How is this Helping?

When it comes to the welfare of children, we seem to have lost all common sense. Political correctness, zero tolerance, volumes of mind numbing and contradictory regulations, gross incompetence, and a hypertensive fear of the state, are robbing children of their childhood and parents of the confidence to raise them in natural and nurturing ways. Here are two examples. A preschool forces a three year old deaf child to change his name because his sign-language gesture looks like a weapon. One mom was arrested for letting her nine year old play in a park unsupervised. There was legitimate cause for concern since the child played while her mother worked her shift nearby. However, instead of helping this poor, single mother with child care, they put her in jail and the child in foster care. Her employer then fired her. How is this helping? There aren’t enough laws or money that can ever replace good judgment, compassion, and a helping hand.