2 children found living in abandoned bus in Texas

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47. Have you done Children and Youth work? I have, and nothing in the article shows gross neglect.

I have DONE work with Children and Youth and I have seen children in similar situations, this is NOT an ideal home, but it meets MINIMUM requirements. IT is dry, has electricity, water, Sewerage, heat and air Conditioning. That meets the minimum requirements under the law and unless something else is wrong, the children should be return to this Great Aunt.

Remember I am going by the ARTICLE, and dirty clothes, no shoes in a warm environment (we are talking of Texas) and bathing just twice a week does NOT indicate GROSS NEGLECT. If that was the case, most people falling on hard times would lose their children, be forced to pay CHILD SUPPORT to whoever ends up with the Children (including the State if the Children end up in some sort of boarding school) and the State of Texas would have to raise taxes to pay not only for the extra caseworkers BUT the money that would be needed to ease the problems.

Please note I am NOT arguing that this is anywhere near to be where these children should be, but if that is stated is what is stated in the Article, that is NOT enough for removal of the Children from this home. The bus had water, heat, Air Conditioning, electricity etc, thus meets the bare definition of a habitable home. We may not think so, but it appears to do so.