What is Foster Care?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Foster care parents, social workers and former foster care children share their experiences in the system. They explain the role of foster care parents and give reasons on why foster care parents are so important.
Judith Shagrin, Assistant Director, Baltimore County Department of Social Services
Sam Macer, Foster Care Parent / PTA Leader
Emily Bloomfield, Founder, Monument Academy
Foster kids thought on care: it sucks. Separated from my siblings, never seeing my mom, moved around so much i didn't want to unpack my trash bag. But in the end it gave my mom the time (3 years) to get over her addictions, get a stable job, and a home (we were living in a motel) for me and my 4 other siblings. I've only been home for 6 months, but I feel good and I don't think I will ever be going back into care.
Bree Malorrey praise God beautiful girl!! Stay strong!!
Thx for the honesty
lilMissSunshine She wrote "Foster kids thought on care: ", so i'm assuming she's not in it.
Wow that’s so sad 😞 glad that you are back with your family and I hope your well God bless you
@Dairy Solano Castillo lol why you wanna go there
i was researching about foster homes and i stumbled on this video and read the comments. i am so sorry to those who didn't have a positive experience under foster care. my mom was a teacher and she would take in students who had difficulty learning how to read and teach them at home during vacations. she would take in take in relatives who cannot afford to go to school and and help them finish high school or vocational courses. we all got along, my mom never hurt us, but we all agreed that my mom talks a lot. to everyone, stay strong. look for somebody you can talk to and share your burden.
My mom works as a social worker in foster care. Everyone should care about foster care ❤
I'm eleven I've been Foster care since six years old.
@@danebk08 lol I feel bad for the Karma coming your way. All laughs now until it hits you.
Was it good??
Now your 14 years old🙂 and I am 16 and when u did this comment I was 13 and u 11,ah....,old memories💕
I was 6 years old when they took me & my other siblings away it was during Halloween too so when I got home From school I went over to my friends to go Trick or Treating I went home to get ready & grab a pillow case or something to collect candy but there was a van there & people standing outside my house & my family crying I didn’t know what was going on then all I know is my mom started packing up my stuff & started to hug us all put us all into the van & we drove off to people I didn’t know told me we were gonna be living with them now it’s bullshit how they do that I get when your a kid you don’t understand much but could’ve told us that we were gonna be leaving before they came to grab us cause I remember that day like a mf not the whole day but I remember moments 👎 & that bullshit they say they don’t wanna keep the parents away from the children is bullshit I want y’all to know that I had to beg to see my siblings & my mom but because I didn’t have good grades & was misbehaving in school because I was being bullied & handled them myself instead of letting a teacher just talk to them & have them fuck with me more I handled them myself & they didn’t fuck with me after & my social worker kept telling me I’m a danger to my siblings & my mother 😂👎💔 & I would go 2 weeks or more without seeing them because of some mf that thought it would be funny to bully me
@@snob5275 hey. That experience sounds super shitty. I'm considering becoming a foster parent, and I want to pick your brain if you don't mind. What could your foster parent have done to help you in this situation? It sounds like you really needed your family and were dealing with multiple scenarios that made you feel unsafe, unsupported, and like you didn't belong. How could a foster parent help make that easier to cope with, or how could they fix the situation entirely? Asking because I imagine that this is a common problem, and I'm not yet familiar with the foster care system or the experiences of the children in it. I sincerely hope that your situation improved/is improving. I imagine that it's so incredibly hard going through this kind of turbulence and distress.
I just learned my mom tried sending me to a foster family without me knowing .... she doesn’t know I know what she tried. I’m just shocked she would do this to me
and it hurts so bad.
Parents sometimes make difficult decisions, believing they are acting in the best interest of their child, even if their actions may seem confusing or harsh. It doesn't necessarily mean they don't love their child; rather, they may feel unable to provide the care they wish to give due to challenging circumstances. This situation can be an opportunity to learn about the complexities of parenthood, helping you become more prepared, compassionate, and dedicated to being the best parent you can be in the future.
