ipl-logo

Short Story: Foster Home

741 Words3 Pages

I was sitting in my dreadful History class and got a text message from my mother, "Call me as soon as you can.”
This sent me into immediate panic. Was she hurt? Did she find out about ____? I asked to be excused, and I called my mom. "Hi mumma." "Do you want two little boys?"
"What the hell do you mean do I 'want two little boys '? " I demanded, forgetting that we had been approved as a foster home. "DHHS called. There are two boys who need a placement; they’re two and four." "Mom can we talk about this tomorrow? I have history right now, and my college class tonight." "They would need to be here in 4 hours." I went into a huge panic. Everything went quiet, and I could just hear my rapid heart palpitations. "Mom, I don 't know. This is all too fast. Are you sure you 're ready for two little kids?" I asked worried about her being overwhelmed. "Yes." I could hear her smiling while she said that. Such a simple word, but she was happy. "Let 's do it." My heartbeat slowed down and I smiled. I was on the fence about the answer I chose. I was a Freshman in high school, taking a college class at University of Rockland, trying to fit in and find friends, and trying to figure out who I was. I …show more content…

Our current child could be here for three more days, or three more years; it’s not made clear. Running a foster home is a constant feeling of floating in the unknown and at the same time it’s waking up at two in the morning to change a diaper, or soothe after a nightmare. Sometimes I go to school or work because it’s less stressful than being at home. It’s learning to be a second parent in running a foster home; it isn’t about my comfort or happiness. It’s about changing a child’s life; creating a safe home for someone who may not have ever known a safe place. I hope it’s enough because all I want to give these kids is something they can hold onto after they leave; because they do leave. And, then, in a few days or weeks, we’ll start all over again with new

Show More
Related
817 Words | 4 Pages

I

Read More
1088 Words | 5 Pages

I

Read More
946 Words | 4 Pages

Too mundane. You're really pretty." I searched her words for any hint of sarcasm, but found none. " Thank you," I replied in a hesitant whisper, "I have difficulty eating in front of other people. " "I bet you've made tons of friends here," she smiled warmly, but it was still somehow

Read More
1194 Words | 5 Pages

As Ollie and I walk out of Carla’s place, we notice two dark figures in front of the passenger side of the car. “Wait here.” He says I wait and watch Ollie inch closer to the figures by the car. One of the figures stand up and walks towards him. As it moves into the light, I begin to see that this figure is a young man.

Read More
493 Words | 2 Pages

A significant amount of children in today’s society belonging to the foster care system will never gain the knowledge of their full potential. This system can provide a better life for some children or be abusive and dangerous for others. Ashley Rhodes grew up in a child care system where she acquired a difficult childhood and a failing mother, however, she gained her success today while in the system. Being taken away from your biological family and placed the foster system is unfortunate for any child to say the least. There are, however, on occasion, positive aspects that arise from such circumstances.

Read More
779 Words | 4 Pages

It is our collective responsibility to choose the path of renewal and ensure a more hopeful and brighter future for all children in foster

Read More
851 Words | 4 Pages

I

Read More
2083 Words | 9 Pages

Studies have shown that thirty percent of children in foster care remain in care for more than two years. The longer children stay in care the more placements they are likely to experience. More than half the children who enter the foster care system will be moved to a different home in their first six months. It is also found that children care for more than two years will experience about three different placements. Nearly all of the moves have nothing to do with bettering the well being of the child.

Read More
1919 Words | 8 Pages

Protecting the child and provide an opportunity in which they will live a close to normal life is the goal. But with so many children in foster care and so little workers, children can be over looked. How can a child live in foster care their whole life? “It has been long stated and strongly held belief that foster care must not be a way of life for children, but rather that it is intended as a short-term treatment measure which, for the children’s welfare, must eventuate in their return to their parents or in legal adoption” (Kline,1972,p.51). Children eventually need to be put into long term, permanent homes.

Read More
1081 Words | 5 Pages

The foster care systems has and will always be a part of society. The idea of a foster care system has always been around, even if it was not properly attained in the past. There has also been other methods to try to find placement for children with no or bad homes, for example the orphanage train, living with widows or living house to house in a community. Now in today’s time, we have an organized system of foster care with two different types of homes for children. For example we have group homes, which is a care facility that houses six or more children at a time.

Read More
1299 Words | 6 Pages

Introduction Children in foster care have been legally removed from their birth families and placed under the care and control of state-run child welfare agencies. Every year, almost 30,000 kids age out of the foster care system after childhoods when many moves from house to house and school to school (NPR). For most foster kids, as soon as they turn 18, they're cut off from a place to live and financial support. They're suddenly on their own, suddenly responsible to find housing, money, clothing, and food; while trying to continue their education, and in most cases, they give up pursuing the latter path. While other kids their age are still getting help from a parent or guardian.

Read More
1662 Words | 7 Pages

The biggest memory that I had was when I was sent to foster care. It started years ago when my dad decided to drink every single day and social services didn’t think that was something kids to be around so my sister and I had to stay with my grandma for a few months. We couldn’t stay with my mom because she didn’t have a house or a job and none of her boyfriends wanted kids in their house. My mom didn’t like us staying with our grandma because she’s not a nice person to be around.

Read More
445 Words | 2 Pages

The Impacts of Foster Care Foster care has become a fast growing corporation, that impacts the lives of many children from the ages of infancy to 18 years old. Around “415,129 children were in foster care on September 30th, 2014, a 4% increase from 2012”( "Statistics on Foster Care." FosterClub. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2016.).

Read More
364 Words | 2 Pages

I. Introduction According to the Administration for Children and Families, there are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the United States (2015). Children in foster care represent a unique population, some enter the system with complex mental/behavioral health, emotional, and/or developmental needs. The purpose of foster care is to temporarily substitute family life experience for a child in time of crisis or need. Foster families provide parental care and supervision while agency staff, Child Protection Services (CPS) try to achieve reunification with the biological family, kin care or adoption.

Read More
890 Words | 4 Pages

Literature Review Throughout the years, research has been conducted on the effects that foster care can have on children. In the United States alone, there are roughly 670,000 children who have spent time in the foster care system each year (“Foster Care,” 2017). Of those children, approximately 33% of them age out of foster care system. Studies then show that the foster care system has had varying effects on the children who are/have been a part of it. In many cases, studies have noted the effects of attachment for children in foster care.

Read More

More about Short Story: Foster Home

Related Topics

Open Document