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Ok...
I have to admit I have not read everything on this thread. So take what I'm going to say with a grain of salt.
Also, I do not want to discount anyone's personal stories or pain. Yes, there can be mistakes made in the system.
That being said....
It is crazy to think there's some big conspiracy out there to take kids away from their parents. I'm sorry, but it is. Can it happen wrongfully to some people? Yes. Does it happen often? No.
Kids in foster care are a DRAIN on states' budgets. The last thing states want is MORE kids in foster care.
Bio parents are given repeated chances to get their kids back. This is WHY the foster care system is so expensive: kids are pushed from home to home while dead-beat parents are given multiple chances to get it together.
As for county workers.... there is no incentive to "get" kids in foster care. These are underpaid workers.
Afflilate workers... again, usually underpaid. The majority of adoption agencies in the U.S. are nonprofit.
On the OTHER HAND, many of the articles listed here are written by attorneys. Most attorneys in the U.S. are NOT nonprofit.
On the issue of spanking... a mild spanking with a hand on the bottom is one thing (although I don't agree with it, it's not abuse). A slap across the face is. AND: foster parents are not allowed to spank foster kids, no matter what. If your worker didn't tell you this, that's horrible. But my understanding is foster parents usually have to sign something saying they WON'T spank foster kids. So, incidentally, do many adoptive parents (at least no spanking for the first couple years), even though these parents are becoming the LEGAL parents.
Sorry. This thread just got me angry.
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