Older children might stay with another adult living in the same drug-infested home. No one checked the children for medical problems unless they were readily apparent. Rarely did anyone call county child welfare services. The mother of three children, Webber-Brown grew weary of the neglect and started the Drug Endangered Children program. Across California, thousands of children live with meth addicts behind shuttered windows in homes that often lack electricity, adequate food or proper plumbing.
Many children are too young to understand the white powdery stuff in baggies.
All they know is that Mommy and Daddy don't want to play. They wouldn't let me go out and play. They never served food anymore. People would come over at odd hours. They always kept the house dark. . . .