Looking Down on Foster Kids

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Now, back to what I was actually going to write tonight... I was actually thinking about some misconceptions associated with foster care. I'm not sure if I've ever written about it, but I was thinking about the fact that people will actually look down on foster kids as if they were the ones who did something wrong.

Many foster children, especially those who are school-age and exposed to teasing, are made to feel bad about themselves for being in foster care. They are made to feel unwanted, unloved, or as if they did something terrible to be made to live with a foster family.

Actually, children in foster care have done absolutely nothing wrong. Their biological parents have abused or neglected these children in some way, making them unfit parents. These kids have been the victims; they have suffered through situations in their homes, have then been removed from the only home and family they've ever known, and placed with a family of complete strangers. They can't be blamed for their situations, and they shouldn't be made to feel like outcasts in society because of something that they have had no control over.

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Taylor

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