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Question: Discuss the types of problems that foster parents experience when they care for a previously maltreated child. Give at least two examples of how the particular type of maltreatment the child experienced affects the difficulties the foster parent may face?
Challenges the foster parents face.
Foster parent deals with children who exhibit variety behavioral changes. Large number of young children enters into foster homes with serious mental, physical and behavioral issues. Great effort should to take into consideration to make foster home a positive environment. Foster parents have an important role in assessing child need and provide the needful and also help the child with behavioral issue, only if the child is in a stable home. Some behavior like fear, excessive crying, eating disorder, lying, tantrum, bed wetting and major issues like stealing, running away and aggression can be challenging to the foster parent.
Steps to be taken by the foster parent
Case of little Sherin Mathew, Sherin was adopted by Indian - American couple from India last year. Her body was found nearly 1 kms away from her home after she went missing for over 2 weeks. Reason for death is still unknown. According to the investigation, foster father initially claimed that the child was left outside the house for not drinking milk as a punishment. Reports suggest that the child has several injuries in healing stage.
There are so many celebrities and real time super foster parents that one can come across in our day to day life. Who has welcomed foster children into their houses and treated them like their own biological children.