[stevenstwin]

Our 15 year old foster son still has fairly free access to his bio dad. He can see him unsupervised at his dad's own home once or twice a week, for no more than 3 hours per time. There are very few restrictions, althought they COULD cut off all contact if they wished. The TPR basically said he could have access IF he was following his case plan- they know he never will, so they're pretty sure he'll never see the two little ones again. But with A., since he is a teenager and desperately wants that contact, they are being liberal. So what is the nutty part? They DON'T have a big problem with them driving around town in dad's car. They tell me its okay, as long as A. lets me know where they are going. Uh....but dad is an alcoholic - the CW even saw him downtown a few days ago so drunk he could barely walk. Does anyone see a problem with him DRIVING?? The answer I got was "A's old enough to tell if he's drunk - tell him not to get in a car with him if he's been drinking." They give SO much latitude to teens in care, because they figure they'll just go awol and do what they want anyway, but it just doesn't seem right at all to me!