A Mandatory Background Check for Foster Parents is a Very Good Idea
Jun 15, 2008 Foster Parenting
Have you heard? A high-ranking Washington State border patrol official has been charged with three counts of third-degree child rape. Joseph Giuliano, 55-year-old deputy chief of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a 20-year veteran, admitted to having an ongoing sexual relationship with his 14-year-old foster child. Mr. and Mrs. Giuliano took the girl in when her parents separated and were unable to care for her. As if this poor kid hasn’t been through enough already, she had to tolerate months and months of the dirty old man’s disgusting advances. It seems upstanding citizens may also have dark skeletons lurking in their closet.
It was an anonymous phone call from someone in Bellingham High School that alerted the Sheriff’s Office. Apparently, the victim complained to her friends about her new “father’s” ongoing abuse. Reportedly, Mrs. Giuliano was not aware of her husband’s deviant behavior toward their foster daughter. The Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor has recommended Giuliano serve one year in jail on work release and undergo three years of sexual deviancy treatment.
And what of the child? Who will put her life back together? It seems incredibly unlikely that a man with a tendency to take advantage of a child’s vulnerability has lived to be 55 and has never done it before in his life. Chances are, he’s been caught, too. In that case, there may just be a record of that in his criminal history. Did the Child Protection Agency do a background check on Giuliano before entrusting him with this child’s welfare?
They do thorough background checks on people who want to adopt a child, but it seems foster care is different. We certainly seem to hear about the abuse and deaths of foster children a lot more often. So, just about anyone can take them in because no one else wants them? Clearly, every potential foster parent should undergo a thorough background check. And shouldn’t border patrol officials and agents undergo background checks as well?
The above account is based on a true story. Background Checks protect peaceful citizens from being deceived and/or harmed by a cunning criminal.
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Author Reveals Insights on Foster Parenting in Self Published Book
Jun 13, 2008 Foster Parenting
The title of being a mother stems beyond just the fact that she has given birth. It requires unconditional love and a lot of responsibility in order to foster healthy relationships with your own children and ensure their personal growth as well. After all, parents play a huge role in influencing their children.Moreover, the responsibilities of being a parent to a child not your own may be no different to being a parent to a biological one. In fact, it may entail even more. Being a foster parent requires deep awareness and understanding of the bond between a biological parent and a child.Foster parents should work through their thoughts and emotions about this special bond, whether these children go back to their own homes, be adopted or stay in foster care for a longer period.Mary Alexander shares all these and more in her self-published book, A Walk in My Shoes. She narrates her ordeal as a foster parent looking after children who look to her for their day-to-day guidance and comfort.From her experience, she gives readers helpful insights to other foster parents, as well as adoptive parents, on dealing with childrenâs struggles, whether behavioral or medical, so they can succeed.A Walk in My Shoes is published by Xlibris.About XlibrisXlibris was founded in 1997 and, as the leading publishing services provider for authors, has helped to publish more than 20,000 titles. Xlibris is based in Bloomington, IN and provides authors with direct and personal access to quality publication in hardcover, trade paperback, custom leather-bound, and full-color formats.For more information, please visit http://www.xlibris.com/requestkit/index.asp?src=apr&key=gc , e-mail pressrelease@xlibris.com or call at 1-888-795-4247, to receive a free publishing guide.
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Being Good Foster Parents
Jun 11, 2008 Foster Parenting
In principle, every child has a right to the security of a big family to be. But for various reasons, some parents are temporarily or permanently unable to provide their children the affection, love, safety and security given to those who need them.In such situations is often the inclusion of the child in a loving foster family, a good solution.The reasons that a child “offer on time,” a home are many. Many people have friends working with children. Sometimes their children are older and independent, and mother and / or father did find a new, more meaningful task.When foster parents can apply both married and unmarried couples and single persons with and without children. However, it is easier for the foster child to integrate, when his own children stand to the side.The application and examination procedures are similar to an adoption:Participation in preparatory seminarsPersonal acquaintanceJoint meetingsHome visitsCompleting the application form and teach a police certificate of good conduct and health certificatesThe foster parents should not put in financial straits and it should be enough housing available, so the family closer together not because of the foster child “” must. While a foster child does not necessarily need a separate room, but enough space for their own needs.Foster parents should be crisis-proof, sociable and assertive. A warm, family-minded climate and time flexibility are as important as willingness to cooperate with the authorities and the family of origin.Foster parenthood means “public parents – being”. Only those who feel ready for it, may have chosen to be foster parents.
There Is Some Good That Comes Out Of Foster Parenting
Jun 9, 2008 Foster Parenting
Foster parenting is a good thing to do, especially if you are a kind and caring person who genuinely cares for the kids. It is also a good thing to do if you are looking to adopt a child or if you just want to contribute the good will to your life. Unfortunately, foster parenting also has challenges involved with it because most of the children who go through the foster parenting program tend to have different problems which vary in severity. That fact is something that makes foster parenting difficult.
If you want to start out with foster parenting, it is important to understand that there will be ups and downs. If you are experienced at foster parenting you know what they are. One of the things that can cause problems during foster parenting is that the children you may end up with could have problems. Moving from one family to the other or just living with the realization that your parents let you go can take its toll. That is why it is important to understand that if you want to be a foster parent you need to be able to deal with all these issues and have a certain personality.
Another potential problem is that you could actually get attached to each other. While on the surface this may look like a problem, it could develop into one if the parents actually want their children back. The reality is that they could prefer to live with you but they may be forced to go back to their parents. This could be a heartbreaking situation.
There is some good that comes out of foster parenting. If you decide you want to be a foster parent you have the very real opportunity of making a difference and helping kids who may have had a tough life. You could give a child the opportunity to love again after they may have been let down. Chances are, these children come from harsh lives and have some problems. They suffer form issues like the fear of abandonment or they could just be angry at the world. Good foster parenting is one that makes the child stronger and feel like there are people out there who care about them.