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Foster care makes all the difference in the life of a young child that's been neglected or rescued from harm's way.
Life as a Foster Child
Life as a foster child is hard some people just don't understand our life stories. Growing up people would always ask "where is your mommy and daddy" I would shut down because I knew from my heart that my daddy left mes and my brothers with our mommy, she really didn't take of our needs at all. I was six years old when my grandpa decided to call Child Protective Service (CPS) my two younger brothers and I went to foster care because our grandpa couldn't take care of us anymore due to his health problems, he wanted us to have a better life / future. As years went by I stopped visiting my brothers and my mother, but while in foster care some foster parents do not care about the child so they start beating the child as a way to be discipline but that never helps because they've been abused before by their own parents. As a young child you seem as though you don't have a voice to tell them to stop and/ or have the strength to fight back, at thirteen I was able to fight back from the abuse but at the time I was already adopted by then but she decided to put me back in the system and from then on I've been in foster care. I use to be in a group home that held right girls in Baltimore city life there wasn't as easy but I made it through til I was eighteen, from there I went to two foster home before my nineteen birthday. my first foster home was in Howard County, MD I had my own room in which I enjoyed til I found out that I had to move before it was Christmas because the lady's eldest son was coming home from jail and there wasn't an extra bedroom for me. I could have stayed but she didn't want him sleeping on the couch. My second foster home was in Owing Mills, MD I was supposed to be there temporary but decided to stay longer I was there for two years but before my twentieth birthday I had a right with my roommate over something stupid. I ended up leaving because I was going to be in a independent living program through the Department of Social Service before I started Community College, I'll be moving in a week or so which I'm happy about because it gives me a chance to be independent.
By Faith DesNoyer5 years ago in Families
‘Beyond Foster’ Short Film Review: Learning How to Forgive & Move Forward
Greetings, readers, its Michael Reynoso here. Welcome to “Writer’s Harmony!” Today, I will be doing a film review about the short film “Beyond Foster”. After watching this short film, I immediately take a step back and is completely blown away. In each segment, the film gives a lot of meaning and insight into the early struggles of my mother, Crystal Melville’s life as a foster child.
By Michael Reynoso6 years ago in Families
On Becoming a Little Mommy
I love babies but I can’t stand kids” That was my mother explaining why she was signing our family up to take in foster babies. Daddy didn’t question it. Anything that brought in even a little more money was welcome. He fixed cars at the local Ford dealership and in the summer would go back out after supper to paint houses. For awhile there, before it beat him up too badly, he was also doing second shift work as a dispatcher for a trucking company.
By Remington Write6 years ago in Families
Mi Casa Con Las Cortinas Rojas
This story is real, painful and a way to close old wounds. My name is Coral and this is my story. The background of a person and how they were brought up in life reflect a lot on what they will end up becoming in their future. In my story, those circumstances are terrifyingly different. My mother’s upbringing was a result of an absent yet strict mother and a musician father; not to mention her sister and two brothers. In her youth, my mother was a rebel in the eyes of her mother, but extremely talented in mine.
By Coral Sanchez6 years ago in Families
No choice in the Matter
chapter 2 So, here I am once again back in foster care. Now back then I was a child, I couldn’t comprehend exactly what was going on. I had social workers, officers, therapists, judges etc... all these different people questioning me and theorizing my situation. To be that young and not knowing the depths of my own circumstances made me guarded and mad. The child that the Johnsons once knew and cared for was no more. I came back changed, I was hurt, scared and confused. I would soon be labeled a problem child. By the time I went back to them, I was not that sweet little girl they once knew who they had cared for about a 1 1/2 years ago. I came back with bigger problems. I would create havoc every chance I had. Looking back I wasn’t the best child, I was difficult. I was either a fighter or a runner.
By Tywonda Petty6 years ago in Families
Failure. Top Story - August 2019.
I had failed, that’s all I could think. I was a failure as a parent, a foster parent and a decent human being. In training, they all but said that if we disrupted it was all our fault because we weren’t trying hard enough. (Disrupted means asking a child to be removed from your home before they are reunified, sent to live with relatives, or moved to their forever home). I had tried so hard, but I just couldn’t take it anymore and this child and our family was suffering because of it.
By Rebecca Bailey6 years ago in Families
Attached. Top Story - July 2019.
“I couldn’t be a Foster Parent, I worry I would get attached.” Foster parents hear this a lot, I mean A LOT. At least once a week, almost this exact phrase. We smile and nod, or just shrug our shoulders, because what can we say? It’s true, you do get attached. You love them, and when they go home, or to their forever family, your heart breaks and bleeds a little. It’s painful and hard.
By Rebecca Bailey6 years ago in Families
Laughter, Tears and Love
My sweetheart came into my home at 16 months old. In the time she has been with us, I have laughed more than I had in a long time. She is sunny, and funny, and goofy! She is also able to get into anything and everything! She has found things in our home we didn’t even remember we owned.
By Rebecca Bailey6 years ago in Families
Finding Faith
Foster care. It’s a difficult situation. If you haven’t been there yourself, you have no idea what it’s like to be thrown around from home to home and to feel not wanted. The loneliness and loss of hope that fills your soul is so overwhelming no child should ever bear it. Yet there are more than 438,000 children who do so every single day.
By Janice Page7 years ago in Families
An Introduction to Bri
Hey there strangers! Well, I probably know most of you because you probably opened up my Facebook link to this article, but I’m sure there are a few new readers in the crowd! Before I dive in, I just want to say thank you for taking time to read this, it means a lot! Okay, so let’s get on with it.
By Brianna Westover7 years ago in Families
What Children in Foster Care Want
On average, there are approximately 420,000 children in foster care each day. Some are in temporary placements, while others are long-term. Children in care are as young as newborns and as old as 21 years of age. As a former adoption worker, in preparing children for adoption, I spoke with them about their family, desires, dreams, and expectations.
By Clara Harrison8 years ago in Families
