Update: I guess I was a little too angry when I wrote this. Nothing has happened but our information has been compromised. There will be changes coming, partly because someone, probably unknowingly, said some things they shouldn't have. It's not like we're super hard to find but....
As members of the community you are bound to know families who choose to make the sacrifice to foster children. Please, Please, Please, respect their privacy. Never give their full name or address to ANYONE no matter how well you think you know the person requesting information. And NEVER give their name and address to a parent of a child in their care. It puts the family and the children in their care at GREAT RISK. As a member of the community, a family member or friend you do not have full disclosures. You may be unaware of a biological parent's background, mental illness, drug history or a myriad of other pertinent information the State has used to assess the safety of the children in it's custody. Weather you think the removal is fair or not, right or not, or even legal does not give you the right to disclose the location of a foster family caring for children in State custody. The foster family did not make the decision to remove the children and will not make the decision to return children to their biological parents.
Can you tell I'm a little angry? =)
5 comments:
Uh oh. Sounds like something bad happened...and I'm really sorry. Hope everything is ok.
Are you guys ok?
Wow. I hope you are all ok and nothing too serious has to come of this. It is good to let people know this, though. Especially that the state knows why the children were removed from the home and they were the ones who made the decision.
We are very lucky there are people like you willing to do foster care.
Some people are so dang stupid...or ignorant. I hope things are okay.
Sorry that you are going through this. It was one of our biggest fears going into this (particularly because of Elijah). I hope everything goes OK for you!
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