Pubdate: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 Source: Montgomery Advertiser (AL) Copyright: 2003sThe Advertiser Co. Contact: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1088 Author: Dot Price FAMILY APPROACH OFTEN WRONG Recently you had an article about DHR social workers getting bulletproof vests. Then you had an article about help for inmates who are released from jail. I agree with both articles, but we need to do something about the judges and DHR representatives who insist in keeping children in homes where the parents are drug addicts and alcoholics as well as criminals who are caught lying on the witness stand. The judge may require regular drug testing, but the state testing is very inadequate. The direct product of these homes is producing illegitimate children who end up in prison themselves. We need to totally reform our welfare system, and the rule of keeping the family together is completely wrong. If we start with the babies and help them to have a loving, caring home with discipline and honesty, maybe we would not have the problems we have. We also need to be spending more money on education instead of entertainment. The state is spending money left and right on stupid lawsuits. We need to stop this and throw these stupid lawsuits out of court and disbar any law firm that starts one. Dot Price Montgomery - --- MAP posted-by: Larry Stevens