When parents are busted for methamphetamines, it's not only themselves they hurt.

It's also their children.

During a recent meeting of the Isanti County Multi Disciplinary Team, team members discussed the effects that parents' meth abuse can have on their children.

Isanti County Family Services child protection worker Linda Kidrowski explained that after a child is put in temporary foster care, time limits are set on the parents to clean up their act.

She explained for children under 8, the parents have six months to get their child back and if they are over 8, the parents get 12 months.

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