I don’t know the specifics regarding this case so could be wrong on this - but it’s my understanding that teachers did speak up and contact social services. Then shortly after the parents removed Sara from school and “homeschooled her”, and there are certainly concerns on why that shouldn’t have been allowed to happen and what went wrong etc.
However, the main point I was making is what’s more disturbing to me is the sad reality that so many need protecting from their own parents. It’s absolutely shocking. But it is the reality.
I have worked in education and within social services as an educator and I’m very well aware abuse is common even if not to this extent.
And my point was also even if social services is better resourced and society as a whole do a better job of noticing and reporting issues, there will always be parents/ family/other adults who slip the net and manage to do things under the radar.
For instance, there was a recent couple who lived off grid and abused their children.
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