In truth, it is "Grandparent's Rights Devastation".
In order to find parents unfit, there must be more than "he said..she said...they said.." While accusations may get the state to have a look at a family, it is a far cry from enough to actually take the children away.
If there is enough EVIDENCE to remove the children, and the grandparents are willing to take them in, then who in their right mind would rather put their children with strangers?
If the grandparents are unfit, then by all means, the children should not be placed with them but, there should be a method of determining whether or not the grandparents are fit enough.
To pass legislation making a blanket ruling that ALL Texas grandparents should not be the first choice of where to place the child/ren when it has been determined the parent/s are not capable of caring for the child/ren, is unjust and places the children at risk.
Right now Texas is seeing an increase in the number of families suffering from stress and break-up due to the increased number of lay-offs, amount of debt, and lack of money.
Single mothers are seeing their child support payments being lowered because the father has either lost a job or received a pay cut. This places more stress on the mother, which in turn will place more stress on the children.
At a time when young families need the emotional and financial support of the grandparents, the last thing the State needs is to move against this segment of the population.
From a personal standpoint, I was raised by my father's parents and those were the happiest years of my life. From age 5 to 9, I knew more love and stability than I have ever found since leaving their home.
Any young parent who resents their parents or in-laws from being involved, should take a long look into the future, when they will be the grandparents and their children resent them.
Besides, from what I have seen of most of the people having children today, someone NEEDS to step in and protect the children from the self-indulgent, self-obsessed and immature adults passing themselves off as parents..before we raise an entire generation of sociopaths.
Click here to go to the petition against HB 2084
Primary Author Date Filed
King, Phil 03/02/2009
Joint Authors and the Date Signed On:
Hughes 03/02/2009
Anderson 03/16/2009
Isett 03/19/2009
Flynn 03/24/2009
Coauthors (14) and the Date Signed On:
Berman 04/01/2009
Brown, Fred 04/06/2009
Chavez 05/01/2009
Christian 04/06/2009
Crownover 04/01/2009
Davis, John 05/07/2009
Eissler 05/07/2009
Harless 04/02/2009
Legler 04/16/2009
Parker 04/01/2009
Sheffield 04/07/2009
Swinford 05/07/2009
Vaught 05/06/2009
Weber 05/07/2009
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