The problem was booze — destroyer of marriages, jobs, families, relationships and supports. Booze scooped up children and dumped them in foster homes.
I never ran across a parent who said, “I hate my kids. You keep ‘em.” I recall them all saying they loved their children. They wanted their children home. But booze had become the master.
We tried very hard to work within community structures: chiefs, councilors, band staff, families. Because the parents were problem drinkers who fought with everyone, folks were reluctant to offer support for the children, let alone the parents. Heard over and over was “We don’t want to get involved!”
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