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- Some resources for those who are or were in foster care:
Foster Club has a section of their website for youth and young adults: http://www.fyi3.com/fyi3/index.cfm
And the Foster Care Alumni of America has some regional chapters. Info at their website: http://www.fostercarealumni.org/ - Reply to this comment
- My children were taken away from my ex when they were 11 and 9 years old and put into foster care. The rights of my ex and me were then terminated so that they could be kept in foster care until they were adopted. Due to the fact that they were teenagers, the possiblity that they would not be adopted became evident. The McCracken County office of the Kentucky Cabinet for Families and Children convinced the foster parents to adopt my children so that they could show the court that the children were adoptable, as they had claimed in court.
It is no surprise that there are children waiting to be adopted out of foster care when the system knows full well that no one wants to adopt teenagers. My heart goes out to them. My heart goes out to their true and natural parents who unjustly lost them for no cause at all - see http://liftingtheveil.org for proof. - Reply to this comment
- Let me just say that there was one part of this program that completely enraged me. I could not believe that the father of the two children had 10 CHILDREN altogether! It is absolutely ludacris that in the age of unlimited birth control, someone can be careless enough to have that many offspring that he or she is unable to support. These children are created and then pushed out into the world (or into the "system") where they are unable to form a real connection or attachment with anyone! I am a social worker and I see this every day, but it really hit me hard to see these children so abandoned and so alone and to find out that this man had eight other children who might feel exactly the same?! C'mon now people, wise up. Children need FAMILIES and if you don't think you're up to the task, please be smart enough to use protection so that you're not creating a human being who you are unable to care for. It is heartbreaking to see toddlers, children, adolescents, and teenagers who are acting out merely because they lack attention and affection and a real attachment and who later turn to the streets because it is possibly the first place they have felt accepted and connected to others. Let's break this cycle by being mindful enough to practice safe *** and only have children when you're good and ready to actually care for them...not just financially but mentally and emotionally as well.
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- HI I was in foster care most of my life i think i was 6 im not even sure how old I was ,my dad died when I was 5 again I think.then my mother basicly became an addict, so the child services took me my brother and sister and put us in the system ,now that im 34 I think that is probally best thing that happend to us I guess,well basiclly I think finding this kids families is a good thing, I Wish they would of had something like that when I was in the system,I always wished I knew my dads family I know not one person from my dads and Ive tried to find them never sucessful, I really dont know much about them well if you could help me in any way I would appericate it much cbs can you email me and let me know if you could help me I would be grateful.Racquel M.
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- My son is now one year old. I was his sole caregiver for the first five months of his life. I am 70 years old and quite experienced in the raising of children; I was a foster parent for 10 years in the State of Idaho.
My son never had even an accidental bruise while in my care. However, since DHS took him over a minor insignificant isolated unanticipatable accident I have photographed bruises on him three different occasions. He has also lost his natural huge smile. This is how it begins...if I am unable to get him returned he will be another statistic. The DHS worker went so far as to put fake bandages with splints on my son and falsify information given to the physicians. The complete chain of events is on my website dhsdogs.com. Easiest way to access it is to type Mikah McCray in Google. The damage DHS has done to my son is immeasurable. At five months he could articulate a few words; now, nothing. My next court date is July 17 before an extremely prejudiced judge with no evidence that I have ever been anything but an excelent parent to my only son. Please read my site. Respectfully, J.S. - Reply to this comment
- A CRY FOR HELP!
The story called Family Findings on 60 minutes tonight was an answer to prayer and was an eye opener to me. I can relate to the stories that were told on the program. I can feel the pain that tne children and their parents were feeling. I lost my two children to the system in California. They adopted one of my children out and my other daughter has been lost in the system. I would like it very much if you would give me a chance to tell my story. I know 9 years ago i could not be the mother God wanted me to be. I have changed my life aroung. I broke the bondage of addiction to drugs and I have learned the tools I need to be a productive member of society. I have tried for many years for some one to hear my story and the doors keep closing in my face.Will you be the one to listen to me? PLEASE!! Thank you for taking the time to read my comments and I hope to hear from you soon. - Reply to this comment
- Leslie Stahl You are coward of the highest order. Rather than discuss the reason for the lonelinest people in the world you focus only on the suffering.
