There doesn't have to be a divide. I think there just needs to be more transparency. The idea of parents losing their children, wrongly, is a frightening thought. It happens, this has been proven, many cases have been publicised.
It would be nice, as parents, not to have this worry at the back of our minds 'what if one day it happens to us'. If there was transparency, we wouldn't fear sending our children to school if they have small bruises, and cuts, from falling off their bikes. And mothers suffering depression wouldn't feel afraid to seek help. As a result, maybe less mothers would appear in the papers having taken their own lives (and in some instances their childrens)
There was one case, last year, in that a mother of four threw herself from a building (anyone remember it?) It was reported that she had sought help for depression, and ss had threatened to remove her children. I couldn't help but wonder it that might have pushed her over the edge? She was clutching one of her children's teddy bears when she jumped, and wrote letters about them all being happy together. If she thought she would lose them, and was utterly depressed, who knows in that mindset what was going through her head? I've noticed more stories of mothers taking their own lives and their childrens, and I have never before heard anything like it in my life until the past years. It's usually father's punishing their partners in custody disputes.
If parents are too afraid to seek help for depression, or other problems, the only people that are going to suffer are children. Furthermore, if people are dealing with depression themselves, they may to turn to vices (dependencies), to help with the stress.
All that's needed is more transparency, surely, and parents not being gagged from speaking out about injustices? Then investigations would have to be more thorough.
I will certainly never have another child in the UK unless the law changes.