Experiences of children who have gone through the foster care program.

      Аннотация: Children coming into foster care would have been take away from their parents may be facing emotional, psychological and behavioural problems due to the turmoil, abuse and negligence they may have experienced as such it is critical to emphasize the healing aspect of foster care. There are certain challenges from the system which need to be addressed. Foster children experience improved lifestyle during placements, having the opportunity to be part of a family, have access to better education and being part of an open society where they can create lifelong relationships. Foster care system has challenges which include failure by the children to adjust to the home environment, lack of basic needs and lack of government support. Conclusively, the author discovered that more needs to be done to improve foster care and this includes increased public awareness to provoke and attract new candidates for foster parents, provision of support from the government to the foster parents in form of grants, health and educational assistance.

Ключевые слова: Mainly focuses on experiences of children in the foster care system