How can someone suffer from abuse in foster homes? aren't they supposed to help and support people?

Question

How can someone suffer from abuse in foster homes? aren't they supposed to help and support people?

Answer 1

suffering in foster homes is still alive, my 2 nephew's lived in a foster home and the lady there feed them oatmeal for breakfast, lunch and dinner until 1 of the other children told.

Answer 2

Some people foster children solely for the money...and while some try to really be good foster parents, some others are truly horrible people.  Some foster children are physically and/or sexually abused, not fed properly, made to work like servants, etc.  As in everything in life, there are some wonderful people who treat foster children well, and some who are despicable.

Answer 3

If they are in a group home then abuse can happen from the caregivers or even from other youth in the home. They should report it to their caseworker.

Answer 4

In addition to the people who either think it's easy money or find themselves overwhelmed, there's another issue that no one wants to talk about--that something about the kids themselves prompts abuse. (WAIT, this does not mean they deserve it.)

Children who've been abused may have always been hard to handle, which is how abuse out of frustration starts, and they don't get any easier after they've been abused.

Other kids develop coping mechanisms for the abuse they've suffered that leads to more abuse from others. Think about those oversexualized little girls. The sexual talk and what would look like flirtatiousness in a 25 year-old can require a lot of training to separate the behavior and language from what's developmentally appropriate. Normal people, even trained foster parents, may not be able to make that distinction.