Ann's Story - A Foster Care Story

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.ค. 2012
  • This is an incredible story about a young woman who has greatly benefited from our foster care program. Take a look at Ann's story!

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  • @Discount1127
    @Discount1127 9 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    We adopted a teenager from foster care this summer. If you are thinking about it, stop thinking and start doing. It has been the greatest experience of our lives! We plan on doing it again real soon. We just want to give our new son some time to relax ad enjoy some time he really deserves.

  • @dorisleibman5202
    @dorisleibman5202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    we adopted a 19 year old in 2016 and forever our lives is like an adventure every time.

  • @haleymurphy4321
    @haleymurphy4321 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    this is a sweet story, most the time you hear really bad stories so its nice to hear about a girl who had a positive experience after being put in the foster care system.

  • @deb9784
    @deb9784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a great testimony of not only change but advocacy! Seeing the obstacles in the system and being willing to step out! How courageous!

  • @alishamonicavlogs9561
    @alishamonicavlogs9561 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I'm in Forster care and I've been in the same foster home for 11 years now

    • @alexiselmore2575
      @alexiselmore2575 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alisha Monica vlogs I feel bad for u

    • @leannn.9260
      @leannn.9260 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hope u never leave!!!

    • @KeanVlogs
      @KeanVlogs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'm 17, I've been in Foster care since I was 4 days old I've been to a few Foster homes I just got moved from my 12 year placement, if anyone wants to talk to someone I'm here

    • @hopefaithlove6769
      @hopefaithlove6769 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omg wow so your mother never got you back 😭😭😭😭

    • @hopefaithlove6769
      @hopefaithlove6769 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      KeanMcNamara why was you taken from your mum the damage you must have suffered is heartbreaking my heart goes out to you

  • @kyliek9931
    @kyliek9931 9 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I want to be a foster mom sooooo bad I would love to give a child a good home
    But im too young at the moment!
    I wish even people my age could be foster parents

  • @sylviafoo4123
    @sylviafoo4123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    At least she had a better life after being put in foster care. Alot of children that are put in foster care, get treated poorly by their foster parents. they don't give them food,momey,or let them hang out with friends or be happy. It seems like Ann was alot happier. I am glad to see that happening. Her real Mother doesn't have the right to throw things at her own children or hit them. I hope her mother was locked up in jail for that because, that is illegal.

    • @sylviafoo4123
      @sylviafoo4123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Even if it is not illegal, her real mom still don't have the right to hurt her children like that.

    • @destineedelagarza9186
      @destineedelagarza9186 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then why do you have kids if you goons send then to foster care

    • @notmyname74
      @notmyname74 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sylvia Foo many checks are performed on foster careers before they are given the child. They have to run safety checks, background, work place, house, birth children. Everything! So normally the foster carer is a nice person/people who just want to give the child a better future. (Me and my mum are considering fostering)

    • @danabrown0211
      @danabrown0211 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Destinee Delagarza They don't send their kids to foster care. They get them taken away but it isn't for bad reasons all the time. Sometimes if a parent gets seriously hurt and there arnt any family members to watch over them or if parents are homeless and have kids with no where to go they lose their kids once someone finds out and they don't get them back until they have a home and a job that can support them

    • @breemalorrey9190
      @breemalorrey9190 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of my foster homes when I was in care would put a lock on the fridge, and their bio daughter knew the combo but me and their other placement didn't, and weren't allowed too. But it was still better than what was going on at home at the time.

  • @user-mj8mn9om9r
    @user-mj8mn9om9r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've been foster care since 2016 so for almost 4 yrs I've been moved twice but finally I think I found the family for me and I love them so much its been a long and little bit of a bumpy ride but I have worked past my past trauma and I owe it all to my foster parent and I'm 14 now and I'm a teenager and they still love me I thought no one would ever want a teenager ideas abused both physically and mentally as a child there were drugs always in my house and I was barely ever feed before I was placed in foster care I may not be adopted yet but at least know I know I'm safe and now I feel loved by my soon to be adopted parents plus now I know my brothers are safe and not going to get ahold of something that could hurt them.
    Sincerely,karissa

    • @JoyFay
      @JoyFay 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi! How are you doing today?

  • @abbyidi9192
    @abbyidi9192 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This vidio is saying that foster care is good. It is I think its a great thing but not always.
    One of our faimly freinds from church had one kid and they were fostering 2 others there kid was 8 and the fpster kids were about 7 and 1 I used to watch them at church and say hi to them every day. The parents were great people and really wanted to adopt them. But yesterday, someone, with out calling pulled the 7 year old girl out of school, picked up the little boy from day care to meet another faimly. The mom got a call later explaning what had happened and all she could do was cry. She dint even get to say good bye to these kids they had loved for a ehole year!! This made me what to cry and I was very sad that I will never get to see Jasmin and Cory ever again.

