I panicked when I had to leave him out of my sight long enough to go to the bathroom. Showers were out of the question. In those early days, she frequently had to physically restrain him, wrapping her arms around him in a technique taught by the specialized foster care agency that had placed Chris in her home. Each time, she'd have to report to the agency why she'd held him against his will until he calmed down. Foster parents are permitted to restrain children only under certain circumstances, and they're absolutely prohibited from spanking, smacking, shaking or physically disciplining them in any other way.
Foster kids come from homes where they've been abused or neglected.
That's part of the reason so many are so out of control. It wouldn't make sense to put them in new households where they'd be hurt again. But what these children suffer at the hands of their parents doesn't fully explain their bizarre behavior or psychological scars. It occurs because the system is overwhelmed, underfunded and understaffed in every city, in every county, in every state. It's so bad in 20 locations that federal courts have seized control of the agencies.