Last month I promised to address each of the five “secret” factors that take child protection workers out at the knees. You can go ahead and read that here. I call them “secret” reasons because they’re either not obvious to the public or because they represent beliefs that we covertly cling to.
Saving Your Body
Let’s talk about safety. Humans are pretty crappy at judging whether or not we’re safe. Maybe its fair to say that our internal danger-meters were calibrated in a different age. Yet just for fun, let’s test our safety knowledge. Which is more dangerous to a social worker:
- An angry, yelling dad enters your office demanding to see his baby son
- Driving to a meeting across town
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