quote:Originally posted by rivka: I would like to know how they managed to get their hands on ELEVEN innocent children? Did they never get home visits?
I have a friend who is a foster parent. She says that the caseworker is supposed to visit at least once a month. Besides the initial pre-placement visit, she has never had a visit.
She is constantly getting called by the caseworkers, begging her to take in another child, always last minute, always in a desperate situation. She lives in a one-bedroom apartment, and has said that she can not handle more than one baby at a time.
She is a wonderful, loving, and responsible woman. But honestly, how can the caseworkers know that? They never supervise her. I worry about foster parents who may not be as able as she is.
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Don't get me wrong. I am more than aware that caseworkers in most areas are completely overloaded. And I don't doubt that many foster parents are as wonderful as your friend. But clearly, not all are.
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There were several stories in the news in TX last year about children dying either in foster care or being placed back with parents. Reportedly, in all the cases the social workers weren't checking in, and in a couple, the parent/foster parent had left repeated desperate messages with the social worker that never got answered in the weeks leading up to the death.
Another indication that we really need to make it possible for social workers to do their jobs effectively.
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I just read another article. Apparently, the parents now claim that a psychiatrist recommended that they make the kids sleep in cages. >_<
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I'm still stunned what the first guy calls 'a mistake'. And his disassociation with parts of his body, blaming that part of his body for the 'mistake'.
The mother was hardly more than a baby herself when she had her daughter. It makes me wish we still had a strong social more for young unwed pregnant girls having the baby quietly ("she's off visiting her aunt while she recovers from a bad case of mono...") and giving it up for adoption.
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quote:He told police that while changing her soiled diaper, a part of his body "made a mistake" and he had intercourse with the toddler. Turner said he ended the assault by kicking the child in the head, because she wouldn't wake up.
What? WHAT!? Just...WHAT!?
I'm in some kind of cyclic state of disbelief. That level of cruelty and stupidity is simply above and beyond. Definitely a good candidate for a particularly severe ass kicking.
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