1.   A government spokeswoman said the new laws would protect vulnerable children.

2.   These are our most vulnerable children, and they deserve our best support and protection.

3.   We should not just trust people to get on with the task of caring for vulnerable children.

4.   Once again, this association might be explained as the consequence of bringing up a child vulnerable to schizophrenia.

5.   But child-welfare advocates have strongly criticized the program, saying it will harm the most vulnerable children.

6.   But experts maintain that parents can help even highly vulnerable children avoid serious depression by cultivating attitudes that enable them to cope with difficult circumstances.

7.   But the horrific allegations of severe sexual abuse renewed concerns over whether caseworkers are conscientious in making required visits and can adequately assess risks to vulnerable children.

8.   But the researchers cautioned that the study found some aspects of child care appeared to pose risks for certain vulnerable children.

9.   Critics contended that the task force offered little guidance that would make a difference in the care the state provided its most vulnerable children.

10.   Criminal violence emerges from social experience, most commonly brutal social experience visited upon vulnerable children.