May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY 31, 2013
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)
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people.
I'm going on a rant, but I think -- I don't think
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our families are not doing the best that they can for their
kids.
MS. WALSH: Thank you.
Dilly?
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MS. KNOL:
Can I just say that I think we do
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things holistically so we're looking at housing, we're
looking at nutrition, we're looking, so Child and Family
Services only looks at the one kind of thing and, and they
say, ooh, you don't have good food and you don't have good
housing so you can't have your children because it's not
adequate. But help them find good housing. Like I always
say, why doesn't Child and Family Services own housing to
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put their families in?
This way we're not dealing with
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slum landlords maybe and, and they'd be responsible for
taking care of the house, and if they're not taking care of
the house, Child and Family Service would know about it and
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maybe teach them how to take care of a house.
Like it's
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little things like that.
You got to remember, we weren't
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born with all these skills.
Some people were lucky to be
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born in a family that their parent showed them and there
were enough resources to be able to show your child how to
grow and work is important, but if you haven't had that,
you're just not born with that information.
And I just -- because this has been burning me
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