Social services are evil in this movie....definite spoilers

I agree that Nani loves Lilo and she seems to be trying very hard. I do think Nani could use some help, not sure how social services usually works. But I am disturbed by a 5-year old girl swimming unsupervised at the beach. Also that teacher just tells her to wait for Nani and then leaves her waiting alone. Lilo needs a better support system, but I do agree it would be best to keep Nani and Lilo together.

"Abusive" and "junkie" are not the only criteria that could make someone unfit to care for a child, and Nani clearly was failing in the beginning of the film. Lilo locked her out of the house (after getting back home from biting another kid).

I actually thought that this film averted the sterotype of a social worker itching to take a child away from their family. Bubbles' lines in the beach scene made it clear that he derived no satisfaction from his decision.

Well apparently she lets her run around town alone till 1. That's hardly responsible.

You think you think that you're glowing, but you had been ho-ing, and now you're pregnant.

Social Security has to ensure that the parent/guardian is able to completely support a minor until they are able to care for themselves. They have to be completely objective and cannot be burdened by emotional ties if the minor is not being appropriately supported. Besides, they are not going to keep them from seeing each other, that is illegal unless Nani has a criminal record. Nothing would have stopped Nani from seeing Lilo everyday, it just would have to be under the supervision of Lilo's new guardian for a while.

Cobra's rant at Nani made sense from a non-emotional level. Nani leaves Lilo for a couple of minutes and the entire house kabooms while she is gone, thus Lilo needs %100 care at all times. Nani is young herself and cannot possibly give that kind of commitment. Cobra is trying to get Nani to consider "Do I let Lilo have what she needs or do I jeapordize her growth by forcing a family unit that can't support her?"


You should also consider the fact that Social Security isn't just looking out for Lilo, but also for Nani. If she works herself to the bone in order to support Lilo when she just stopped being a minor can lead to a lot of problems for the two later on. Nani just became an adult and she has to suddenly has to have the burden of watching her younger sister, which can cause nothing but resentment later in life. In an objective sense, Mr. Bubbles is trying to save their relationship later down the road.

Nani clearly loves her sister, but is failing at taking care of her at the beginning of the film. She leaves food cooking on the stove while she isn't home, lets Lilo wander around town by herself on several occasions while she goes out trying to find jobs or is working, etc. Is it her fault that there aren't enough people to help her out? Of course not. But the point of social services is to look out for the best interests of the child, and it was clearly a dangerous living situation especially since the last time Lilo is left alone the house gets destroyed and she nearly dies--prompting Social Services to intervene and take Lilo away. They were fully in their right to intervene after what they could see of the situation.

I wouldn't call them evil, it's not like Cobra Bubbles had bad intentions in taking Lilo away from Nani. As far as he was concerned, he was having to do his job right from the beginning, I wouldn't even say him knowing about the aliens had anything to do with it, as Nani was being watched with Lilo before Stitch even came into the picture.

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