Wednesday's Child - Karina

Here is a perfect example of how propaganda is used to formulate a Public Relations spin on the failures of the Child Protective Industry. The marketing tactic known as Wednesday's Child.

The aim of Wednesday's Child is to advertise a child who is in the foster care system and is available for adoption, on the evening news so that somebody's heart might be moved enough to take them into their homes and give them the love and stability that they need to make it through life. All of this because they cut the child off from their roots without having as much as a clue as to what to do with them.

Now I really feel sorry for this kid who ended up on Wednesday's Child this week, because while I suppose that it is possible that she is truly the kid who nobody wants, (including the foster parents) it is also entirely possible that there IS a real parent or grandparent or family member who loves and wants and misses that child.



In my opinion, Wednesday's Child is the lowest form of child marketing, where they take the kid for an outing, doing something really cool, so that they'll be all happy and bubbly in front of the camera's. Not to mention, this particular Wednesday's Child is 17, which means that she is about to turn 18, therefore about to age out of the foster care system, meaning that they're going to cut her off from all services and throw her out on her ass and force her to fend for herself without as much as a tie to their real families, but of course they don't tell you anything like that.

So what this is, is the Child Protective Industry's last desperate attempt to get this kid adopted so that they can claim a successful outcome and cash in on the rewards.