... not for the parents, the kids would be fine The state does a fine job of allowing parents to screw up their kids. Children need a stable and nurturing environment and visiting mom and dad in the pen every two weeks is more damaging than the state will ever attempt to admit." --Bob Selby, Police Officer, Ames, IA The past 25 years the number of persons becoming ... depends on a large number of variables, including the age at which the parent-child separation occurs, length of the separation, health of the family, disruptiveness of the incarceration, child's familiarity with the placement ...

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