Foster care or an adoptive home is a facility where children who do not have parents live. These facilities are managed by foster care authorities who are required to look after the children until they are adopted or become adults. Every child living in a foster care facility has the right to feel protected, secure and safe.
It is the responsibility of foster carers to make children feel loved and safe. But several allegations have been reported as far as the kind of treatment that it offered to children living in these facilities. It is true that not all foster care centers have bad reputations but some do.
- It is known that children living in adoptive homes and foster care facilities often face physical, mental and psychological abuse at the hand of foster care facilities. Such allegations are a matter of serious concern and must be handled carefully. One cannot straight away hold the carers responsible and a proper approach to find out the real truth must be followed.
- If you have noticed any such abuse or ill treatment at foster care centers, you must either report it to local child care teams or to the police. If the allegations come out to be true, the license of foster care authorities can be cancelled and they may have to face legal implications.
- There are a number of groups and teams which are known to look into the welfare of children living in foster cares. These authorities make sure all children are safe, feel secure and are facing no threat or harm to life or health.
- Some other types of allegations put against foster care authorities include unhygienic living conditions, not allocating enough funds for food and supplies and using foul language near or around children.
- These kinds of allegations are also dealt with serious actions since children living in these facilities have a right to proper diet and nutrition. On not receiving it, they can contact child support NGO or concerned authorities about the same.
If you are someone who is planning to adopt a child from a foster care, you must make efforts to understand the kind of treatment children have been getting at the facility so as to report any matter which may seem of concern. The main job of such centers is to provide a good upbringing to children whose parents are no longer alive or in the condition to provide care.
