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Well, I can try.
Being that I am not directly involved with the Foster care system, i will not pretend to be an expert, but I am very well aquainted, and heres what I have:
Reasons for a child to be in Foster Care:
- Having ben taken forcefully from parents due to neglect or abuse of any kind, anything from leaving an 8 year old to babysit an infant (example) to sever sexual abuse, etc.
- The parents are drug addicted and incapable of caring for child while on drugs (neglect).
- The parents are ignoring the child, paying no attention, not bathing or sending the child to school, changing diapers, etc.
- A parent takes it upon themslevs to ask for their child to be placed in a foster care situation while they attempt to get their stuff together in order to be capable of caring for the child better.
- A parent refuses to sign rights away as in an adoption because they do want rights to their children , whether out of love or irresponsibility.
A "Little While"
- 0-6 months is considered a 'little while' more than 6 months a parent should have their sh*t together, they give them lots of help.
a "Leg Up"
- Parenting classes
- Government help, financal
- Emotional support
- Detox programs
- Charity, food, money, etc.
This is about what I get from the foster care system and it's agenda. I have seen children who just need a true home, who are bounced around all their lives in Foster home after Foster home, their parents never get things together, have no plans to and still will not place the child with another family...still I have seen true struggling families that want to stay together, but just don't have the reasources to, or don't have them anymore. Like I said not *ALL* children on foster care need to or should be adopted.
Hope I help a little bit.
Thanks,
Emily Broggi
First Mother Author/Poet
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