One of the first individuals who came to see me after our initial press in the Stuth Case was the president of the state foster parents organization.
He and his wife agreed with the things I was saying. He agrees.
Please know that there are some really great people out there who want to help children and they do it as foster parents. As in ANY group...there are those who have problems. I mention this because some of the comments to this blog should be printed but then there is a broad awful statement about ALL foster parents. I am more than happy to print about the individual cases we see in the media, for example. But let's allow that there are good people out there who are just as unhappy with the system. Thanks
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When polling former foster alumni Csaey Families documented a one in three from the horses mouth of physical abuse. This is literally thounsands of time worse than any abuse occuring in biological families and does not bode well for even good foster parents.
Please GOOGLE "80 percent failure"
Case in point: I am a licensed foster parent. Not one child has been in my home since receiving my foster license. My license states: Children from age 1 to 12, I believe (not sure). Once my granddaughter was gone, my license was ignored. I wanted to help children who were not wanted; I wanted to love and care for them. Then I found out what happens when you really do care; when you try to protect the child in your care. I was told by a friend that "You know the system now" which is why you won't be given any children, even for respet (sp) care. I have no complaints against my license. I have never had a foster child in my care since receiving my license. My licensor states that there are no holds or bars to keep me from receiving children, yet, where are they? Over a year and no children. Could the answer have anything to do with my plight to save my granddaughter? I believe it is the entire answer.
I know many good foster parents. I even recommend several for placements when a child is not being sent home or with family. The ones I reccomend truely are in the business(it is business) to help children and the parents until they are reunified.
I have to say that \ problems I run into are with foster parents and reunification involve foster to adopt. It is sad that some of these people are lead to believe these children will be theirs to keep. When that is not the case I see all kinds of emotion fueled interference in the reunification process. It is wrong for the kids the parents and the foster parents. It is cruel and it needs to stop.
My belief is we do not have to few foster parents, we have to many foster children that do not need to be in out of family homes
It is heartless and outrageous... some foster providers (which is a licensed business)feel they can openly speak in public to a biological parent about the future life of his child, even in the halls of the courthouse.
On two separate occasions these (business minded) strangers saw the poster size colored picture of my beautiful 3 year old Godchild, commenting that they "want one of them", as if a child is an available possession or a pet.
I cannot believe this is what happened to me, but it did. We went to get our WIC checks; next thing I knew, our grandbaby was living with the WIC employee, ready to adopt. I knew the WIC person thought she was cute as a button." but had no idea it would go this far. I have since learned, there is more than one WIC foster to adopt parent in the building. I never want to go to WIC after learning this information "first hand." Conflict of interest?
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