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foster friend
my best friend is in foster care with her younger brother. the foster family has refused to let her use any of her state manditory rights and have been destroing her and her brothers self esteen for two years now. is there anything they can do to stay together and be removed from this family?
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what a sad story. This touches my heart as an adult who was very nearly placed in foster care when I was 10.
I do not know all of the laws surrounding foster care and how siblings are able to stay together. What I do know is your friend and her brother have a social worker who is SUPPOSED to check up every so often. If she can find out who this is, she should be able to contact her. If she does not, she should be able to let her school counselor or principal know and one of the school officials should know how to contact the person. I type up the charts for a pediatrician's office and specialize in behavioral problems. This means, anything that happens in the patient's room, or before or after the doctor goes into the patient's room I listen to on a tape. I am not saying your friend has behavioral problems, but many children WITH behavioral problems are in the foster system. I hear the doctor frequently talk about phone conversations with the principal or counselor of a child's school and they had been in contact with the social worker... etc. They are all kind of "in" on the child's issues so the school can best handle situations if/when they arise with the child.
Your friend is not alone. She has people all around her who know her situation, even if she is not aware that they know. Talk to the right people and she should be able to get some kind of help without her foster parents finding out.
I do not understand why adults who do not have the interest in caring for children decide to be foster parents. These are kids who desparately need a loving, warm enviornment and then slimeballs are the one's who get the kids. I feel very sad for your friend's situation and I hope with your strong friendship your friend and her brother can soon be placed in a more suitable place where they can grow and thrive.
Best of luck.
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