Barth et al. (2021) published an article in this journal identifying ten topics in the field of child welfare that are frequently discussed among professionals, advocates, and researchers in an effort to shape discussions of practice and policy reform. Concerned that these discussions are often poorly informed by the research evidence, Barth et al. intended to offer a corrective to these common, erroneous narratives. The Editor-in-Chief, Bruce Thyer, asked for suggestions for commentators and then invited some number of respondents to offer their perspectives on the original article. Here, we respond to each of the submitted papers, highlighting areas of agreement, and addressing other topics where we—sometimes sharply—disagree. We welcome an ongoing, fact-based, respectful dialogue to help shape child welfare reform. Efforts to improve the child welfare system are urgently needed; we stand by our view that large-scale practice and policy reform, in particular, must be guided by the best available research evidence.

巴特等人。（2021 年）在该期刊上发表了一篇文章，确定了儿童福利领域的十个主题，这些主题在专业人士、倡导者和研究人员之间经常讨论，以形成对实践和政策改革的讨论。Barth 等人担心这些讨论通常缺乏研究证据的信息。旨在纠正这些常见的错误叙述。主编 Bruce Thyer 向评论员征求建议，然后邀请一些受访者就原文发表他们的观点。在这里，我们对提交的每篇论文做出回应，强调一致的领域，并解决我们（有时是尖锐地）不同意的其他主题。我们欢迎持续的、基于事实的、相互尊重的对话，以帮助塑造儿童福利改革。迫切需要努力改善儿童福利制度；我们坚持我们的观点，特别是大规模实践和政策改革必须以现有的最佳研究证据为指导。