Foster Homes: Where Good Kids Go To Die
“A former CPS Investigator exposes the seedy underworld of foster homes in the United States, where children are children are routinely physically, emotionally, and sexually abused. Research and statistical analysis can be found at http://www.truthovercomfort.net/blog/fosterhomes
A synopsis: foster kids are 7-8 times more likely to be abused, nearly half will end up homeless at the age of 18, they are 3 times more likely to be put on psychotropic drugs, seven times more likely to develop an eating disorder, more likely to have PTSD than veterans of war and less likely to recover from that PTSD, more likely to become pregnant as a teenager, 20% more likely to be arrested, and are 6 times more likely to die than if they stayed in an abusive household.”
There are 16 references to the video at http://www.truthovercomfort.net/blog/fosterhomes
This is the 18 1/2 minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMJJ4oCSMoU&feature=youtu.be
REFORM Puzzle Piece
All the more reason NOT to pull kids from their parents for trivial reasons, or issues that can be addressed by providing the parents with education or resources.
If they’re letting their child ride the lawn tractor with Daddy while he cuts the grass, or something else parents used to routinely do, simply telling them about kids who’ve lost toes or even feet doing that should be sufficient. Even if it isn’t, the chances of such an accident occurring are still lower than getting abused in foster care, and an amputation is easier to recover from than sexual abuse. Heck, Elaine Zayak lost half a foot to a lawnmower accident, and went on to become a figure skating world champion!
Kids should only be taken into state custody to REAL abuse. Denying a child meals to punish them is abuse; rationing food due to poverty isn’t. The appropriate CPS response to the latter case is to connect the parents to the appropriate social programs so that the whole family gets enough to eat.