Is foster care better than abuse?

My foster son, a mentally infirm, now 22 year old, agreed, that is it better be in foster care than with his abusive mother, but only to a point. Being in foster care, and being bounced around the system for over a year, he had no stability, and no chance of being placed back with his mother (and father was deceased). read more

NO, foster care care is not better than that. The problem is that some abuse is clear cut and should be dealt with swiftly by terminating the parents rights on the spot. (imo). read more

During that time, he won more than two dozen awards, many of them for stories about child abuse and foster care. He is the author of Wounded Innocents: The Real Victims of the War Against Child Abuse (Prometheus Books: 1990, 1995). read more

Of the more than 400,000 children in the U.S. foster care system, it’s estimated that more than 50 percent are on some sort of psychiatric drug. Money is part of the reason. Foster parents are paid more to take care of a child with mental health issues. read more