    • @TheYasmineFlower
      @TheYasmineFlower 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +abby@IDI That IS foster care. Foster care is not permanent and not supposed to be. If you can't deal with that, you should think twice about signing up for it.
      I do feel for your friend, but it is a part of the job she has agreed to do. There is no way around that. It sucks for everyone, but that's a part of what it is.

    • @aj-ez8xs
      @aj-ez8xs 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      abby@IDI see

    • @gardenjoy5223
      @gardenjoy5223 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Flower, When that is foster care in your country, than it is about the worst system in the world. What cruel non-sense to behave like this towards foster children and foster families. Believe me, in many countries around the world it is a whole lot better. You have different kinds of foster care, like just during the day, or just for every other weekend. But also for a short time, to try to sort things out within the birth family. Or long term, where even foster parents have the right to keep fostering the child, once it has been in their care for over two years. People are usually matched to each other and given time to get to know each other, if such a time is available. Normally nobody just snatches any child away from a foster family. There are sadly a few workers, who are stupid and mean and make the same hurtful mistakes as were made in this video. But luckily those truly are exceptions.

    • @integritymatters5162
      @integritymatters5162 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      you will get to see them again - no worries.

  • @abbiegordon670
    @abbiegordon670 9 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I was in foster care. lots of them ant then a childrens home. some are good but not all the time. mostly ppl do it for the money. sorry to be so negative about this but its true.

    • @kelsey_macklin
      @kelsey_macklin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i agree not all of them are great im still in foster care and all stories are very different

    • @lissiev.8580
      @lissiev.8580 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Kay W
      I understand what you mean. And yeah, you have to be able to prove that you can financially support yourself. However, money is something everyone wants more of. You could be the richest person in the world, but you would still want more. And unfortunately a lot of people do this for money...not because they need it, but because they want more than they already have. Hopefully that will change. I'd like to become a foster parent

    • @annewalker7760
      @annewalker7760 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      im worried about my friend's daughter, she's in foster care and the fc has hit her but the police and social services aren't doing anything about it

    • @abbiegordon670
      @abbiegordon670 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did she have a mark or was there anyone who saw it and would be willing to speak for her? Try to get hard evidence and take it straight to the police. SS are useless tbh. Take her out during the day as much as possible for now and tell her if anything inappropriate is said to her try to discreetly record it. Hope she's okay and you get the carer caught. Disgusting! :(

    • @annewalker7760
      @annewalker7760 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Gabrielle Rose social services have put it in an e-mail that the girl was hit by an fc ,still no action has been taken, the police aren't interested either

  • @gardenjoy5223
    @gardenjoy5223 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely family! You are an inspirational girl, Ann. Keep up the good work! Love from across the Ocean (Europe).

  • @leenajamsh9963
    @leenajamsh9963 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anne ur a beautiful lady!
    Im soooo relieved that ur better now with foster family...Thank God!
    No harm ever cm to you!
    Stay blessed gurl!❤😊

  • @addalinahaagensen1233
    @addalinahaagensen1233 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have been in foster care 2 times and I’m eleven I went with my three brother the second time and I was separated from them the first time my brother that is 1 year old has spent more of his life with other people than with my parents but I’m with my parents now so thank god

  • @lynettefisk7857
    @lynettefisk7857 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thank you Ann! :) *hugs*

  • @braydonberry4807
    @braydonberry4807 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Foster care sucks I’ve been 3 times it’s hard with anxiety and depression it’s just hard for a 11 year old to cope I hate because i can never sleep at night because I miss my home and always wanna cry

  • @joannafitzpatrick7604
    @joannafitzpatrick7604 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is touching my best friend is in foster care she been moved so many times and sometimes she wants to give up. Any advice shes 17 and wants to be adopted she loves the family she with now

  • @andreamcdowell9871
    @andreamcdowell9871 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    3 of my best friends are adopted how did I know they were cause they told me they were one of my best friends just found out like when was 17 or 18 that she was adopted and she was so mad that they didn't tell her when she was young but she is 19 I think and the nicest and funniest person u ever meet man I love my best friends

    • @hopefaithlove6769
      @hopefaithlove6769 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andrea McDowell omg where was this in what country

  • @breemalorrey9190
    @breemalorrey9190 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was in foster care for 3 years, and now I am back with my mom and 4 siblings. My story is on channel if you would like to hear more.

