Our system needs more checks and balances to make sure that the trauma of foster care placement is justified by the perceived danger to a child in the home. In a perfect world, every child would have a warm, loving and secure environment. Unfortunately, the world isn t like that. Foster care also ends when a child is put in an adoptive placement. I have seen many beautiful families, including my own, created this way.
Adoption is often the next move after birth parents have had their parental rights terminated.
This happens because the parents were unable or unwilling to correct the problems in their lives that led to their children being placed in foster care. It is usually a very long process from the time a child enters care. Adoption offers a child the sense of permanency that is missing in foster care. It also brings its own set of challenges. The child is often adopted by the foster family.