Title: A Masterful Account
Product review: As a former staffer at NYC's Administration for Children's Services and legal intern at the Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Division, I cannot recommend Bernstein's The Lost Children of Wilder enough. She masterfully weaves together the complex history and politics of child welfare reform efforts into a sophisticated account of the Wilder lawsuit and its impact on the system it was launched to alter. Lest the story of conflicting laws, bureaucratic incentive structures, powerbrokers, advocacy groups, administrations and child-serving agencies is not compelling enough, Bernstein's account of the litigation follows the travails of plaintiff, Shirley Wilder as she wanders through life and the system virtually unaffected by the lawsuit that bears her name. The Lost Children is a must-read for those concerned about reforming child-serving systems, seasoned veterans and newcomers alike.
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