Never Enough - Foster Parents

There are children in this country, even in your city, who don't get enough love or support.  There are children whose parents don't know how to, are incapable of, or have become so engrossed in their deep pits of personal Hell to care for their children properly.  Some of these parents need to be taught things they never knew from their own childhoods.  Some of these parents need a wake-up call and a concerted intervention that addresses their personal demons.  Some of these parents should never have been parents at all.

Some of these children have suffered severe abuse.  Some of these children  have been born addicted to various chemicals or with any number of ills associated with poor prenatal care.  Some of these children won't survive, and need someone to love and care for them while they die  Most of them have learned to not trust people or their situation.  They suffer from attachment disorders.  They think that they are responsible for their own situation.  They become the parent figure for younger siblings, trying to protect them from the evils around them.

The LUCKY children end up "in the system."  The Department of Children and Families, or some equivalent, removes the children from their harmful environment and places them in homes and with people that have been inspected and investigated.  These children become a part of a new family...sometimes just long enough to find family to take care of them, sometimes just until mom and/or dad can figure out what they did wrong and fix it, and sometimes forever.  These children now have to learn to fit into an environment they are not accustomed to.  They need to learn to follow rules that were never required before (like do your homework, wash your face, pick up your room, go to bed at 8:30).  They need to be taught that they are NOT responsible for their horrible predicament, and that they are worthy and capable of love and social interaction. 

There are never enough of these families who open their homes and their hearts to these children.  Certainly, not everyone is even capable of such sacrifice.  If you think you are, though, PLEASE consider volunteering.  Check in your local area for how to become a Foster Parent.