Sounds like another reason for my mum to be grateful I'm currently 40, not 4. I was an incredibly clumsy child - knock knee-ed and pigeon-toed - and fell over anything that could be fallen over. I fell down so many flights of stairs my parents reckoned I had a great future as a human slinky! The only thing which may have saved them from an over-zealous child protection system was my amazing ability to time my "woops" moments for when there were at least four witnesses. All joking aside, there will still be mistakes made. Ultimately, none of the poor unfortunate wee souls who made the headlines were killed by social workers (or anyone else in the child protection system), they were killed by those who should have been responsible for their well-being. Most councils report a huge shortage of foster parents who can offer a safe place to damaged children, children's homes are the last place you'd want any abused child living, and for far too long it seems (to an outsider looking in) that the emphasis has been on keeping families together. I wonder how long it will be before the "laptop left on a train" headlines appear?