Great Foster Family Narrative

Social work introduced itself to me at a very young, and tender age. Growing up in foster care, not being able to see my parents, watching as family members died before I could say goodbye, and constantly being called orphan in school, taught me a great deal about the scars I would carry for the rest of my life. While I tried to play the role of a normal kid, hanging with friends, telling stories of happy childhood memories, it was simply a mask to hide that I knew my scars were burning inside me, that happiness wasn’t a luxury I could enjoy. Going from foster home to foster home was a reminder of that unaffordable luxury, and soon I grew to be so insecure that I could not function without having someone tell me what to do, or reassure me that

What qualifies a family as a family is something that has been largely debated in history. In recent years, untraditional families have become more publicized and are seen everyday in both the media and in real life. An example of an untraditional family would be The Fosters from the ABC Family’s TV show The Fosters.

This paper is a summary of what research has been done in the field of foster care. It will focus on foster care social workers, foster care parents, children in foster care, etc. In this work there will also be reference to aspects of adoption and foster care together. This paper will encompass all parties affected by foster care and will ultimately talk about what qualities are expected of social workers who work in foster care.

The cops found me after three days. They decided it wasn’t working for me living at that other house so they moved me to different foster home. I’ve been to three different foster homes in the last month and a half, and now I’m on my fourth. I guarantee you I won’t last long here either. I’m already leaving this place without their permission.

Twenty-one year old Claudia Felder lives in Chino, California in a lovely home, with three sweet dogs, and most importantly, a family. One would never think that this well off young lady was once living a life inside foster care. She entered the system when she was just three years old, when most preschoolers were busy having play dates and learning to color within the lines. Claudia’s earliest memories instead were of her mom being beaten in a motel room. After that experience, Felder entered the foster system and stayed there for the next ten years. With not enough foster families in the system, she was bounced around wherever a bed was available. Her lack of a consistent foster

Foster care has been around for years, it is a place for kids with no families to go or for kids who's parents didn't want them. It isn’t all bad. When someone gives up a child, they are giving someone who wants a baby/child and can’t have any, a chance to be a parent. There are a lot of problems with the system. That is why people should keep an eye on the child, they do not understand why things happen to them. If one foster child says they are getting abused someone should watch them and they should have surveillance cameras in all rooms of the home to ensure that the children there are not mistreated. For at least a month or two.“Parenthood requires love, not DNA.” -Anonymous (“Foster Care Services”)

Foster care is a big problem in america. In America, many Americans never think about our foster care system. Most families have not had to think about foster care or what would happen if their child got placed in it. Foster care is when a child is temporarily placed with another family due to certain circumstances. A child could have been abused, neglected, or could have not been able to stay with a parent because of personal issues (having to serve jail time or having to go to a drug helpment center). Normally the child parents are sick, alcohol or drug abusers, or unable to take care of them self neverless a child. There is one thing that people need to realize is that these children deserve good homes. Most of the children being placed into homes have not done anything to deserve what they are going through. They deserve people to love them and take care of them. Thats whats the foster system is for. To make sure that if something goes wrong or happens in your previous home that a new family is ready to help and provide care and support. People who want them and will be kind and

Out of every short-term foster parent I’ve had in the past two years, Venus was the one person who had the biggest impact on my life. In the beginning, Venus was very generous and claimed she was my birth mother. She would buy me all sorts of gifts like a TV, lip sticks, any snacks I was craving and even planned to take me on a twelve-day cruise. Then everything changed in the blink of an eye. I only lasted three months in her home, with all the chaos. All I wanted was a stable home little did I know her home was the farthest you can get from stable.

I spoke with Trina today, she sated that does not understand why her Foster Parent application is taking so long to get approved, she said about 9 months. She said that she wants to be her grandchild KING, MIASIA foster parent.

There are approximately 402,000 children in the foster care system on any given day of the year. In 2013, 640,000

Neglect. Loneliness. Disappointment. These are some of the many emotions kids face while they are in foster care. Many kids don't receive the help they need to learn how to cope with these emotions.

Living with family can make life rather complex, especially when dealing with problems, because this group of people are so close to each other emotionally. It’s hard to keep secrets or keep things behind doors because there’s not really a door that can’t be opened by everyone. This is especially true with children and teens going through the ropes of high school. Finding the balance of when a child needs to be disciplined by the parents and when to let the child be more independent with their problem solving or even finding a way to have everyone connect to each other while also providing a comfortable space or bit of a distance from each other can be a hard task for everyone, especially if there are multiple individuals within the family.

Why not invite your home to a foster child. There are twenty-two percent of males in foster care and forty-eight of females. The percentage of their living areas is four percent pre-Adoptive homes, twenty-nine foster family homes (relative), forty-six percent foster family home (nonrelative), six percent group homes, eight percent institution, one percent supervised independent living, 1 percent runaway, and five percent trial home visits. In 2014 two hundred thirty-eight thousand two hundred thirty left foster care. Fiftyone reunification with parents or primary caretakers, seven percent living with other relatives, twenty one percent was adopted, nine percent was emancipated, nine percent was guardianship, two percent transferred to another

James was just your average kid, living an average life, doing average things, but not exactly. James is an orphan, and does not live in any foster homes. At the moment he is hiding in a warehouse. He has no friends, no one to live by, and nothing at all. This may seem sad now, but just you wait. James is about to get a friend, his lifelong dream! Not exactly. James has been homeless for one month, eight days, twelve hours, fifty-two minutes, and ten seconds. Moving to our next character: David. David is your stereotypical rich kid. He’s a snobby kid that thinks he’s better than anyone else. He has three dogs, five cats, two maids, a total of thirty fish, some horses, and a racoon. Why a raccoon? Well, David fed a raccoon, found the baby racoons from the dying coon, and took one in and abandoned the rest. You may also be asking ”How many horses?” You get to decide, it's unimportant to the story. Back to the main story.

In 1997, David Pelzer wrote a book called, The Lost Boy: A Foster Child 's Search for the Love of a Family. This was a book based on Pelzer 's life during foster care. Pelzer was tormented and abused by his mother and couldn 't stand living with her another second. However, Pelzer always questions himself, if it was his fault? Pelzer like any other child wanted a place he could call home. It took many adventures, mistakes, and a rebellious attitude to find it. With his past getting in the way, it made it very difficult for Pelzer to settle down because his mother always got in the way. Is Pelzer capable of putting his mothers differences aside? Was he ready to become a foster child? Because this was a journey of Pelzer 's self discovery.