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I wondered that for a while myself. However, you have to remember that not many people show up here and post "had another great day today - no problems again - same as always." The forums are - among other things - a support area for people with problems, so that's mostly what you hear about - problems.
I was born to a family of (at the time) nine, and we were all placed in foster homes when I was a year and half old and eventually "aged out" of the system. None of us has gone to jail (yet), and we're all leading generally decent, productive lives. I grew up with a foster brother who has significant mental health issues, but he's able to live independently and was never a threat to anyone he lived with (aside from being a rather frequent drain on my foster parents pockets).
It's smart to find out what the worst case scenarios look like, and to consider how you might cope with that if it happened, but don't think that all the problems you see here represent the norm.
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