[steve86]

. Well, most of us know what social workers do here. Their aim is to make everyone a ward of the state, controlled by the state. Destroying families is part of the process.

That's funny -- we just had DSHS place a relative's child with the father when all of us said it would be much better to find a good foster family.

[bgill]

In Texas, DHS’s hands are tied in many instances of where to place the child. The Legislature passed regulations decades ago that the child must to go the nearest relative if at all possible. The workers must strive at all costs to keep the family together no matter how bad the situation is.