NO.

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I think that if there is no possibility of the children EVER having the chance to go back to live with their parents, no. It wouldn't be nice to have them on and off in the children's lives.

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Coming from a social worker. Yes. 
Often regardless of how severe the abuse was the children still love their parents. They can't understand the abuse, but it's all they've ever known so they still love and miss them and want to see them.

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As long as they aren't a danger to the child then yeah that's still their child and they should see them