The nanny state - colluding in child abuse?

Calton does not think for a minute that all those on benefits are swinging it or are having kids just to get the child benefit, however you don't have to knock on too many doors in our towns and cities to find out that quite a lot of people know of at least one family in their neighbourhood who are doing quite nicely on the state, thankyou very much. Like the single mum with five kids who was given a privately rented 5 bedroom house, opposite a lady Calton knows, and who had enough money to afford regular taxis here, there and everywhere, plus a boyfriend who, although not living with her, put in a fairly regular appearance. Philpott was an extreme but there are plenty of others who have made a career out of not working, assisted by the state. We know that there is now a problem with generational unemployment - no wonder when kids see their parents doing well without having to go out to work. Such children may be well-looked after and well-behaved but they are learning to be dependent on welfare, not on their own efforts. Is that not a subtle form of child abuse, colluded in by the nanny state?