I suppose I should post this. Not because it holds any merit, but because of the source. Hopefully they'll come to the conclusion that many of these kids never should have been taken in the first place. We'll see.
Every foster child's story needs a happy ending
When 14-year-old Janessa Senter was sitting in her high school classroom, she never dreamed that a trip to the principal’s office would change her life forever. But it did just that. One day during class, Janessa was called into the office where she was informed that she and her two sisters were being placed into foster care. Suddenly Janessa was thrust into an unknown and frightening world. In the four years that followed, until she exited the foster care program at age 18, Janessa was passed from group home to youth shelter to several different foster homes. The lack of a parental guide in her life hurt her; she remembers not knowing how to do simple tasks like opening a checking account or filling out financial aid forms for college. There was simply no one to teach her those skills.
You'd be amazed how many children come out of their own parents homes without knowing how to do any of that - I certainly did. Birthparents are not the end all and be all of learning to be an adult. Im 40 years old and finally in therapy to learn many of the things my parents never told me.
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