To the editor: This article is a heartbreaking reminder of the dangers faced by children in their own homes, and we must protect ourselves and our children as a community (“The County of the Pay $ 20 million to the family of a 4 -year -old boy who was tortured, killed,” September 30).
However, the story is largely covered from the perspective that the government, not the family or the community, failed the little boy. The parents of this child had a history of abuse, but nobody fought for him while he was alive. No one kept him from his parents, not even his great grandmother.
While the demand against the Department of Child and Family Services is justified because it was notified and has the authority to make these decisions, the Government is not the only available resource. People are also a resource, the family is a resource and a community is a resource; We need to be the people you can count on when our children need us.
Miguel DelValle, Long Beach
