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    It is not the case that Removing a child from long-term caregivers is harmful to the child

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Harm from removal must be weighed against ongoing harm from abusive or neglectful caregiving environments.
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    • 2.Developmental psychology shows that children demonstrate significant resilience and recovery capacity when placed in stable, nurturing alternative care.
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    • 3.A claim that removal is harmful does not entail that remaining is less harmful, making the comparative judgment morally decisive.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Goldstein, Freud, and Solnit's 'psychological parent' doctrine has been critiqued for overweighting attachment bonds while underweighting children's rights to safety and flourishing.
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    • 2.Caregiver duration alone is an insufficient basis for harm assessments without accounting for the quality and character of the caregiving relationship.
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    Reasons Against

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    • Where a child has been looked after by a person or people for some time, being taken away from them is very damaging to the child
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