The Dangers Of Child Abuse In Foster Homes

Child Abuse.

More than one million innocent children are abused every year and are forced to be put in foster homes. Being separated by their brothers and sisters, losing all their family and hope. However us people can make a difference and help out by simply calling a hotline especially made for these children being abused or by going to the police if anyone notices a child being abused. We put these kids in foster homes if they are or were being abused. Even though Foster homes can scare these children, they have to wait to get chosen to be adopted and be put in a foster home when sometimes the foster parents don’t even care about the kids, and only want the money that comes with these kids. We forget the dangers of abuse and don’t speak …show more content…
The future of these children depends on the community and how everyone deals with these kids. Imagine the world with a low percentage or even no percentage of child abuse. These kids can get a chance to live and become presidents or even engineers, someone in life just like they deserve. We can’t put them aside and hope for the best. That’s why we have a high rate of abuse exactly because we decide to not get involved or help, when we in all reality should be doing everything to get involved and help these children be free from the torture. If we don’t do anything about these abusers we will never get far as a community. What if it was someone close to you, we wouldn’t want to see them getting abused and deal with the pain. Anyone would help with a friend so why not help a neighbor or your classmate, students anyone that is showing signs of abuse. The horrors of these cases are put aside just like these children are put aside. It’s time for us to do something and step up to help out. The government needs to also step up and set reasonable rules and laws so these abusers can get the jail time they deserve, they also need to ensure these kids a safe home where the abuse will …show more content…
The parents convince their kids to lie and say they aren’t being abused. The kids not knowing any better and lie because they are afraid of getting even worse punishment , they can’t put themselves to tell on their parents. That’s why we need to step up and look at the warning signs, bruises, and depression, children not wanting to go home, children coming to school with bruises. We need to be more concerned and aware in order to help these kids. When you are confronting a child that’s being abused we have to be patient and gain their trust and hope they will come clean about the truth. When a child comes to trust you, then they will tell on their parents even though they don’t want to. In a website article i read the authors kid source write about abuse and have written many other articles on how to stop abuse and said “Most of the time, kids know their abusers and the abuse happens in the home. This makes it difficult for kids to speak up” (“Child Abuse”). many kids although being abused still love their mommy or daddy which makes it hard for them to turn them in even after all the abuse they have received, they really want dad and mom’s love. many children also are afraid to tell on their parents because they’re afraid of being put in foster care. their parents tell them they’re going to go