When I Get Home PSA - Teens in Foster Care

"When I Get Home" (c) 2004, Invest Creative.

Thousands of kids don't have permanent homes because they are victims of abuse, neglect or abandonment. Some of these kids will be adopted into loving homes. Unfortunately, hundreds will not. So, what happens to the kids who never get adopted? Imagine being a teenager without a permanent home. Never having your own room, close friends, a place to hangout, a place to study, the courage to dream, or even someone to make you feel loved.

And now . . . imagine that teenager as an adult.

You can help these teens by opening your heart and your home to them as a mentor, foster parent, or an adoptive parent. Thousands of teenagers need your help to be better adults. Pick up the phone or go to the Internet to learn how.

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[fenianbitch]

@fenianbitch Don't give up on taking in a teen, most people want small, young, cute kids. Teens can be overlooked, because they are so big and so close to adulthood and can be involved in acting out in more adult ways. but, they are still babies and need love and hugs and acceptance, especially through their harder times. To all here who have had bad experiences in foster care. I am so sorry. :( It is not right. But there are those of us who do care and do try and will not give up.

[fenianbitch]

@fenianbitch To continue, he even beat my son up once. We stuck it out and continued to treat him as our own, I could not see giving up on him. He was thirteen when he came to us and it took over a year to get through to him, that he could not push us away and we were not giving up on him, even when he acted out. He has been through so much, but this Christmas, he gave me one of the greatest gifts I ever got. he gave me a card he bought and he addressed it to 'Mom and Dad'. I cried.

[fenianbitch]

@elliebabe155 Hello, I am a foster parent. I have two teenagers that are my biological children, aged fourteen and fifteen. So when I decided to do foster parenting, I thought it would be easier for me to bring in a teenager. I am the proud foster mother of a fourteen year old boy. he was neglected, beat by his mother's boyfriends, exposed to lots of drug abuse and he was very angry and hurt. When he came, he had been kicked out of four homes already and totally did not trust or like us at all.

[globalhealth4]

I have been abused and neglected in childhood. I acted out with my parents. The only thing that helped me was my Grandmother PRAYING EVERYDAY! Thank God! And I had issues of unforgiveness, anger, drugs, and etc. Now, that I have grown and matured through alot with Christ on my side, I am going to open a transiting home for the teens who never get a permanent home. cause I know if your never placed then your released at 18yrs with no where to go right? Please EMAIL me and let me know ur thougts!

[globalhealth4]

Ok hey everyone that made a comment..most of you have been in the system for a while seems like. I KNOW there is a will for all of you. Please don't be discouraged. God thinks the best of you and wants the best of you. And don't think that if God is real then why did He let this happen to me? That is a common deciet to get you guys off track spiritually. God loves us all. And please don't ever think that those or us that have homes or who have never been in FC have had great lives! We haven't!

[janetteemccrary]

@elliebabe155 I don't think it makes a difference if they are a child or teen... Generally, the longer a child has been in care and/or at home being abused, the more likely they are to be angry and act out. And if you are a caring person it shouldn't matter if they act out or not, you should love them anyhow. I can't believe the worker actually advised that... Now I know why I was in Group Homes and shelters more than actual homes after I turned 13!

[elliebabe155]

@janetteemccrary My Message I sent you, What do you think about it? Is it true that if you foster a teen they bring Trouble? I dont expect it to be a walk through the Park but please read my question Below and reply to me. Thankyou all xx

[elliebabe155]

My Message below, What do you think about it? Is it true that if you foster a teen they bring Trouble? I dont expect it to be a walk through the Park but please read my question Below and reply to me. Thankyou all xx

[elliebabe155]

@janetteemccrary Hi, I am Sorry to hear about your Foster Story and the Things you went through But I am sure you are an Inspiration to many overs that are and have been through the same. I am thinking of fostering a Teenage Girl And I already have a Daughter who is 14 But the Social Worker said that she doesnt really advise having a teenager as they bring troulbe some how I dont believe that I believe if you give the child Time Care Love and teach it correctly that not all teens are Bad?

[samidancer295]

and ended up telling everyone she had 4 sons and if she had a daughter she didnt know she existed. which would be me... and the fact she got pregnant while she was drunk on a one night stand so no one knows who my biological father is. but you know what. life goes on. no matter how much it sucks. you were given a life. so be thankful for it. for the many children who are being killed each and everyday. don't give up hope. because miracles do happen. god bless you all.