Please help my nephew =(
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.
His true beauty come from the inside, however. He just wanted to be loved and safe.
Imagine, you crawl into your bed at night. You are safe, you snuggle in your blankets. Your eyelids get heavy and you drift away to sleep. Then you awaken with someone on top of you. You are too little to stop them. No one will help, no one will listen. Now each night as you crawl in bed, are scared. You don't want to close your eyes.
This little boy is living in a nightmare. Everyone, the Foster mom, the Police, the foster home caseworker, are all calling him a liar. They are refusing to keep him safe. Instead they want to use him as a cash cow and feed him pills to control him.
Desperate, I contacted the foster home demanding answers. No one would speak to me. I then turned to the police. The police woman told me, "Oh I don't know what kind of social work degree you have if you don't understand they way things work down here in our child advocacy centers." Then she complained about having to respond to that home because my nephew was being so destructive. To that I replied, "I would be destructive too if I were being raped!"
Although the police said they would look into it and call me back the next day, I never heard from them. I felt like they were tired of hearing from angry or worried family members that wanted to harass the poor innocent foster homes.
I came to this site because, I want to have a voice. I want my nephew to be safe. I want all children to be safe.
I made a site for my friends and family so I could raise awareness about my nephew and was threatened by the foster home to take it down.
That only served to make me feel more empowered. I am glad I got under their skin. My family have asked me to take the site down so I did out of respect for their wishes.
I am so glad I found this site. I hope people here can listen to my story and help my nephew or at least point me in the right direction to get help for him. Some foster homes look at the foster parents and foster kids like cash cows. They drool at the thought of having a young kid that gets to grow up in their system making them millions. I am scared that my nephew might be in a foster home such as this.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.