Argumentative Essay On Foster Care

Foster care has been a problem in American society for years. ABC Family is a proud provider of the television show “The Fosters”. A couple, Stephanie and Lena are foster parents and have adopted two children out of foster care. The television show is a “Perfect World” view on some aspects of foster care. Yet, it does a good job on the effects of foster care on children, but lacks multiple important influences of foster care. Many children do not have stable homes and are in need of care. Realistically, children do not have the same home set up as on a television show and it is important to showcase the real problems that appear in the foster care system. Foster care is set up to be beneficial, but it has many flaws in the system, which …show more content…
No child should be abused, but many children are physically, emotionally, and sexually abused while in foster care. Kathy Barbell, an author of Foster Care Today explains that the percentage of reports on child abuse has increased over time. “...Of the substantiated reports (868,000), the majority (58%) involved neglect, 21% involved physical abuse, and 11% involved sexual abuse” (Barbell). As seen this is important to note because foster care is supposed to provide safety and security to children although there are too many children abused by their foster care parents. However, foster care in this matter is not beneficial because children are not being treated fairly. No child should be abused but it is worse for these foster children because they are coming from an unstable place before being settled into foster care. Foster care is supposed to provide a safe home for children, but it has not because of the rates of …show more content…
As well as not given the resources from the foster care administration nor should they be in school because of their behavioral and learning issues. Children who are out of foster care should not receive any help from the system as well as being in foster care for the rest of their