Children have little to no control of their environment, especially in the decision making on behalf of them. Everyone may agree with me based on this case study. Placed those three children (Lucy 6, Robert 3 and the 20 months old Joey) in foster care was not their decision per se neither their parent agreement. That will be my focus on this paper and the systems perspective theory will help me analyze this case study perfectly.
Those children were living in a drugs community although they did not have control on their surroundings, but their lives were affected by the community. A community whereas drugs houses and drugs selling were right there in front of them on a day-to-day basis, because their mother’s boyfriend was selling drugs in the house. The mother could not stop her boyfriend because she was also depended on the drugs income. The mother did not have any other alternative because she did not have a driver license to go out of her community for social services. Therefore, she was relied on the support of her community. Imagine what the life could be or turn out in the future for those children, in a community where even teenage drug activity was common. The little emotion reported by the CPS seems to be normal for me and it also shows the interest of the children to live in a different environment.
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The microsystem which is the closest system to them like the interaction between their relative, the community and them. Mesosystem is the different parts of their microsystem, which was somehow beneficial for them because people in the community was count of each other for support. The exosystem affect those children lives, although they were not involved in the both the selling drugs of their mother’s boyfriend and the decision of the CPS. The macrosystem which is the new foster home and its environment which influence those
Those children were living in a drugs community although they did not have control on their surroundings, but their lives were affected by the community. A community whereas drugs houses and drugs selling were right there in front of them on a day-to-day basis, because their mother’s boyfriend was selling drugs in the house. The mother could not stop her boyfriend because she was also depended on the drugs income. The mother did not have any other alternative because she did not have a driver license to go out of her community for social services. Therefore, she was relied on the support of her community. Imagine what the life could be or turn out in the future for those children, in a community where even teenage drug activity was common. The little emotion reported by the CPS seems to be normal for me and it also shows the interest of the children to live in a different environment.
The system perspective is made up of …show more content…
The microsystem which is the closest system to them like the interaction between their relative, the community and them. Mesosystem is the different parts of their microsystem, which was somehow beneficial for them because people in the community was count of each other for support. The exosystem affect those children lives, although they were not involved in the both the selling drugs of their mother’s boyfriend and the decision of the CPS. The macrosystem which is the new foster home and its environment which influence those