Who decides when a parent no longer deserves her children? Robin Larimore struggled for years to prove herself a worthy mother when the government thought otherwise. She had voluntarily placed her children in foster care while she extricated herself from an abusive relationship, then faced daunting social barriers while navigating the legal process for reunification in New York City’s child welfare system. “I started parenting and domestic violence classes. I also met my children’s foster mother, and we developed a good relationship,” she recalled in the parent-advocacy journal Rise. But in court, her efforts didn’t seem to matter. “The caseworker said all the bad things that I’d done in six years and none of the good,” she wrote. The system issued a harsh, final judgment: Her kids were eventually adopted.
Monday, January 05, 2015
Protect families by keeping them together
Protect families by keeping them together
Who decides when a parent no longer deserves her children? Robin Larimore struggled for years to prove herself a worthy mother when the government thought otherwise. She had voluntarily placed her children in foster care while she extricated herself from an abusive relationship, then faced daunting social barriers while navigating the legal process for reunification in New York City’s child welfare system. “I started parenting and domestic violence classes. I also met my children’s foster mother, and we developed a good relationship,” she recalled in the parent-advocacy journal Rise. But in court, her efforts didn’t seem to matter. “The caseworker said all the bad things that I’d done in six years and none of the good,” she wrote. The system issued a harsh, final judgment: Her kids were eventually adopted.
Who decides when a parent no longer deserves her children? Robin Larimore struggled for years to prove herself a worthy mother when the government thought otherwise. She had voluntarily placed her children in foster care while she extricated herself from an abusive relationship, then faced daunting social barriers while navigating the legal process for reunification in New York City’s child welfare system. “I started parenting and domestic violence classes. I also met my children’s foster mother, and we developed a good relationship,” she recalled in the parent-advocacy journal Rise. But in court, her efforts didn’t seem to matter. “The caseworker said all the bad things that I’d done in six years and none of the good,” she wrote. The system issued a harsh, final judgment: Her kids were eventually adopted.
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I went through a similar situation. Now I'm left wondering will I ever see my children again.
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