1. “It is difficult to establish the true extent of child abandonment across the EU, as only some countries maintain national statistics regarding this phenomenon” (The University of Nottingham, UK, 2012). This is not just applicable to the EU, but also in most of the world these days. There are also some countries that not only know the true abandonment numbers, but also try to hide their abandoned children from the rest of the world.
2. A) “MOLISA’S 2012 report on abandonment found that care for a child in a social protection centre is seven times more costly than providing care in a family based environment” (International Social Service with support from UNICEF Viet Nam & MOLISA 2013-2014). Children placed in foster homes cost countries …show more content…
“Most children abandoned early in life are raised for years in orphanages and founding homes” (Child Psychiatry and Human Development, Vol. 11(4), Summer 1981). The sad truth about orphanages is it is not always the safest place for a child to be raised in. Consequently I noticed in my research that in the foster homes the children are treated as slaves, instead of than being taken care of, they are exposed to physical but more commonly verbal abuse.
4. “Many conferences have been held and volumes of resolutions, guidelines have been produced and published, but none of these has produced any encouraging remedy” (Journal of Education Review, Vol. 7, No. 2, April/June 2014). All the countries promise to educate and promote the stopping of abandonment, but then that is where the promises end. They never really establish if these resolutions really work.
5. “While in the Army he studied and earned a master’s in child welfare and a PhD in social and behavioral science” (iUniverse.com, 2013). Dr. Ron Huber is an excellent example that when an abandoned child makes a decision to improve their life that no physical or mental abuse can discourage that will. There is a future for all abandoned children if they find the correct motivation in
2. A) “MOLISA’S 2012 report on abandonment found that care for a child in a social protection centre is seven times more costly than providing care in a family based environment” (International Social Service with support from UNICEF Viet Nam & MOLISA 2013-2014). Children placed in foster homes cost countries …show more content…
“Most children abandoned early in life are raised for years in orphanages and founding homes” (Child Psychiatry and Human Development, Vol. 11(4), Summer 1981). The sad truth about orphanages is it is not always the safest place for a child to be raised in. Consequently I noticed in my research that in the foster homes the children are treated as slaves, instead of than being taken care of, they are exposed to physical but more commonly verbal abuse.
4. “Many conferences have been held and volumes of resolutions, guidelines have been produced and published, but none of these has produced any encouraging remedy” (Journal of Education Review, Vol. 7, No. 2, April/June 2014). All the countries promise to educate and promote the stopping of abandonment, but then that is where the promises end. They never really establish if these resolutions really work.
5. “While in the Army he studied and earned a master’s in child welfare and a PhD in social and behavioral science” (iUniverse.com, 2013). Dr. Ron Huber is an excellent example that when an abandoned child makes a decision to improve their life that no physical or mental abuse can discourage that will. There is a future for all abandoned children if they find the correct motivation in