There are 88000 foster care children in Canada. Every foster care child has their own background and reason for being in foster care, a main reason is abusive parents who are not able to give their child the care and love they need. Alcoholism is also a major reason for a child being forced into foster care. It would be hard if you were put into foster care and not understanding why you can no longer be apart of the family you belong to. It takes time to get use to being with people you don’t know and people who don’t know you. It is also not easy to care for foster kids because of emotional or behavioural issues due to abuse, poverty and neglect. When a child enters foster care they have a lot to deal with lots of people asking personal questions about their lives that they may not feel comfortable sharing. Very quickly counselling becomes a big part of the Childs life. It is important that the child knows that it is not their fault they are in foster care and a child who has that stuck in their head has a hard time understanding that it is not. These kids need love and understanding. They need to feel welcome and safe where they are.
When a child gets adopted it is another huge change. They then have to readjust to another new living environment with new people and new rules. In my opinion people who adopt foster children have to be a special type of person. Raising a child who has been through so much would be a difficult task. Diane is waiting to adopt a foster child: http://www.fosterfamilytalk.blogspot.com/ . 81.5 million people has thought about adopting a child. According to the new National Adoption Attitudes Survey, If just one in 500 of these adults adopt 134,000 children in foster care would have permanent, loving families who they could count on. People who are welcoming a foster child into their home need to be aware of the things they may have to deal with. Even though most of these children have gone through counselling the problems that they had to deal with are still on mind and take time to heal.
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Janine,
ReplyDeleteYou picked a really good topic to write about. I think it would be hard for a foster child to accept their new home, parents and siblings. It's hard to imagine some of the things these children have lived through. I imagine that it is quite difficult for the foster parents to get to know the child at the beginning and to accept that they are not the birth parents. Over time, both the child and the parents will accept each other.
Comment by Kelsey:
ReplyDeleteJanine,
I also thought you picked a really interesting topic. I don’t think a lot of people realize how many foster care families there are out there. The people who take in these children are doing a wonderful thing. All these children want is a safe loving home where they can grow up in. Just because they had a rough start in life doesn’t mean they can’t be successful and these foster parents are helping them. I also liked how you mentioned instead of adopting you can look into foster care. Most people wouldn’t look at that alternative when they should be. Good Work!
It’s sad how many children there are in foster care. It would be great if more people chose to adopt a child rather than have one on their own. Many children think that the only reason they are in foster care is because they did something wrong and they are not wanted, which is unfortunate. People need to step up and help these kids, making sure they know that they know it’s not their fault.
ReplyDeleteJanine,
ReplyDeleteI think you also picked a good topic. I think it would be hard on a child to go into a foster family because they do not fully understand why they have been taken away from their family. It would also be hard on them if they start to get attatched to a set of parents, and then have to be moved into a differnt family.