I've been in foster care since I was 5
Yes there is WiFi
Ebony Street are they nice
Btw I'm in a situation where foster care is becoming an option not because my parents but because of my choices I've missed 70 days of school and my attendance is 52%
Ebony Street lol
@@unknown8996 how is that funny that's acutely sad you should be grateful ur not in foster care
Free Candy I wanna go foster care it’s fun
I've been in foster care when i was 11 years old and my older brother died in a car accident when I was in foster care i cried but im with my family my older brother died in September 3rd 2016😭😭😢 i miss him so much after school i hear him every day
Isabela Tur im so sorry to hear that. Hope your doing good. 🙏🏼😊
Death is natural and normal
I was born took away from parents for 2 years got adopted. 8 years with adoptive parents back into foster care 18 months! Went back to adoptive family now I'm back in foster care again and I'm never going back home! I want someone to talk to my life is fucked up
I have a similar story tbh. I was adopted at the age of 4 and I stayed with my adopted parents for almost 10 years. I have 4 other siblings(I’m the middle child) and we were all taken away. I am now 18, I aged out of care. I somehow made it in college. I no longer talk to my older siblings. We all have a story and all I have to say is this... Open up to others and make good relations. Don’t be fake unless it is absolutely necessary. It is about survival. And I’m still struggling, don’t give in to drugs and alcohol. All one can do is rise above it. Everyone is right about it being temporary. But how long is ‘temporary’? Don’t wait for opportunities, I did for the longest time and that was my biggest mistake. One has to create it, nothing will be handed over. Shoot me a message if you want to talk more.
My life is fucked up too i don't have a older brother anymore he died when I was in foster care im with my family he died on September 3rd 2016 im still 11 i don't care if i cuss i cuss alot
Hello, are you still in foster care?.. how old are you?.
I feel alone now that my only child has moved far away. It feels like I am totally alone, but God is always with us. We are all so important. Sending a hug and try to stay positive. There are lots of people out there in your situation, and you are loved.
Here to talk if you ever need. You are never alone
To think that I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for my beloved grandparents that took my mother in from the foster care I wouldn’t be her today amazes me
From someone raised in fostercare here is my story well some of it
As someone raised in the foster car system for 8 years after my mom's passing at 10 let me tell you I have PTSD from it and still wake up with nightmares thinking I'm back in those times I was more abused by foster parents who just wanted the check i was in 25 homes in 8 years and only 1 family was good too me they would put me in group homes when there wasn't enough beds and sometimes juvenile detention halls if they needed a rest pit home they separated my sister and I and rarely let's us see each other and this wasn't my workers fault it's the corrupt system too the point my worker was gonna take me in as a foster kid when she's never done that before but she was denied man I could go on and go kinda hard too speak about 8 terrible years in a few minutes but what that being said I got a job at my own car and license and ran away I turned my self in at 18 and they released me I felt like I was freshly realised from prison half the DCF workers don't give a damn and same goes for the foster parents I had some where we where locked up in our rooms and fed moldy old food while they at McDonald's as a family in the dining room I've had my stuff stolen such as clothes etc. They refused too bring me too my mother's grave etc.. still effecting me in my mid 20s I've had my own places for years now but for some reason they never feel like home I don't bother decorating or anything because it seems temporary my heart goes out too all you guys in the system I'm not attempting too save up enough money too buy my first home where I can officially call it MY HOME considering I always jump from apartment too apartment landlords love me and I have great references but for some reason I always moved I haven't lived in a house for more than my yearly lease for some reason when I was raised in foster care longest i lived in a home was 6 months then i would be bounced around last time I felt like at home and reside at a residence for than a year was back in 06 when my mom was alive 14 years I've been bouncing around I enlisted in the army as 31 bravo and 2 weeks before my ship date I was hit by a drunk driver and it ruined my military career life hasn't been easy but I'm not giving up yet! Gonna keep pushing till I can save up enough too buy my first HOME kinda hard though due too covid and loosing my job but I have 25k so far and I'm gonna keep trying!!
