Because most of them want to offer the child a better place, a family, a home.
If there are no suitable foster families available or when the child is unruly so they wont fit into a family dynamic. You have to remember that foster families are often normal families with or without biological children at home but with foster children and the ones coming new have to fit in somehow so the family works.
You can request foster care by going to your Children & Families and talking with a social worker.
Cheryl Owen Gries has written: 'Foster home recruitment and retention services to children and families, Douglas County, Oregon' -- subject(s): Services for, Foster children, Problem families, Foster parents, Foster home care, Recruiting
Carolyn Foster has written: 'She Writes' 'The family patterns workbook' -- subject(s): Adult children of dysfunctional families, Problems, exercises, Psychology, Dysfunctional families 'Breaking Free from Your Past (Inner Workbooks)'
I feed mine. As a matter of fact, I also buy them clothes, take them to baseball practice and games, take them on vacation, etc. In my home, I treat foster children the same as my biological children in every way I can.
You must apply to become a foster parent. Then take a Foster parent study. Next you must get approved to foster kids. After all this you can finally foster a child. wish you the best of luck! ALSO, Here is a good site for more information! http://www.adoptuskids.org/for-families/how-to-foster
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Those children are placed in temporary foster care.
because their parents dont have enough common sense to get up off their butts and get their children out of the foster care system
Not every foster family has their own children. And it is impossible to track the money down to the penny but foster families do have to account for spending the money. Yes there is some bad people in the system and some fraud.
Although large families are rare these days some people simply love children and will have as many children as they feel they can afford and some parents may even adopt or take in foster children. Then a few parents may keep having children because their religious beliefs may not allow them to use birth control.
Winford Oliphant has written: 'AFDC foster care: problems and recommendations' -- subject(s): Aid to families with dependent children programs, Child welfare, Finance, Foster home care