You need to do a story on why these children are in the system. When there was suitable family all along usually their own parents to raise them. Instead CPS DFS is turning out 100s of thouands of mentally and severely emotionally disturbed children. You also lost sight of the 100s of thousands of suffering parents who children were stolen by a system that rewards states and counties with cold hard large cash stipends for removing children and then rewards them again for placing these children with unrelated strangers. Those that are left behind are discarded like trash as long as the federal government is sending Federal money to the states and counties for the removal. These children are dumped out of the system and are left with no one. They are further victimized by pimps and predators after they have been victimized by our government.
The system creates the most disturbed irresponsible adults in our society. They are allowed to drop out of school and are paid to clean up after their own spills. These children grow dependent with an entitlement type character. Where they believe money falls from the skies and no one to over see it. - Reply to this comment
- NANAWELLS AGAIN I TO WOULD LOVE LESLIE STAHL OR FAMILY FINDINGS TO CONTACT ME. I AM POSITIVE IF YOU SAT DOWN WITH ME AND HEARD OUR STORY FROM BEGINNING TO END ( ACTUALLY THERE IS NOT END YET WE NEVER FORGET) YOU WOULD HAVE A WONDERFUL STORY LINE AND MAYBE WE COULD SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL... WE NEED SOMEONE TO HEAR OUR STORY AND MAYBE GET THE GRANDCHILDREN HOME. YES THEY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AND IT WILL MAKE THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS SAD, BUT WHAT ABOUT THEIR BIRTH FAMILY WE CRY DAILY WANTING THEM HOME. IT IS HORRIBLE THEY WERE NOT EVEN ADOPTED TOGETHER AND WE ALL LIVE WITHIN 20 MILES OR LESS OF EACH OTHER. PLEASE CONTACT US HEAR OUR STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Leslie Stahl You are coward of the highest order. Rather than discuss the reason for the lonelinest people in the world you focus only on the suffering.
You need to do a story on why these children are in the system. When there was suitable family all along usually their own parents to raise them. Instead CPS DFS is turning out 100s of thouands of mentally and severely emotionally disturbed children. You also lost sight of the 100s of thousands of suffering parents who children were stolen by a system that rewards states and counties with cold hard large cash stipends for removing children and then rewards them again for placing these children with unrelated strangers. Those that are left behind are discarded like trash as long as the federal government is sending Federal money to the states and counties for the removal. These children are dumped out of the system and are left with no one. They are further victimized by pimps and predators after they have been victimized by our government.
The system creates the most disturbed irresponsible adults in our society. They are allowed to drop out of school and are paid to clean up after their own spills. These children grow dependent with an entitlement type character. Where they believe money falls from the skies and no one to over see it. - Reply to this comment
- Leslie Stahl You are coward of the highest order. Rather than discuss the reason for the lonelinest people in the world you focus only on the suffering.
You need to do a story on why these children are in the system. When there was suitable family all along usually their own parents to raise them. Instead CPS DFS is turning out 100s of thouands of mentally and severely emotionally disturbed children. You also lost sight of the 100s of thousands of suffering parents who children were stolen by a system that rewards states and counties with cold hard large cash stipends for removing children and then rewards them again for placing these children with unrelated strangers. Those that are left behind are discarded like trash as long as the federal government is sending Federal money to the states and counties for the removal. These children are dumped out of the system and are left with no one. They are further victimized by pimps and predators after they have been victimized by our government.
The system creates the most disturbed irresponsible adults in our society. They are allowed to drop out of school and are paid to clean up after their own spills. These children grow dependent with an entitlement type character. Where they believe money falls from the skies and no one to over see it. - Reply to this comment