I’m so sorry. You know Jesus loves you and wants you to know that you were born with a purpose. This world is evil but take heart Jesus overcame the world ❤️
God bless you Liano! There is a purpose and a POWERFUL testimony that you have shared. I pray the Lord would heal all the trauma and the wounds you have endured. I pray the Holy Spirit will comfort you and bless you all the days of your life and that you would come to know the love of our heavenly Father. 🙏
Wow, thank you
So proud of you!!! Keep going!!
How do kids get adopted? Just curious how it all works. Also how does the receptionist talk and to who?
Just researching this stuff for a story I'm doing. :)
Jennifer Poole the people who foster you talk to there lawyers and then the at Cort you get adopted
I was in the system so I know how it works
th-cam.com/video/ztEqMounuRU/w-d-xo.html&index=9&list=LL06Ont9pKrkyxfWaqemCnQQ
@@maddyg123_ that's not how it works you can't adopt a child in care under the age of 18 and I have been in this system since I was 4 months old
Kean McNamara that’s what my parents told me you can chose to become a foster parent and yes I do know you have to be over 18 but my parents told me that if you wanna adopt your foster child then you go to a court and they sign all the papers and stuff
Kean McNamara also I was adopted when I was 1 year old I was put into the system at 2 months
I'm in Foster care and its hard but kind of sad that I have to leave my family
Are u out yet?
What is foster care like in your experience?
i live in foster care this is nothing like it
I went into it when i was 3 and i have ran away from every family when i was five i was wiped so this is nothing like it.
Thx
Im so sorry. I was sexually molested in foster care. Im looking to be a foster home now to be at least one good home. I hope you're doing ok. 😔 foster life is horrible.
@@aligracesherbalplace6159 I'm so sorry I'm a young teen and I've been talking to my parents about becoming a foster family there just scared because I have 2 younger siblings and they don't want any of us getting hurt but I don't think it's like that, is it?
Needing to be a well balanced person to be a foster parent is very true! I am now 61 yrs old but when I was very young I spent 3 yrs in a foster home, until I was 8 yrs old. My 2 brothers and sister were also in foster homes. My younger brother by far had a terrible foster parent. When I say terrible, I can say that is actually being nice. The way the world is today, I believe my brothers foster father would have been put in jail. He was so abusive to my brother that my grandparents went there and took him out. He is 59 yrs old today and I can say, that experience totally messed him up. I was very shocked when he told me some of the things that guy did. There was a picture of him with 2 black eyes, I think my grandparents took the picture as proof. The guy claimed he fell off his bike. I think that was the final straw. My brother at that time couldn't have been more than 4 or 5 and he certainly didn't have any bike they gave him. I was very lucky. I was placed with a more elderly couple who were really very nice to me. I couldn't have asked for a better home. My older brother had it a little difficult because he was on a farm and they only wanted to foster kids so they had more help. My sister probably had the second best place, although they were very strict with her. More so than their own kids. My sister said she had to go to a friend's just to get to watch TV. That being said, for her it was pretty minor stuff in comparison to my two brothers. I am glad my Dad got things together in order to take us all out of the homes. You never realize how much a step parent deals with when your a kid. We always thought our stepmother was a..... well not so nice. But I became a stepfather to 3 kids back in 1996 and I can say I now appreciate the magnitude of what she did, accepting my father with 4 kids. Granted, there were times when she was over the top, but nothing really terrible. In fact more comical than anything else. I promised myself I would make sure the 3 step kids I had would be treated good. My stepdaughter was pretty evil to me, but I stuck it out and when she got older she apologized to me in the best way she could. I even got to give her away at her wedding, so I figure I did OK. I think I've done pretty good. We all get along real well. Granted the kids are grown and on their own, but we have wonderful grandkids that we see very often and it's really nice!
Not in all cases foster care is good, when I was 7 my foster parents sucked. I'm going back into foster care now 13 years old now almost 14 I'm gonna go
Why back in foster care at 13 anfd then you will be 14 so sad😭😭😢😢
And
i might go into foster care im 15 bc of my domestic parents do u have any advice?
