My interest in social work evolved nearly five years ago when dealing with multiple issues taking place in my own family. The interests arose in regards to my uncle’s children, two girls and two boys. They became part of the foster care system in Los Angeles while I was attending my second year of college. For the majority of their lives, these children have been through foster care, shelters, and on the streets while growing up. My uncle is a […]
One main issue this article talks about is the huge increase of children younger than 18 having a parent addicted to opioids (Williams & Devooght, 2017). The article mentions a survey conducted from 2002 to 2007 that researched and concluded over two million children are watching at least one parent or guardian have a drug addiction which includes opioids. It goes on to mention how this can have a negative impact on families and the health of children (Williams & […]
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Get help with your assignmentWhen I was 11 years old, my parents made some terrible life choices, the least of which was losing their two children. After a ghastly tour of the child protective services system, my little brother was sent to live in a gorgeous McMansion under the loving care of wonderful foster parents. Me on the other hand, had the unfortunate luck of being dealt the Granny card. Don’t get me wrong; my Granny and I had been joined at the hip […]
Fostered or Forgotten? A drug addict is sprawled out on the floor, unconscious from the heroin coursing through her veins and the one too many nearly fatal blows to the head from an abusive boyfriend. Three kids aged between five and nine hold in their breath as to not be detected in fear of becoming the next victim of the abusive boyfriend. Unfortunately, for thousands of kids placed into the foster care system this is the reality of their everyday […]
Adoption has been around for many years, but only recently has the question of gay adoption risen. There are many orphans in the world, but not enough families or parents to take them in. There aren’t that many families who can and will adopt children, whether it’s because they can’t support them, they have children of their own, or they just don’t want children. The end result is still an overabundance of orphaned children in need of a loving family. […]
For years now, child abuse has been a topic that has caught the attention of the nation. It is important to know that children are not only abused by their parents because that seems to be what people think. Children can be abused by their uncles aunts even foster home families. child abuse somewhat seems to come and go when it comes to the law. It is forgotten. The animal abuse law used to be stronger than the child abuse […]
In normal life experience there are diverse family services that we encounter for the rest of our lives. The relationship between the protection of the child and family support has various connections of several aspects in life. The safety and child wellbeing relates directly to support and preservation services. Before one embarks on the long journey to build a family, and later child up keep and protection, there are foundations that must be conjoined together for the delivery of […]
