The Foster Care System and Its Victims: Part 2 | Psychology Today:
The "Safety" of Foster Care
Once placed in foster care, a child is not always guaranteed to be safe from abuse. In fact, Liftingtheveil.org cites a troubling statistic from one study, claiming that over 28% of children in state care are abused while in "the system." However, former foster children I've worked with believe that the incidents of in-foster-care abuse are much higher. Amy (name altered), an adult client who spent over seven years in the foster care system, told me that roughly nine out of ten fellow foster children she crossed paths with claimed that they had been abused by their foster parents.
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Isabella Brooke Knightly and Austin Gamez-Knightly
In Memory of my Loving Husband, William F. Knightly Jr. Murdered by ILLEGAL Palliative Care at a Nashua, NH Hospital
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
CPS Scars, America’s wounded generation? Part 2 of 2
Foster Families; CPS Scars, America’s wounded generation? Part 2 of 2. - National Foster Families | Examiner.com:
We are commenting on an article we read. Published in published in Muskegon Chronicle: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 8:52 AM by Megan Hart.
We had just made a statement in part 1,now we repeat that statement, "we must tighten reins on CPS, reins requiring proof that a child is in danger prior to removal.
We are commenting on an article we read. Published in published in Muskegon Chronicle: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 8:52 AM by Megan Hart.
We had just made a statement in part 1,now we repeat that statement, "we must tighten reins on CPS, reins requiring proof that a child is in danger prior to removal.
CPS Scars? America’s wounded generation? Part 1 of 2
Foster Families; CPS Scars? America’s wounded generation? Part 1 of 2. - National Foster Families | Examiner.com:
It always pleases us when we see another writer asking questions. Questions on controversial subjects we the people need to be made aware of, and possibly be able to answer for ourselves.
Here, is an article, published in Muskegon Chronicle: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 8:52 AM by Megan Hart, a writer who it appears, at first glance, to agree with us;
She starts out by saying; “Protecting children or traumatizing them. Readers debate role of Children's Protective Service.”
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It always pleases us when we see another writer asking questions. Questions on controversial subjects we the people need to be made aware of, and possibly be able to answer for ourselves.
Here, is an article, published in Muskegon Chronicle: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 8:52 AM by Megan Hart, a writer who it appears, at first glance, to agree with us;
She starts out by saying; “Protecting children or traumatizing them. Readers debate role of Children's Protective Service.”
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Foster mother indicted in 8-month-old boy's drowning
Foster mother indicted in 8-month-old boy's drowning - News - ReviewJournal.com:
A northwest Arizona foster parent has been charged in the drowning death of an infant she was caring for last year.
A northwest Arizona foster parent has been charged in the drowning death of an infant she was caring for last year.
Change is coming for child welfare
Change is coming for child welfare | TBO.com:
Tampa-Smarting from a handful of egregious deaths of children under its watch, the agency in charge of protecting Hillsborough County's most vulnerable young people likely will be replaced.
Tampa-Smarting from a handful of egregious deaths of children under its watch, the agency in charge of protecting Hillsborough County's most vulnerable young people likely will be replaced.
Politicians clueless about child abuse
Politicians clueless about child abuse - Times Union:
The fact that it is so predictable makes it no less depressing. In the wake of the Penn State and Syracuse University scandals, New York politicians are falling all over themselves demanding that still more categories of professionals be added to the 43 already required to report any suspicion of child abuse to authorities. ("N.Y. can do more to stop sex abuse," Commentary page, Dec. 9.)
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The fact that it is so predictable makes it no less depressing. In the wake of the Penn State and Syracuse University scandals, New York politicians are falling all over themselves demanding that still more categories of professionals be added to the 43 already required to report any suspicion of child abuse to authorities. ("N.Y. can do more to stop sex abuse," Commentary page, Dec. 9.)
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