The Pros And Cons Of Foster Care

Here is a story about this girl that got put into foster care because her parents just could not take care of her and her siblings. That girls name is Peggy she had about six siblings. It was so devastating the kids did not know what to do they were so scared. The people that were taking them away split the siblings up. The kids were split up into four different houses. Peggy and Kaylyn are at Sarah and Jeff Yates house, Jordan is at Kim’s house, Gary is at Lou Ann’s house, and Desiree, Robert, and Rian are at Nikki’s house. They get to see each other at least once a month.

The word “foster” means to nurture or encourage. When a child gets put into foster care it is because a parent or caregiver is unwilling or not able to properly care

There are many misunderstandings about reasons for people to be placed in foster care. People always think that it is the kids fault that they got put into foster care but it really is not it is the parents that get them into foster care (Geraldine). This is something that is a big problem almost every day a child is getting put into foster care around the world. Kids are going to have doubts about their parents getting them back or they might have some insecurities about their parents. When the kids get taken away from their parents the parents have a certain amount of things that they need to do it all depends on the situation. Children may be in foster care for a few months, a year, maybe even adopted or age out (Geraldine). This all depends on the situation and all of the thing that the parents need to do. Only if the parent only needs to do a few classes, then once that gets done, then the kids are more likely to go back to the parents than a parent that does not do what is asked from them.. If you ask some people why they think that kids get put into foster care people might say things like well they are a bad kid and their parents just cannot take care of them but that is not the reasons Kids do not get put into foster care for no reason there is always a reason

Child abuse is where the parent or another adult is mistreating the child. Child abuse comes in many forms like physical, emotional, and sexual abuse (Tollefson). Child abuse is not just spanking the kid child abuse is doing anything that can physically harm the child. Leaving the child home alone for hours at a time with no parental supervision is child abuse.The most common form is neglect. Neglect is the failure of a parent or caregiver to provide basic needs for a child (Tollefson). If the parent neglects the child that is not being able to give the child stuff like clothes or food stuff they need to live. If an child is left without food for one to say about five days that is neglect. Kids seem to get put into foster care if their parent was abused. If a adult or caregiver was abused as a child, then the parent or caregiver is more likely to abuse their child (Tollefson). Kids get traumatized by this moving from home to home not being able to see family or talk to them that is scary. They really do not know what to do after they get told that they cannot see their family