My cousin passed away at the age of seventeen due to hyperthermia. She went on a hiking trip and she collapsed on the trail. She was taken to the hospital weeks after she collapsed. She was in the hospital in a coma for a month before she died. I missed out on a relationship with my cousin due to abuse in the state fostering facility. Children are in the foster care system because of abuse and neglect and are getting the same treatment in these facilities. Moreover, the lack of transparency of these stories to the public. There needs to be more attention on the issues of neglect taking place in the foster care system. Stories about abuse are not being shared with others, some of the facilities and homes are not properly trained or informed which can lead to the neglect and now families and friends are left to leave life with the consequences. …show more content…
It appears that even in the foster homes, some kids are still not getting that love and attention from their foster care worker and/or parent. Children in foster homes usually have high rates of physical, developmental and mental health problems (Langford). My cousin suffered with developmental problems and it sad to see that she didn’t get the attention that might have been looking for. A cause of neglect also is because the people in charge of the facilities are sometimes not properly trained when it comes to dealing with foster children. The state checked to see if these incidents are due to the lack of first aid training (Langford). In this case, the person in charge of the facility didn’t realize that my cousin was slowly going into a coma until it was too