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Child welfare is a social service that addresses abuse, mental illness, and food insecurity in a child’s life. Child welfare intercedes on behalf of children who still live with their parents as well as children who have lost or experienced separation from their parents. In Magic Hour, the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) handles Alice’s case.
In cases dealing with mental health or severe trauma, child welfare and social services oftentimes enlist a psychiatrist to help the child. However, due to the extreme effects of trauma and other facets of mental health, psychiatrists and therapists often struggle to help the children. Environment can often have huge impacts on children’s mental health, especially during early developmental years. Additionally, child welfare services can further traumatize children by separating families—while a child’s parents might not be capable of caring for them, placing a child in foster care or changing their guardian can affect them negatively. This is shown in Magic Hour when George regains custody of Alice and she feels abandoned by Julia.
In Alice’s case, the trauma of abduction followed by her survival in the woods after her mother dies causes her to exhibit behaviors associated with so-called feral children.
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