Foster Care

Children tend to be placed in foster care because their parents are unwilling or unable to provide for their emotional and developmental needs.This result most commonly because there is  single parent, poverty, and inability to provide the basic needs.Many children are placed in foster care because they have been exposed to illegal substances or they have been abused or neglected.Children who are in foster care may have chronic illness and some are technology-dependent which means that the foster parents need to be capable of providing extra care.

                Foster care is usually with good parents, but children in foster care tend to be shorter and have a higher incidence of chronic medical problems.In addition, there is a higher incidence of emotional problems ans school difficulties.The emotional problems vary with age.Very young children may have eating and sleeping problems.Early school-age children may have hyperactivity and discipline problems.Adolesents may exhibit risky behaviors including substance abuse, sexual experimentation, and violent activities. Depression is common, especially in order children. It must be remembered that physical and sexual abuse and children neglect are not uncommon in foster homes.