Today we added the 500th case to our abuse case archive. This dubious honor goes to a case of sexual abuse of a ten-year-old girl adopted by Jon Paul Reid. Among the 500 cases we have archived over the past three years, this case, unfortunately, doesn't stand out as particularly exceptional. There have been many children like the Reid girl before, and since little is done to prevent these situations, we will likely have to document several similar cases in the future.

The story of a NJ foster-father, (now deceased), is making headlines in the US this weekend as memoirs of Margaux  Fragaso ("Tiger,Tiger") are making the news this weekend.  [After receiving her Ph.D. in 2009, Fragaso was able to sell the piece that became her dissertation, and already translation rights have been sold to publishers in Italy, France, The Netherlands, and China. ]

EVERYONE THAT HAS KIDS IN FOSTER CARE PLEASE FIGHT TO GET THEM. I LIVED IN FOSTER CARE FOR OVER 13YRS. IT IS SO PAINFUL AT TIMES. I USE TO FEEL LIKE IF MY MOTHER DID NOT WANT ME THEN WHO WILL. I AM GROWN NOW AND STILL HOLDIN ON TO PAIN THAT I CAN'T LET GO. I STILL CRY SO MUCH. SO PLEASE DO WHAT U GOT TO DO

My little nephew is being abused in his foster home. He said that an older boy was molesting him. He was told that since he was offered $50, it's not rape. As a result, he is acting out violently and doing really bad in school.

Before he entered the foster care system, he was a sweet shy little boy. He would tell me that a T-Rex was hiding behind the giant Christmas trees and that I better be careful. That's the word he used to describe the evergreen trees where I live. He's got beautiful ocean blue eyes and blonde hair.

past few weeks on other posts many people well Kerry and Bizzi had written about their experiences with mental heath treatment.

Life for my son, now 17 has pretty much been the same.

I current have dx him myself as "locked in a room by his birth mom for 7 years and then placed in foster care and then treated like crap at public schools syndrome" 

I call it for short "the system sucks disorder"  SSD

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-katz/adoption-scandal-intersta_b_400108.html

link I found under the child law post

Sad, but I have been saying this for years....  even 14 year old boys who are African American have people wanted to adopt them.... 

Recently in a few sites and emails I have been accused of being a fraud or that I am just doing this for the money.
So.... lets set the record straight.

I have decided to not be a part of the lawsuit and have left it. I will testify if I am asked to but I don't want the money. I am content being poor.

An article found in UK's Mailonline features the story of a family broken and separated by social workers because the parents have many obese children.  According to media reports, immediately after birth, the newest addition to the "very large" family was taken away by a social worker, and that newborn infant was put in foster care.  Perhaps we are to presume the placement was a preventative measure, and the removal of the parent's older children was in the name of "a child's best interest".

Two weeks ago the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute published a report: Georgia’s Allocation of Federal TANF Funds in FY 2010. Before getting into the details of the report let's briefly outline what Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) stands for.

When we first started Pound Pup Legacy, in November 2006,  one of our main objectives was to raise public awareness to the problems adoptees face, in particular, abuse within the adoptive home and family. At first, we could not find much formal documentation addressing "abuse after adoption".  According to those who study adoption issues, it's known that abuse in adoptive homes does take place, but very few studies have been dedicated to the subject.

During our "time-off", I have been researching the history of child abuse within various so-called safe havens for children, and how religion has hurt so many innocent people .

I have been reading blogs written by the abused and comments written on various websites, such as SNAP -- Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, http://www.snapnetwork.org/ .

After a while, I get tired of reading about the adoption-option being in the best interest of the child.  In many cases, adoption of very young children is far more about feeding into the PAP want and need to "parent", than helping those who need a helping hand due to death, violence or accidental tragedy.

They may have got their own way (for now)... but at least they were forced to follow the law.

Baby 'snatched' from mother minutes after birth is ordered BACK into foster care.

A mother who had her baby son taken illegally by social workers wept yesterday as a court ordered he should be put in care after all.

The 18-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, broke down in tears and had to be supported by two relatives as she received the devastating news.

There are natural disasters like tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, epidemic diseases, and mining disasters that break and destroy families. 

Then there are man-made disasters that are called foreclosures.

This is the stuff that makes a family go homeless because for whatever reason, the parent/s can no longer afford to pay their monthly bills and mortgage payments to the bank. 

Oddly enough, banking companies, like The Freddie Mac Foundation supports adoption, perhaps as a reinvestment initiative for the future.  I would like to think rebuilding a community, while keeping families together, would be the focused, ultimate goal, (like they show on Extreme Makeover), but I'm not exactly sure what a banking-firm's interest would be in terms of the adoption industry.  Would anyone care to guess what's really going on in the minds of people "helping build new futures?"

I am haunted by the following statement from Are drugs being misused on foster kids?

But if the foster care system is designed to protect children who've been harmed, why would they engage in this if in anyway it was harmful to children?

"To me, the true travesty of the situation is that we take children who just got a bum rap in life to begin with and they get into the system and are further abused chemically," Olsen says.