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Homeless Baby
#AdamsPhotoChallenge – Hate Theme
This is not an SL sob story, or sad backstory for an online character. This is reality.
In 2018, at least 678,000 children were abused and/or neglected in the United States according to the Children’s Bureau. There are over 400,000 children in foster care at any given time. We don’t all get adopted, and live out happy lives like Shirly Temple did in Annie. Many of us have been nothing more than someone’s pay check. Many of us went from abusive biological parents to abuse far worse from foster “parents”. I have watched people turn green in the face when I’ve told them about some of the “homes” I had growing up. Our foster care system is broken. The qualified workers and foster parents are in short supply, and the majority of people looking to adopt don’t want older kids; they want babies. Many of the older foster kids never get to find a loving home or family. Instead, they simply age out of the system, and end up alone to face the world by themselves. Most of them will put on a tough face, and tell you, “It’s no big deal. I’ve always been on my own anyway.” Then, look at how many people come to SL and find they have a second chance on having a real family, and a real childhood. It hurts being alone your whole life; without a family to love and support you.
Homeless Baby
#AdamsPhotoChallenge – Hate Theme
This is not an SL sob story, or sad backstory for an online character. This is reality.
In 2018, at least 678,000 children were abused and/or neglected in the United States according to the Children’s Bureau. There are over 400,000 children in foster care at any given time. We don’t all get adopted, and live out happy lives like Shirly Temple did in Annie. Many of us have been nothing more than someone’s pay check. Many of us went from abusive biological parents to abuse far worse from foster “parents”. I have watched people turn green in the face when I’ve told them about some of the “homes” I had growing up. Our foster care system is broken. The qualified workers and foster parents are in short supply, and the majority of people looking to adopt don’t want older kids; they want babies. Many of the older foster kids never get to find a loving home or family. Instead, they simply age out of the system, and end up alone to face the world by themselves. Most of them will put on a tough face, and tell you, “It’s no big deal. I’ve always been on my own anyway.” Then, look at how many people come to SL and find they have a second chance on having a real family, and a real childhood. It hurts being alone your whole life; without a family to love and support you.