The resilience of children should never be under estimated. However, the turmoil in foster care remains emotionally disfiguring. Envision a six-year-old little boy, he rinses the dirt from his face before bedtime. Suddenly, he hears screaming and crying commences in his living room. As he peeks around the door facing, his parents are handcuffed. Several people, including the police, stand in his living room. Within the next 12years, this little boy is located numerous times with different families and he finds himself at a boy’s boot camp twice. For years, he wanders around isolated, angry, depressed, confused, and worst of all homeless. Even though those families allowed him to stay and provided him with a bed, he was never anywhere lengthy
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Regardless of the intent of removing a child and placing them in foster care, the damage still ensues. In the article, “Mental and Physical Health of Children in Foster Care”, the authors conclude in their ten-year study, “Children placed in foster care were twice as likely to have learning disabilities, developmental delays, asthma, obesity, and speech problems.” (Pg3) “They were 3 times more likely to have ADD/ADHD’ hearing problems, and vision problems; 5 times more likely to have anxiety; 6 times more likely to have behavioral problems; and 7 times more likely to have depression.” (Pg4) (Kristen Turney, 2016) These statistics are overwhelming. Nevertheless, the purpose of the foster care system is to benefit these children. Do the children not in foster care see a therapist often? Are we diagnosing all the children in foster care simply because they are required to see a therapist? Today, the children in foster care are being diagnosed with disorders and become dependent on medications versus receiving the nurturing of parents. So, what does a child need that we are not providing? A parental prospective might aid in (Timimi & Taylor) finding a way to combat the damage accrued thus far. Sometimes to figure out an answer to the problem, the root of the problem must be
Regardless of the intent of removing a child and placing them in foster care, the damage still ensues. In the article, “Mental and Physical Health of Children in Foster Care”, the authors conclude in their ten-year study, “Children placed in foster care were twice as likely to have learning disabilities, developmental delays, asthma, obesity, and speech problems.” (Pg3) “They were 3 times more likely to have ADD/ADHD’ hearing problems, and vision problems; 5 times more likely to have anxiety; 6 times more likely to have behavioral problems; and 7 times more likely to have depression.” (Pg4) (Kristen Turney, 2016) These statistics are overwhelming. Nevertheless, the purpose of the foster care system is to benefit these children. Do the children not in foster care see a therapist often? Are we diagnosing all the children in foster care simply because they are required to see a therapist? Today, the children in foster care are being diagnosed with disorders and become dependent on medications versus receiving the nurturing of parents. So, what does a child need that we are not providing? A parental prospective might aid in (Timimi & Taylor) finding a way to combat the damage accrued thus far. Sometimes to figure out an answer to the problem, the root of the problem must be