Millions of tax dollars are spent every year by Family Services in an attempt to repair broken families in the United States. We have approximately 50,000 children in this country living in foster homes, kinship homes, or group homes. There are probably another 50,000 that should be in the system, however, there is just no place to send them. In author Rene Howitt's book, Whose Best Interest, she tells the story of a fight to save two children from abuse and neglect. Parents are given one chance after another to put their lives together. Children are taken away from their parents, only to be returned to them time and time again. The children become like ping-pong balls bounced back and forth between these temporary homes and then back to their parents. By the time that Family Services concludes that there is not changing the parents, years have passed by and the children are irreparably damaged.