@@naniibabyy3803 stay in In ur own lan and dont trust anyone to much
I have a 4 year old niece we got legal cosdody of her through Dss.because my sister was not fit for a parent.our caseworker told us she can't leave without our supervision.
Never been in foster care
Consider training non-violent, non-sex offender ex-cons to run foster care homes. They face chronic unemployment and if there crimes did not endanger human beings, then why not make the most of their willingness to work, after they receive adequate training or orientation.
Success would be indicated if the work took them to a town far removed from the towns in which they fell into bad company.
Obviously, interviews and screening would be necessary, but that should be the case anyway. You can utilize a variety of tests from industrial psychology that look at personality.
I've thought about signing up, but I don't think I have the heart anymore and I don't have a car anymore, nor do I want to look like someone that has had a child out of wedlock, despite that the fact that no one cares anymore. I do.
And the stigma growing up with a single Mother, certainly bothered me. I'm over it, but don't want to relive it as the one who fill the statisitic
THIS IS GROSSLY WRONG. DO UNDERSTAND that MOST CHILDREN TAKEN FROM THEIR PARENTS (83%) ARE ACTUALLY UNJUSTLY TAKEN - STOLEN and KIDNAPPED - by corrupt state agents, for PROFIT. They are STATE-STOLEN FOR THE MOST FLIMSY and EVEN FABRICATED REASONS. The very idea of STEALING them from GOOD and LOVING parents, BEREAVING PARENTS OF THEIR OWN GOD-GIVEN CHILDREN, so that CPS and their cohorts can HUMAN TRAFFICK THEM TO EX-CONS, for paychecks, is an abomination of egregious human rights violations and terrorism beyond belief. God Himself will soon be "repaying" those who work the crimes against God and humanity of CHILD THIEVERY.
I’m in foster care been in for 4 years now
Are u out yet?
My heart breaks hearing a lot of foster children’s stories on here. I can’t comprehend how why anyone would go through the trouble of fostering a child only to treat them bad. I am so sorry if you are or were one of them.. I’m a single mother to a six year old boy whom is my world. I’ve been wanting another child and my son asked me for a sibling recently. I love children and I’m ecstatic to foster a child in the near future.. I want to love on that child and make him a part of my little family ( me, my son and our dog). Maybe this is what god wants for us..
Hello I just Published My Book about my 17 year Foster Care Journey Called Fostered. May I have permission to use this video on my FB Page?
I’m about to be 18 I was in the foster care system from 14 to 16 and a half almost a year and a half in the system. I do not wish the foster care system on my worst enemy. The foster care systems is full of bad I was in 22 homes 18 of which I was abused in, denied basics like food, water, showers and more. We are take from a bad home to be put into a corrupt and abusive system that does not care one bit about the kids in their care the only ones they care about are the ones outside the system they want to put in it.
i know people who are foster parents to a 2 year old and 10 month old 😔
Im so confused on how it works, so u live at someone elses house right, or they come to you?
yes
So extremely sad 😅😭🤔 I wish there was more help to people and specifically children
no not rite for the children it scares their life
So it's better that they don't have a home...?
+Cinthya yes
I agree. Being homeless as a kid is awesome.
im in foster care
So it's better for them to not have a home and to maybe stay with their abusive parents?
Im 15 years old I have ben in foster care for 3 years
Yes
I was in foster care back in 1985
Is foster care for just kids? And is foster care permanent
Foster care is where u try to get adopted by a family but if they abuse u call the foster place and they put u back in the foster system and foster care is she kids but when u hit 18 u gotta move out of foster carr
Me and my two younger brothers were put in foster care I was 9 Ben was 6 and Sam was 4
Sorry...
I was 9 when I was
you are you still in foster care?
