When do childcare services take it too far?

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Takecare of Maya : A chilling documentary starring every parent’s nightmare. Jack and Beata Kowalski longed for a child. After a few challenges, fate eventually obliged and they had Maya and later on Kyle. Life was good for the US-based couple until Maya started exhibiting odd symptoms: Constant pain and burning sensations on her skin with no visible physical signs of harm. After consulting many doctors, Maya was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CPRS), a rare condition that requires controversial treatment, to which her desperate parents agreed. After the initial success of her treatment, Maya relapsed in 2016 and was admitted to John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. When Jack and Beata demanded the treatment, they were accused by hospital staff of child abuse and of exposing their daughter to serious harm. Beata, in particular, by virtue of being a nurse and being more relentless in the pursuit of her daughter’s treatment, became the target of the state who took custody of the 10-year-old child as she lay helpless in the hospital. The events that ensued proved devastating for the family as a whole and revealed an ongoing crisis in the United States’ Child Protective Services system.