  • @carlossantiago4934
    @carlossantiago4934 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks your help me a lot

  • @Penguins1999
    @Penguins1999 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Me and my sister was adopted, I was 2 and a half and my sister was 7

    • @hopefaithlove6769
      @hopefaithlove6769 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      May Morgan im sooo sorry my heartbreaks for your mum

  • @tekeyaradford6642
    @tekeyaradford6642 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great story. it'd be nice if there were more successful stories like this one🙄

  • @mariahsingleton8567
    @mariahsingleton8567 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    im crying😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭

  • @timhuse5110
    @timhuse5110 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm going to be a foster mom when I grow up and adopt kids. I dont really want to have my own kids when I grow up.

  • @tysheriaclark9401
    @tysheriaclark9401 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm crying😢😢😢😢😢😿😿😿😿💦💦💦💦💦

  • @jacklynoldham9223
    @jacklynoldham9223 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    when i grow up im go to go to foster care and take care of little kids teens bc i heard it a real story this kid was in foster care and he was almost killed bc people where leaveing him without food for 4 months it a time.

  • @ashantim4455
    @ashantim4455 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to adopt a child and give them the love they never had..

  • @clarenceperkins1835
    @clarenceperkins1835 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Me too yo I was the run away slave

  • @oaxacalife0626
    @oaxacalife0626 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would love to be a foster parent love kids and I just don't have the money to do that

  • @crystalc6966
    @crystalc6966 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is similar to my story

  • @mattheww797
    @mattheww797 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what about all her brothers and stuff.

  • @shawnbrown50
    @shawnbrown50 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    it is ok

  • @quamariouscoleman5461
    @quamariouscoleman5461 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What happened to her brothers

  • @christinarangel5491
    @christinarangel5491 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm a foster

  • @acid971
    @acid971 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I should do one of these cuz my story is really fucked up 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂😂

  • @Disgirlfrompanamamixgirl
    @Disgirlfrompanamamixgirl 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She had a better life than me puuuf and I'm not even a foster kid. I would've liked enjoying that dinner with people who love me and understood me but noooo this is it whatever

    • @nataliewolford2545
      @nataliewolford2545 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Screw you! You have no idea what it's like

    • @Disgirlfrompanamamixgirl
      @Disgirlfrompanamamixgirl 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Natalie Wolford I love your hate really wow people like you need to get fresh air or something you are really traumed so relax its just a youtube comment.

    • @Disgirlfrompanamamixgirl
      @Disgirlfrompanamamixgirl 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      o and i muted this post so dont mind in replying stupid stuff and enjoy life around yal peace out

    • @TheYasmineFlower
      @TheYasmineFlower 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Caroline Lackey (Zena Warrior princess) There are many sides to foster care just as there are many sides to family life. I was never in foster care and my life was pretty crappy.
      But overall, foster children are at higher risks for a multitude of bad things, and I would advise you to keep that in mind when saying such things. Under videos like this, you are pretty much guaranteed to find foster children, former or current, and who will read what you write differently than other people because they have experienced the foster system.

  • @priscillamadrid3502
    @priscillamadrid3502 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's sad

  • @christinarangel5491
    @christinarangel5491 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm8 i'm a little girl my name is ary my cusen is a foster to we went through a lot together his name is key'shan he has a sister .she is a foster to were like sister and brother were really close

  • @kevinpohlod7324
    @kevinpohlod7324 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1 thing about doing foster care is if you have your own kids and you have foster kids around, that means neglecting your own kids to a degree

    • @malayaanderson8222
      @malayaanderson8222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No it really doesn’t, that’s a reflection of the parents but not of all parents who happen to also foster.

    • @kevinpohlod7324
      @kevinpohlod7324 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what happened with me when my mom did foster care for years

    • @malayaanderson8222
      @malayaanderson8222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kevinpohlod7324 your mom doesn’t represent all moms though. Just because she took on more than she could manage doesn’t mean others do also.

  • @busejames
    @busejames 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You don't make that much money doing foster care.

    • @busejames
      @busejames 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Duh! Kay W

    • @busejames
      @busejames 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't do it for the damn money. I am a CNA and HHA. I love my job.

    • @zeezeezee7812
      @zeezeezee7812 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Camrin Buse
      Good foster parents give up their heart and homes for. children to have a better life
      People always talking about the money, get over it and take in a child for free then if you see fit, ridiculous!
      To provide for a child cost money, in Canada, a foster parent gets 30.00 per day , 24 hours per day
      Daycare is 30.00 to 40.00 per day for a 8-9 hour day