Child Health
Imprisoned by No Fault of Their Own – The Unimaginable Life of #FosterChildren (and how to help)
Foster children are in a never-ending cycle where the stigma of being a foster child and blame usually falls on the foster child’s biological parents, who often themselves were raised in the foster system.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL, July 29, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ — Imagine having to ask someone to have the closet door in your bedroom unlocked each day.
Imagine having only one outfit you can wear for the entire day or having to do a strip check if a bag of pretzels went missing.
Imagine getting only 10 minutes to speak on the phone with your siblings, where the call has to be placed on speaker phone for other people to hear our conversation.
Imagine having to miss high school experiences like a prom or graduation.
From babies and children up to the age of 18 years, children have to be removed from their homes every day due to abuse, neglect, death, sickness, or incarceration, of a parent, etc. – and placed in living conditions that are hard to imagine.
This is the life of a foster child – injustices, lack of media attention, and lack of normal psychological and educational development.
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