It is such a shame that if this woman and her entire family didn't want these kids, they should have been given up for adoption at birth. Better yet, she should have 'kept that nickel between her legs' like my grandma told me to do. Haha.

This brings back bad memories for me. Wife and I did therapeutic foster care for many years. We often dealt with the normal abused kids, but usually had the criminals, gang members, and other kids getting their last chance before incarceration.

We had a kid that was used in satanic rituals by a deadbeat family. I think we had him for a few months, but he should've never been in foster care. He needed institutionalization - he was a danger to himself and others.

We were no slouches - we had a ton of training on dealing with most of the issues the kids deal with, but when a young (pre-teen) kid starts talking to the devil and answering himself, throws rages where he turns beet red and has almost super strength, tries to strangle himself with rope or cords, and then passes out of exhaustion - well that takes professionals with other methods of dealing with issues (and extra help).

Ultimately, after having to do a couple of restraints, the treatment team finally put him where he needed to be. Note - restraints are highly frowned upon because they are a quick way for the foster parents or agencies to be sued and/or arrested, and are always investigated. Fortunately I thought ahead and had cameras in the gameroom of my house, and they caught both of the restraint incidents. One of them ended up being used as training for other parents because it was so perfect, and necessary. Both of the investigations proved necessity, and the need for him to be in an institutional environment.

Years later one of our old foster kids showed up at our door with his sister and a baby. She didn't want it and he told her we were looking at adopting (after having our own a few years back). We adopted, and ultimately ended up stopping foster care to keep both of our kids safe and give them their own childhood.

I feel that we are having to look into the face of the devil everyday. I should have known.

"try that in a small town" indeed

Something I don't think a lot of good people realize... CPS tries everything they can try to eventually return kids to their deadbeat parents. I can remember taking foster kids on visits to their (usually) Mom's houses, and seeing places that should be condemned. No steps going to to a door, or big holes in wooden porches. No curtains or AC (this was in Texas...). I've seen parents fail all of their court-ordered requirements like drug tests, showing up for scheduled visits or appointments, and many other specific requirements they ignored - over and over. In the end they frequently get their kids back if they stay out of jail, usually because the system gets tired of them. Much like schools passing "ignorant" kids from grade to grade because they are problem kids. It used to really bother my wife and I.

If these people don't get a long jail term the same could happen to these kids. If you think it is impossible, remember Soros has DAs and Judges all over the country. Nothing in the system can be trusted to do the right thing anymore.

Amen. I love your moniker. Wyatt Earp or Doc Holiday?? It doesn't matter, they're both good.

Funny how it said once the real father was found he had to 'ask' his new wife... Like the kids were some of her business. Kids are the business between the real mother and father and NOT the step fathers/mothers. Ask any Judge and they will tell you. The real father should have stood up, told his new wife to 'kiss off' and went and got his kids. That's the way I feel about it.