I wanna be a foster mom I’ll will be one in two years
I'm now nearly 19 been in Foster care since I was 4months and I'm coming out with a new video tomorrow 😊
Kean McNamara where’s the video?
they is this girl trying to let stay in foster care and my mom is in good shape as a home.cops pulled my are to go in to a car and my sister try to help me but the pulled her to the floor
So sorry that those wicked people disturbed and hurt you and your family. They make God so mad. Soon, he will punish all of the wicked people that hurt and harm children and their families. Its a way for some wicked people to make money - to unjustly take children from their homes and parents - to steal children, and its just terrible. Its what's called human rights violations. Soon, God will punish people who steal children. Then families will get to live in peace here, with no more bad people disturbing them and making unjust trouble for them anymore. Those better days will be here soon.
And I’m going to fostercare
BETTER RECRUITMENT
. . . or since the shortage of qualified, quality people continues, why not recruit world class British nannies. They know child rearing better than anyone. Recruit underemployed and unemployed social workers to run orphanages or large foster care homes (in actual houses). Allowing shift work might prevent burn out for the more difficult cases and decreases the instances of childr abuse due to the stress of more difficult kids.
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This too is an abomination of a horrible idea - one which would also render yet more evil support of an already evil child and family harming/destroying regime of terrorism and human rights violations. Are you aware that CHILD KIDNAPPING FOR PROFIT - the UNJUST removal, the outright STEALING of CHILDREN, by CORRUPT and CONSCIENCELESS governmental agents is apparently EVEN MORE PREVALENT IN BRITAIN THAN IN THE USA??!!! It is runaway, unchecked, evil TERRORISM. These crimes against God and humanity are BEING EXPOSED. No good and decent person should want to support these unconscionable and inhumane, inexcusable crimes in any way. Those who are party to these crimes are going to have to face God Himself, soon, for their EVIL and the insurmountable and egregious harm and suffering they have caused others. Britain's "child protective services": Accepts ["purchase"] orders for coveted infants/children belonging to others to be kidnapped from their parents ; pipelines taken children to pedophiles; and works with the most corrupt and evil "doctors" to work eugenics upon/ EUTHANIZE/ FORCE DEATH UPON/ MURDER the terroristically STOLEN and held-captive children of others, i.e., BABY ALFIE. Britain's greed and evil-driven so-called child "protective" services even unjustly took a visiting Italian woman CAPTIVE, AND HAD HER BABY GUTTED FROM HER BODY - by FORCED CEASAREAN - and then STOLE THAT CHILD. (For the UNJUST and EVIL-STUPID "excuse" that the mother had a panic attack.) It was one more baby for sale. Due to the prevalence of evil corruption among Britain's so-called social services, good parents are FLEEING that country out of fear for their families. Truly, the demons run wild there. Educate yourself. Look these things up. See this evil for what it is. Its a human rights crisis of the highest order - in Britain, the US, Canada, and more.
@Theresa k. Is not flawed in what she says!! Maybe ur experience was not horrific but u have no idea about the other horror testimonies from other people. I know this to be true since I'm living the nightmare myself!! My kids are being sex trafficked and have been forced on sex websites and forced to have have sex!! My kids are being so badly over medicated and they themselves have tryed to get help and what does dhs do?..... they lock my kids up!! So how dare u so rudely tell someone that they are crazy cause it's the corruption from dhs that makes us kids crazy cause people like u try and say that what kids themselves are saying is happening not true. Kids are dying at the hands of dhs and foster care. There are police officers here that are still police officers with no charges alm cause dhs dont want their lies exposed!! But the time is here cause there are millions including myself that have 100 percent proof of their corruption and are now no longer scared of their threats and death threats and we are going public and we are fighting back to get our kids back with us safe where they belong where they should never have been taken in the first place!! The war against illegal DHS kidnapping has come so I hope the dhs and all involved are ready
@@theresak.7475 I know exactly what i say to be true. Please contact me
@@theresak.7475 Shut up
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Y do they take u away from yr parents???
