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Foster father sentenced to 30 years for shaking infant, causingher to lose sight and ability to walk
On Feb 25, 6:20*pm, "Ron" wrote:
"LK" wrote in message ... On Feb 25, 12:17 am, LindaLouMom wrote: I do not know what state you are from but Here in Ohio..I sit and watch so many children DIE at the hands of their bio family because the system refuses to take the children. A child is more likely to be abused, mollested or die in the hands of the state. * And I highly doubt you sit there watching children die. My neighbor had 3 children...5yrs, 15mo months, 3 months...left the 5 year old to watch every night while she went to the bars...I have went into her house night after night and took the kids into my house. I called the CPS every single time. They visit ask questions then give bio mom a case plan to work on..a day or two later I have the kids again. 2 of the children were born toxic..did they remove the children HELL NO. Guess who has the children now..NOT BIO and not CPS. I just took them one day and have had them for almost 13 months. ( 5year old knows the ratio of water to powder formula when making a bottle) I am not a foster parent nor am I a worker. I am a bio mom of 4 and a teacher. *I do not get the funds foster parents get, I do not get any financial help from anyone for keeping these 3 children safe. Bio mom calls once or twice a month to ask about "her babies" *and says tell them I love them. WHATEVER!! Maybe you could take the real mother to court for child support. In my position as a teacher in the inner city, I see abuse committed by bio family DAILY. I call CPS every time I see things and hear things from the children that is not right. Do they ever get removed? NO! One little boy bruised from head to toe because I called about him talking too much in class. Services came to school, took pictures and called mom to the building and questioned her, she said He needs to learn to follow rules and he just bruises easy....he was released to her even though she admitted she is the one who caused the bruises. I am not sure how other other states run the system but here in ohio the system favors the bio families, even when they have caused much harm to the children. You know, Linda, maybe you came from this perfect middle class family. *Maybe you have a wonderful view of childhood and what it should be like. *Maybe you sit there watching television only to see the most horriffic acts of abuse being committed by only the most horrible of parents. *As a teacher, I'm sure you come into contact with many children. *If you are a teacher in a poor neighborhood perhaps it is more likely that you see kids who come from less then perfect worlds. *But don't exagerate that which you can not prove. And do not commit to an ultimate solution that just does not work for the children. You will have people like my buddy Ron here, who will swear up and down that the foster care system is the best thing for many of these kids. *Yet they get these kids, bounce them around from home to home as if they're puppies. *They're always trying to figure out what they are going to do with these kids once they're in the system. *Some get adopted into loving homes. *Great. *Others end up aging out of the system with no family ties, bonds or social support. * *Lots of them are medicated heavily with psychiatric drugs that they just don't need. There are more than half a million children and youth in the U.S. foster care system, a 90% increase since 1987. Three of 10 of the nation's homeless are former foster children. A recent study has found that 12-18 months after leaving foster ca 27% of the males and 10% of the females had been incarcerated 33% were receiving public assistance 37% had not finished high school 50% were unemployed *Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support Children in foster care are three to six times more likely than children not in care to have emotional, behavioral and developmental problems, including conduct disorders, depression, difficulties in school and impaired social relationships. Some experts estimate that about 30% of the children in care have marked or severe emotional problems. Various studies have indicated that children and young people in foster care tend to have limited education and job skills, perform poorly in school compared to children who are not in foster care, lag behind in their education by at least one year, and have lower educational attainment than the general population. *Casey Family Programs National Center for Resource Family Support 80 percent of prison inmates have been through the foster care system. *National Association of Social Workers Children are 11 times more likely to be abused in State care than they are in their own homes. *National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) Children died as a result of abuse in foster care 5.25 times more often than children in the general population. 2.1 percent of all child fatalities took place in foster care. While this may seem like a relatively low number, we must consider the contrast in population between children in the general population versus children in foster care. In 1997, there were nearly 71 million children in the general population (99.6%), but only 302 thousand in state care (.4%) in state care. As state care is supposed to be a 'safe haven', the number of fatalities should be less or at least equal to what it is in the general population of children. By this standard, there should have been less than .4% of child fatalities occurring in foster care, however, there was 5.25 times that amount. (31 states reporting) *CPS Watch Inc. Please, povide links to the above statement so that their accuracy can be verified. Ron Do the math. |
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