EXACTLY what I felt when I read that this morning!

Sadly, I'm sure she will NOT move forward with her life but hopefully, CPS won't let her have her children back until she has fulfilled the things needed for that to happen. I used to work with this type of situation in my professional field, and so many times children went back to homes that had yet not changed.  Some social workers feel children are better off with the parent, but when the parent talks like this, it is quite evident that welfare and please help us out are the main ingredients of the home...not conducive to raising healthy children. There are no easy answers, of course, no maps to follow.  But to protect the children, a mom's love sometimes isn't enough. When Mom picks the wrong men to be in her life, the children are better off out of the home and let Mom get on with her life, however it is. A Mom's love should include protection for the children. When it doesn't having children should not be a free ride on the Welfare train.  Bottom line..waiting to have a house full of children back from Child Protective Services  to then get an education is already a telltale sign of not doing anything for the parent nor for the children.   

So Now she has food in her house?  Big deal!   She should have had her life together before all this happened.  She can go back to school, get a job, But will she be more careful about the boyfriend she chooses/ Doubtful!