Children In Foster Care Essay

One of the videos that I chose was “Children in Foster Care” because I have always found stories of children in foster care very interesting even though more times than not they are very heart breaking. Foster care is for children who have either lost a family member, like a parent, or their parents cannot provide the right type of care for them so they are put into a foster home. Foster care can be very detrimental for child because they are usually scared or will give up because of the amount of hardships that come along with it. Children who are placed in foster care are usually bounced a lot from home to home, and some of these homes may not be located in the same town. These children often times have to change schools quite a bit …show more content…
Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD is when your body will take on extra levels of stress and anxiety after you have experienced a traumatic event. This disorder can be just as detrimental if not more for children as it is for adults, but yet most of the time when it is discussed it is more so directed towards adults. PTSD can be a child’s response to any traumatic event such as a severe car accident or witnessing one, a death in the family especially if it is a parent, or family violence which can be physically, sexually, or mentally. Some of the signs of PTSD are sleep problems, anxiety, depression/severe sadness, prolonged stress, or flash/backs or night terrors of the event. In the video, Dr. John Walker was presenting the facts about PTSD in children and teens. He stated that the best way for a parents to help their child is to just be an active listener, and to encourage them to want to talk about the event and their feelings towards it. For some parents he said this might be very hard for them to do because if they went through the same thing it could open those feelings back up for them as well, but it is the right thing to do for their child. Parents who do try to be an active listener for