Children poverty is a growing phenomenon in the OECD countries. To answer it, many countries such as Quebec continue withdrawing children from their families despite the damaging consequences on the children, the parents and the families. Giving parents living in poverty and facing children court-ordered placements a place to reflect and analyse collectively through a cycle of three Fourth World People’s Universities, the international movement against extreme poverty ATD Fourth World facilitated the emergence of a knowledge that transformed the way interventions are done to recognize parents as partners.