Essay On Foster Care

Foster Care, and its effects on the children and families involved, are debatable topics in our country. Foster parenting is where a child is placed into a new home because of danger in their own home. There may be physical, emotional, and mental consequences for the child, the biological parents, and the foster parents.
Usually, children are put into foster care because of child abuse, drug abuse, or another situation which puts the child’s safety at risk. Foster care may also be an option when a parent just can’t take care of his/her child because of a lack of money, or a condition, physical or mental, that the parent has. The kids can stay in foster care temporarily, and have the option of going back to their biological parents (Foster
Dan Lips, in his article “Foster Care is Failing” says, “Adults who formerly were in foster care are more likely than the general population to be homeless, unprepared for employment, limited to low-skill jobs, dependent on welfare or Medicaid, and convicted of crimes and incarcerated, as well as to succumb to drug and alcohol abuse, or have poor physical or mental health. Women who have been in foster care experience higher rates of early pregnancy and are more likely to see their own children placed in foster care.”
Bad things can happen in foster care. There will always be situations where foster care wasn’t good for a child. But as I said before, if the child stayed in their original home they would probably be in a much worse condition than they are in foster care. Foster care can do amazing things too. It changes so many children’s lives for the better, and gives them a fairer chance for a better life. It can take them from an abusive or dangerous home and give them love and kindness in another family. So, I’ll end with a story of a girl whose life was radically changed by foster