peter: rob henderson, who was mrs. martinez? mr. henderson: mrs. she was the final foster parent that i had. this was something that only in hindsight as a adult reflect on these homes, i realized that in every home i had, the primary caregiver was a woman. often the foster fathers were at work, or they were checked out. they were not really involved in the caretaking circumstances. so you'd mentioned, how much do foster parents, how carefully are they evaluated or assessed. my sense is not very much, simply because the system is so overburdened. i just recently read that los angeles has one of systems, meag they have a surplus of children who need homes, and there are not enough foster parents to take them in. of course the state is not going to allow children to sleep on the streets. so in response they lower the threshold for who caqualified to be a foster parent. essentially my sense is that short of outright abuse, social workers in the syst will loe otf basic neglect, or less than adequate caregiving, that they will allow a child -- it is bet