in the population, while males with prior child welfare placements have entry rates into CYA that are only five times higher than males in the general population” (Jonson-Reid et Barth 500). The evidence demonstrates that the children in foster care are more likely to enter prison because of the instability found within their lives. There could be no strong role models who advocate for strong morals in their lives. The lack of morals would lead to higher rates of prison and prolonging the cycle of the abusive foster care system. Overall other races beyond Caucasian such as African-American or Hispanic have higher entries into the system that other foster children. The racial diverse treatment indicates a mistreatment in the equality of children in the system, which stems the chances for the other children to make something of their lives. In the end though, once a person enters prison, it is hard to turn around their life and become productive members of society.
Another long-term effect of foster care is the mental health problems that come from the instability and the treatment within the system itself. The abusive system has damaged the mental heath of the children is numerous ways. After long term life in the foster care there has been a reported higher rates of troublesome behavior. The troubling behavior can be described as results that were high on the Child Behavior Check List- a valid resource used to quantify problems that occur with children. Most of this information came about after studying the child placement. It was higher with the children who changed homes quite frequently (Newton et al. 5). The other problem that is studied is the mental health of the children in foster care. More than half the children who entered foster care required mental health services for both what they undergo in the unstable foster care and the conditions that the children undergo before they came into the foster care system. Anyone who was a victim of sexual or physical abuse received mental health services regardless of their current condition. Children who undergo any kind of foster care are three times as likely to be receiving psychiatric aid for their past experiences. (Garland et al. 2). All of the psychological issues can lead to a society that suffers from lack of strong leaders and binds the children to their wounds. They could possibly never overcome the deep wounds that their childhood in foster care and before left on them. It destroys a generation of American children who could have brought great changes into the world. This should be stopped as it is and fix the abusive system to bring about change. A Possible Solution to the Current Foster Care System Crisis Though there are numerous problems found within the current system such as insatiability in foster homes, mismanagement in the agencies, and lack of foster families, which leads to mental illness and imprisonment. There are measures that society has to do to alleviate the self-destruction of the foster children before they reach adulthood. The first is to promote stability for the foster children. Many of the troublesome behaviors that leads the children down the wrong path comes from the fact that the kids are forced to uproot their lives almost every year or even more often than that. The children should be given stable homes that are either long term until they are adopted or until they are reunited with their birth families. The …show more content…
It brings about pain and suffering to the children all the way to the adults. The current system is not working and bringing about important changes to system will take work. It is not impossible to change it following the recommendations given above. The foster care system, which is currently full of mismanagement and instability for all involved can be changed to become a strong component of the health in the saving of these children. The children do after all enter the foster care system to leave the detrimental environments to receive a chance at a better life. The system when fixed can completely change the path that many of the children were going to take and bring about a new generation of children that could have been
Another long-term effect of foster care is the mental health problems that come from the instability and the treatment within the system itself. The abusive system has damaged the mental heath of the children is numerous ways. After long term life in the foster care there has been a reported higher rates of troublesome behavior. The troubling behavior can be described as results that were high on the Child Behavior Check List- a valid resource used to quantify problems that occur with children. Most of this information came about after studying the child placement. It was higher with the children who changed homes quite frequently (Newton et al. 5). The other problem that is studied is the mental health of the children in foster care. More than half the children who entered foster care required mental health services for both what they undergo in the unstable foster care and the conditions that the children undergo before they came into the foster care system. Anyone who was a victim of sexual or physical abuse received mental health services regardless of their current condition. Children who undergo any kind of foster care are three times as likely to be receiving psychiatric aid for their past experiences. (Garland et al. 2). All of the psychological issues can lead to a society that suffers from lack of strong leaders and binds the children to their wounds. They could possibly never overcome the deep wounds that their childhood in foster care and before left on them. It destroys a generation of American children who could have brought great changes into the world. This should be stopped as it is and fix the abusive system to bring about change. A Possible Solution to the Current Foster Care System Crisis Though there are numerous problems found within the current system such as insatiability in foster homes, mismanagement in the agencies, and lack of foster families, which leads to mental illness and imprisonment. There are measures that society has to do to alleviate the self-destruction of the foster children before they reach adulthood. The first is to promote stability for the foster children. Many of the troublesome behaviors that leads the children down the wrong path comes from the fact that the kids are forced to uproot their lives almost every year or even more often than that. The children should be given stable homes that are either long term until they are adopted or until they are reunited with their birth families. The …show more content…
It brings about pain and suffering to the children all the way to the adults. The current system is not working and bringing about important changes to system will take work. It is not impossible to change it following the recommendations given above. The foster care system, which is currently full of mismanagement and instability for all involved can be changed to become a strong component of the health in the saving of these children. The children do after all enter the foster care system to leave the detrimental environments to receive a chance at a better life. The system when fixed can completely change the path that many of the children were going to take and bring about a new generation of children that could have been