In the Interest of S.C.F.

It is cardinal ... that the custody, care and nurture of the child reside first in the parents....[1]

In this accelerated appeal,2 appellant, F.C., challenges the trial court’s order, entered after a bench trial, terminating his parental rights to his two minor children, S.C.F. and L.C.F (collectively, “the children”). In three issues, F.C. contends that the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial court’s findings that he engaged, or knowingly placed the children with persons who engaged, in conduct that endangered their physical and *704emotional well-being3; he failed…