It seems vital that our society places the needs of the weak and vulnerable and innocent people at the top of the priority list, giving them as much help as is possible so that their lives are saved and made as pleasant as possible. The stories we read about of children such as Baby P and Victoria Climbie tell us of how society has failed to deal with their needs and left them to die alone. There are of course many other children who every day are identified as being at risk of harm or abuse. Some of these are the children of poor parents and some are the children of wealthy parents. A few weeks ago this magazine article publicised a report that has been researched and prepared by Goldsmiths University into how some wealthy parents under suspicion of neglect and abuse of their children, then use the money at their disposal to challenge the parts of the state that are working to try to bring justice to all children. This forces the state to ensure that the work that is going on to protect the children concerned is carried out by the most experienced social workers and other professionals so that they are able to deal with the threats that come from such parents and their lawyers. This obviously then leaves the less experienced and more junior social workers to deal with families that are less likely to bring in lawyers and lack the status to undermine the work of the social workers. This is tragic as in a world that most people would want to live in, the decision about how senior a social worker should be asked to work on a case would depend on the apparent complexities of the child’s needs, not the evident wealth and privilege of the parents and carers of the children. By the same token it is tragic that the wealthy parents do not look into a mirror and use their power and privilege to help equip them to be better parents.