MOST children (83% of children) who are taken from their parents are UNJUSTLY TAKEN - STOLEN from their parents, for NO valid reason - so that corrupt and evil persons, who lie and say that they "protect" children, CAN MAKE MONEY off of taking children. If you're a child, don't be scared, but talk to your parents about these things. Have them look at pages such as MedicalKidnap.com and videos like the one I will post at the end of this. God is very, very angry at all persons who involve themselves in child thievery; and He will end their child stealing and punish them soon. What child thieves do is called extreme human rights violations and crimes against God and humanity. It is not okay at all, it makes God and good people angry. It will be brought to an end soon - all of that badness that causes so much suffering will be brought to an end soon. Then good parents and their children will get to live in peace - with no bad people ever bothering them again. Ask your parents to watch videos like this one, and to share the videos with other good people who truly care about children and families - th-cam.com/video/ztEqMounuRU/w-d-xo.html&list=LL06Ont9pKrkyxfWaqemCnQQ&index=8
You're a horrible person to put this up. It has no place on a Foster Care video. Children placed in Foster Care are not stolen! Either the parent(s) have addictions, pending criminal trials or jail, Financial or custody problems. There's no reason to scare children any more than they are. Yes, there are child thieve, but it's very rare in this country.
Theresa K. Are you in a fucking cult or something you crazy woman?
its not about the foster carer its about the child duhhhhhh 🙄🙄
Chloe Ash Stewart my name is Chloe too
The child can’t be recorded duhhhh
Oh well
I'm in foster care
How is it
Lol my mother said i dont need to be with them anymore and im planning to escape
ik it's probably disrespectful or something to say this but i actually want to be in foster care. the reason being is that my family is very toxic n im being mentally abused n it's been this way basically since birth. it gets so tiring n exhausting to the point i wanna commit suicide. but there's times where i think what if foster care is worse than being where am at now, if anyone has any advice or questions PLEASE let me know.
I know your message is 7 months old, but I couldn't ignore it. I hope you've been able to find some ways to get help. Please don't hesitate to reach out to your school counselor, or local organizations. They will help. You are valuable and worth it.
First weekend
I’m her kid
JESUS IS THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE ✝️🙏😇🙌👍💛💙💚
I don't want to go back to my family. My biological family is abusive I just want to escape.
Hey are you in foster care?
@@Healthyclubent No.
@@rain-rx6bq so your with your abusive family or??
@@Healthyclubent Yeah.
@@rain-rx6bq omg I'm so sorry😪 you can dm me on Instagram if you want someone to talk to @renae_.ent1 if you have Instagram
It sad wayyy
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SISTER CITY OPPORTUNITY
How about exploit the relationship that we have with Japan and send some of our people to Japan to villages with shrinking populations. One school used to have more than 1200 students and now has only 37.
If we could get care givers/foster parents to travel to these villages in collaboration with Japanese government, not only would they learn the Japanese language, but the younger ones could obtain a superior education, unlike anything we have to offer in the United States at the free level.
We could begin with our sister city as a pilot program and then go from there.
SO YOU'RE SAYING, SEND SOME OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STATE-STOLEN, CAPTIVE CHILDREN - UNJUSTLY TAKEN/ KIDNAPPED FROM THEIR PARENTS, THROUGH HOMELAND TERRORISM and ABUSE OF POWER BY CORRUPT AND EVIL STATE AGENTS - AWAY FROM THEIR BEREAVED PARENTS WHOM GOD HIMSELF GAVE THEM TO - TO BE SENT OVERSEAS? HAVE YOU ANY IDEA AT ALL ABOUT WHAT MAGNITUDE OF A HUMAN RIGHTS ATROCITY ON TOP OF WHAT IS ALREADY A HUMAN RIGHTS ATROCITY THIS WOULD BE? These unconscionable crimes against God and humanity are and would be nothing short of DEMONICLY EVIL. There have been other men, with their human rights violating regimes, who also believed in UNJUSTLY separating families and taking innocent people CAPTIVE - as a tool and device for working heinous evil - and who also liked to LOAD THEM ON VEHICLES/ TRAINS, to ship them off elsewhere [to "camps]. Do you know their NAMES? History will never forget - nor will God, or the good and decent people of the world. Instead, they and their supporters will be forever condemned, for their inexcusable and unconscionable EVIL.
Just a heads up but you are like one of those antagonist characters where the protagonist tries to fight you and tell you that it should be natural and not forced.