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I remember standing at the bus stop with my brother. We stood there for three hours. Eventually, the apartment manager took Monte and me to school. My mother was nowhere to be found. We entered DSS custody that day. It was July 27, 2006. There had been several prior referrals to DSS because of my mother’s lack of supervision of us. The last time I saw my mom was September 2006 - I think she moved to Alabama. We were placed with my aunt and uncle, but we were too much for them to handle. After that, we stayed in seven different foster homes. Three of those families were supposed to adopt us, but none of them did. Two were disrupted because the foster parents were not willing to follow my therapist’s recommendations for the trauma of being abandoned. One was disrupted because of my aggressive behavior: I pushed my foster parent. My eighth foster family was the Forneys. They adopted me. I know I have tested their boundaries as well, but the love they have for me is real. There should be tighter regulations to be a foster parent because children in the system suffer a lot of physical abuse, emotional
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Physical abuse happens a lot in foster homes, and occurs because some disconnected parents struggle handling children with emotional trauma, and see the only way to stop “bad” behavior is through abuse. According to the American SPCC, many case managers come across children of all age groups who cannot explain their injuries (Physical Child Abuse 2017). To prevent the abuse, the best strategy is to “Speak up. Stop it. Report it,” meaning that it is important for children suffering physical abuse to report it to a trusting adult. Physical abuse is also defined as the prevalence of C or U shaped lacerations. There are many cases of foster children suffering physical abuse, one of which is told by a child by the name of