This is something that you may end up seeing a lot through out your time fostering. If you suspect that one of your foster children is abusing another foster child, biological children, pets or others, you need to step in, find out what is happening and deal with it quickly.

It is not uncommon to see young children initiating sexual acts towards another young child. They are acting out what has been done to them. They may not even realize it is wrong or that there is something wrong with this behavior. Most abused children have lived most of their lives in bad situations and abuse in most cases is all the children know. They do not know how to react when faced with disappointment,... more

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A was placed in a group foster setting where he seem to find himself with more problems. He was fighting with other foster children. There were anger outburst,and he was unable to control his emotions.

C learned that her son A would not be allowed back to the home while the other children lived there. So, she had to choose between her children. The most unimaginable thing a mother could face. She was told if her son did return home to her that they would remove her other children, or her husband could move out with the other children. She knew that if A returned home, she could not be sure that she could prevent him from abusing his siblings.

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A mother named C was married with four children. She was working two jobs, to help care for her family. During her time at work her husband started to sexually abuse their young children. The abuse continued for a number of years. C was unaware of the sexual abuse of her daughter and three sons. One day she found out what her children had been enduring. She divorced him and went to the police. Her husband was convicted of the sexual abuse of his own young children and was sent to prison. The children did receive some counseling and went on with their lives.

C found a man that loved her four children, she married him, and they had two little girls of their own. He adopted her four... more

It is not uncommon to see foster children later becoming parents that end up losing their children to foster care. When children come into foster care after surviving years of abuse and continue surviving in foster care for the rest of childhood can start the cycle of abuse.

A young boy 8 years old was placed into foster care after he was admitted in a psychiatric hospital. He had placed a noose around his neck to end his own life after suffering ongoing sexual abuse which started at the age of 3 months old and continued until he was admitted into the hospital. This little boy’s only way out of the agonizing pain that he had endured his entire life was to end his life.

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