We are Robert and Kathleen Raskin of Las Vegas, and today we bring you yet another tragic story about a child who was failed by the system. On September 26 a 22-year-old Winnipeg man was arrested and caused with criminal negligence after he brought a 10-month-old baby boy to the hospital with a serious head injury. The child died later that day, raising questions about what happened and how anyone who would kill a child could have been allowed to become a foster parent.

Many Unanswered Questions
Officers were called to the hospital after medical professionals noted that the baby’s injuries were suspicious, as is hospital protocol. It is unknown at this time whether or not the child and the foster father were related, because the man’s identity is being protected in order to protect the identity of the child. Another unanswered question is whether or not it is acceptable for someone this young and inexperienced to act as a foster parent in the first place.

Manitoba’s Child and Family Services Act requires foster parents to be at least age 18, but someone so young may not yet have the maturity to deal with the pressures of foster parenting. All foster parents must undergo a criminal background investigation, but unfortunately for this child and many others, if this is the first time the foster parent is charged with harming a child, there will be no prior record. The next child might have been protected due to the record this young foster father will most likely have now, but for this ten-month-old boy, sadly, it is too late.

Has your family been harmed by child protective service agencies? Let us, Robert and Kathleen Raskin, know in the comments.