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The children are the victims. I'm certainly not blaming them for the circumstances they were born into. I am certainly blaming the state for forcing the family back together to satisfy the "families must live together" crowd when mom and dad don't have their shit together, and I am certainly blaming the mom and dad for having eight kids when they can't even support one.

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> satisfy the "families must live together"

If you bother to actually ask the child here she will tell you she'd rather stay with her parents and family then have better material circumstances with others.

And a crack addict wants to do crack. Sometimes people don't know what is best for them. That's why we let courts decide custody instead of the child.

That said, in spite of my (probably uninformed) opinion, the courts in New York think that this family is better together in this shelter, so what do I know anyway?

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