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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy" data-source="post: 19295" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>It doesn't seem to me to be too difficult to set up a computer data base system that would track parents who are fostering children. I can't believe it is that difficult for all social service agencies to input their information into one program. Police do it so they can determine if there is a warrent out for you anywhere. </p><p></p><p>Of course the first thing that needs to be done is to limit the number of children that can be adopted/fostered by one family. The biggest problem in this case came from the large number of special needs fosters, not the two adoptions this couple had. Once the couple exceeded the number of adoptions/fosters allowed, they could apply for a different type of license if this is truly their life mission and they are not in it for some ulterior motive. Then they should be monitored much more closely to ensure that all services they need are being met and they have enough staff and help so that they are not being overwhelmed. </p><p></p><p>The background of these families need to be checked more thoroughly as do they day-to-day living arrangements. I realize it is difficult to find homes for special needs kids, but we can't find them just any home at their expense. Not all parents do this for the right reason and we have to stop assuming they do.</p><p></p><p>It is interesting that if this story were told on the news about any other family, that they kept their kids in cages, didn't allow them to eat or go to the bathroom when the wanted, made some sleep in bathtubs, gave them no social interactions outside the home, talked openly about how they needed one or two more children to work the family business or farm or whatever reason they would give, everyone would be outraged. But they seem to get a lot more sympathy from some when they find out they are foster children. Some of out children are very difficult to handle, some bring us to our knees. Yet if any one of us treated our children the same way they would be removed from our homes in a heartbeat.</p><p></p><p>We are a very intelligent people. We have to be able to develop a computer base that will enable us to perform the kinds of checks and balances needed to prevent this from happening. That may mean we need to go back to homes for children with disabilities instead of overwhelming one set of parents with too many children for anyone to handle, special needs or not.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy, post: 19295, member: 59"] It doesn't seem to me to be too difficult to set up a computer data base system that would track parents who are fostering children. I can't believe it is that difficult for all social service agencies to input their information into one program. Police do it so they can determine if there is a warrent out for you anywhere. Of course the first thing that needs to be done is to limit the number of children that can be adopted/fostered by one family. The biggest problem in this case came from the large number of special needs fosters, not the two adoptions this couple had. Once the couple exceeded the number of adoptions/fosters allowed, they could apply for a different type of license if this is truly their life mission and they are not in it for some ulterior motive. Then they should be monitored much more closely to ensure that all services they need are being met and they have enough staff and help so that they are not being overwhelmed. The background of these families need to be checked more thoroughly as do they day-to-day living arrangements. I realize it is difficult to find homes for special needs kids, but we can't find them just any home at their expense. Not all parents do this for the right reason and we have to stop assuming they do. It is interesting that if this story were told on the news about any other family, that they kept their kids in cages, didn't allow them to eat or go to the bathroom when the wanted, made some sleep in bathtubs, gave them no social interactions outside the home, talked openly about how they needed one or two more children to work the family business or farm or whatever reason they would give, everyone would be outraged. But they seem to get a lot more sympathy from some when they find out they are foster children. Some of out children are very difficult to handle, some bring us to our knees. Yet if any one of us treated our children the same way they would be removed from our homes in a heartbeat. We are a very intelligent people. We have to be able to develop a computer base that will enable us to perform the kinds of checks and balances needed to prevent this from happening. That may mean we need to go back to homes for children with disabilities instead of overwhelming one set of parents with too many children for anyone to handle, special needs or not. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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