Topic: Foster care brings more harm than good

Argument: foster care isnt regulated enough, so much so that it gets taken advantage of and kids are placed in bad homes all for money.

Argument: foster care keeps children out of shelters and homelessness and gives them a home and food to survive.

Argument: foster care lets kids get individualized attention, instead of group homes where there might be one adult for every 30 kids and individual problems go unnoticed.

Argument: foster care offers little stability for children already suffering hardships, putting them at an even greater disadvantage and giving them less of a chance of a normal life.

Argument: foster care parents can provide a safe and loving home to children who would otherwise end up in an orphanage where nobody actually cares about them

Argument: foster care provides a family setting children desperately need.

Argument: foster care provides a loving atmosphere as opposed to a group home.

Argument: foster care provides a sense of impermanence that is detrimental to children.

Argument: foster care provides children a family setting, one that they so desperately need in order to become a positive influence on society.

Argument: foster care provides children with a safe home as an alternative to group housing

Argument: foster care provides parents and children a rewarding opportunity to connect.

Argument: foster care puts already vulnerable kids in to the hands of those who might abuse them further.

Argument: foster care reduces the burden on government institutions designed to deal with those that need these services and gives wards a more personal level of care.

Argument: foster care supports an environment for child abuse.

Argument: foster care's downsides are obvious from the neglect and harm that the children face it's hard to make an emotional connection to children who aren't related to you.

Argument: foster carers don't really care about the children, they just do it for the government paycheck.

Argument: foster carers need to be vetted seriously otherwise they might not able to provide the support required.

Argument: foster cares gives children who have been removed from abusive situations a chance at a family and care, education and a better life.

Argument: foster families are important because they provide homes to children who don't have responsible parents

Argument: foster families aren't fully prepared when fostering kids and can cause abuse mentally and/or physically to the child

Argument: foster homes can provide a bonding experience for children with no family.

Argument: foster parents are well-intentioned, the harms caused are ones that can easily be fixed by giving them access to more information and support from social workers.

Argument: foster parents can take advantage of children, and sometimes they volunteer just to get a paycheck.

Argument: foster parents may not be properly vetted to insure children will not be abused