But remember, you are there for the KIDS! The parents can take a flying leap, but those kids are important. When they get older, YOU will be the happy memory of childhood- not the parents. As their character forms, YOU will be the guiding light. People, like us, who choose to work with kids, have an "echo effect" through the generations. We change lives for the better. We offset the effects of having parents who are apathetic, abusive, or absent. We make the difference!

I work in special education and with "normal" kids (two part-time jobs at the same school. I work from 8 AM to 5:45 PM, every day). In just the last couple of weeks, I've had among my kids- two yanked from their homes and placed in foster care, another's Mom was arrested during his 10th birthday party, a father abandoned his family-leaving two crying little girls, two more grieving for their dog that was run over as they watched, one 6th grader who is clinically depressed, and more. These are the kids we are sent to help.

Get your focus where it should be, on the kids! And thank heaven for those two caring parents! They are rare!- Granny:hippy: