Reply #5: Whenever they say "it is best for kids to" I just want to smack them [View All]

Do they not realize these kids are already NOT in the best situation.

I agree. It is best for kids to be raised by their birth mother and birth father together... In a safe, loving home, surrounded by family and friends for support.... in a safe neighborhood...with plenty of food and clothing to meet their needs....with the best possible education available to them...with access to wrold class health care...in a world free from environmental damage... and the list goes on.

But no one lives in this little fairy tale land. And children in foster care and adoption certainly don't. What they deserve is permanancy. Knowing that they have a home and it is THEIR home and no one is taking them away or sending them to a new place and strange people aren't always going to be coming into their lives asking them questions and meeting with them. They deserve a "forever" family.

I work in foster care and adoption. I see these kids every day. They just want a family that they know is theirs and that isn't going away. Most imnportantly, they don't want me in their life until they are adults.