No I have not adopted, but for 20 years worked with these kids in a Community Mental Health Center, for which the last 10 I ran the residential program. We had a lot of kids aging out of the youth system whose parents, usually the father, were totally uninvolved in their lives. This is not to say their mothers were really involved in t…
No I have not adopted, but for 20 years worked with these kids in a Community Mental Health Center, for which the last 10 I ran the residential program. We had a lot of kids aging out of the youth system whose parents, usually the father, were totally uninvolved in their lives. This is not to say their mothers were really involved in their lives. Moms were usually looking for the next boyfriend not necessarily providing emotional support for the existing kids. I learned that we have a lot of kids in this country born into homes, or adopted into homes, that don't really provide the support children need to maintain healthy development....and in most cases, it's because their parents never grew up in an environment that supported them. In other words, it's truly generational and I hope it doesn't take seven generations to get over the mistakes of the parents.
No I have not adopted, but for 20 years worked with these kids in a Community Mental Health Center, for which the last 10 I ran the residential program. We had a lot of kids aging out of the youth system whose parents, usually the father, were totally uninvolved in their lives. This is not to say their mothers were really involved in their lives. Moms were usually looking for the next boyfriend not necessarily providing emotional support for the existing kids. I learned that we have a lot of kids in this country born into homes, or adopted into homes, that don't really provide the support children need to maintain healthy development....and in most cases, it's because their parents never grew up in an environment that supported them. In other words, it's truly generational and I hope it doesn't take seven generations to get over the mistakes of the parents.