The article mentions many recent cobra effects, but not any controversial ones. For example foster parents are paid double for children, and are eligible for social security payouts for adopted children who are being treated for mental illness. Since foster parents have legal custody over the children and respect from health providers for "providing a community service" they only need complain about rebellious behavior of a child taken from their parents for them to be diagnosed with a mental health problem.

The same applies to schools. When "problem" children of first and second grade are left under supervision of public schools, the teachers will look to separate them by any means. The school is paid extra for children with disabilities, thus the prevalence of ADD diagnosis and surge in demand for "special ed" programs. Not only do the schools perpetually demand more funding as a result, but the children with such a diagnosis will rebel further having been resigned to the category of a genetically inferior misfit.

I don't even have the energy to write about title 4D of the social security act and the perverse incentives to maintain an unjust family law system and persecution of fatherhood incited by Janet Reno in the early 90's.