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RE: Challenge #02571-G014: Seeing to Need
Are some people seriously in foster care for completely the wrong reasons? >_<
Ahhhh Tae is so sweet it hurts.
Are some people seriously in foster care for completely the wrong reasons? >_<
Ahhhh Tae is so sweet it hurts.
As far as I understand the foster care system - yes.
DX some people I can't even.
Guess I have to be glad the sprinkling of foster carers I know are the good/normal sort, gives me hope that that particular system does what it's supposed to do sometimes.
My young friend who lives with my husband and I aged out of the system. Psychologically, he could seriously use the help of the galactic therapists. He was bounced from one place to another, often badly treated. I knew him when he was only 13 and crying after a heavy beating. But financially I couldn't get him to me or take care of him, I was beyond strapped. But at least talking to him helped.
Now, he's getting help, slowly, and while he has issues, I was able to get him into college and helping him realize he's not worthless and that he is a good person. But there are a lot of very bad foster families out there. Too many, to be honest. There are a lot of good ones as well. But, sadly, there's a lot of kids who just... "slip through the cracks in the system" as it were. :'( And it should not be that way.
That's...that's so sad my heart hurts :< glad your young friend has you, that makes a lot of difference!