The state is ultimately your children's parent

http://howlifeischanging.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/mps-want-vulnerable-children-to-be.html

The State wants to become harsher and harsher about determining whether vulnerable children should remain looked after by their parents.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/michael-gove-calls-for-hundreds-more-vulnerable-children-a-year-to-be-taken-into-care-and-for-an-end-to-preoccupation-with-rights-of-biological-parents-8323896.html