Who needs the complication? Schools have done little because they worry about parents causing trouble at school. Some schools even refuse to allow social workers to come onto their premises in order to take children out of abusive homes. If abusive parents thought that their children might be taken away while at school, many educators reason, such parents might keep their children out of school.
醫療單位的舉報率低，因為舉報後可能要上法庭作證，多一事不如少一事；學校配合度不高，為怕家長來找麻煩，有些甚至怕家長來要小孩，不願意讓社工員從學校將孩子帶走。