# data[].attributes.headline
How can we Help this Kids use their Voices?

# data[].attributes.subject
How can we Help this Kids use their Voices?

# data[].attributes.body
Foster parents can talk to there children before they go to bed.

Organized family style dinners every night can let the children have a chance to talk about whats going on at school and what they think about the situation they're in.

# data[].attributes.body
By giving children voices they may become more socially involved at school.

With more socially involved students we will have more people who may get politically involved at school and in the future.

# data[].attributes.body
We should let kids use their voices. They should get a chance to address the judge. And they shouldn’t have to wait until they’re 10 or 12.

They should be able to talk when they become foster children.

I just want you to consider this.

# data[].attributes.body
Now after reading this I would like you to think:

“Could my kids go into foster care?”

“Am I a neglectful or abusive parent?”

“Do I, even though they are not in foster care. Do I listen to

my children?”
Think this, because these questions are important. If you think so or not.

# data[].attributes.headline
some Adults don't even Think we Should have Foster Care

# data[].attributes.subject
some Adults don't even Think we Should have Foster Care

# data[].attributes.body
After reading Social Workers want to Prevent Child abuse before it happens I learned that there are some adults who don't just agree with me, but think kids shouldn't go into foster care in the first place.

So why don’t they give kids a voice sooner? Because they are too young.

Why do kids still go to foster care? Because their parents are either neglectful or abusive.

What if the kids have important information that the judges are missing? I guess they’ll never figure it out because they won’t listen to the children.

# data[].attributes.headline
Case workers are juggling up to 31 cases each: a lot of which are Large Sibling Groups

# data[].attributes.subject
Case workers are juggling up to 31 cases each: a lot of which are Large Sibling Groups

# data[].attributes.body
From reading Helping Kids Find their Voice with new CASA program there are so many foster children in the world that caseworkers are usually juggling up to 31 cases at once.

And some of these cases are of large sibling groups.

That’s too much work on their shoulders and it also means that less attention is given to each child in each case. We need to take care of our own children.

It’s our job. We can’t leave kids hanging. If you’re not going to let them live with their family, then at least let them use their voices.

# data[].attributes.headline
There are a lot of Kids in Foster Care: Most of which are under 5

# data[].attributes.subject
There are a lot of Kids in Foster Care: Most of which are under 5

# data[].attributes.body
As explained in Children should have a Voice in Determining their own Custody 120,000 children are adopted each and every year.

Wow! That’s a lot. But another 700,000 have their guardianship decided each year. That’s almost 6 times as many as are adopted.

In most cases kids are under 5 when they become foster children. So these kids don’t have a say in anything that was happening.

# data[].attributes.headline
Why they Shouldn't go into Foster Care and than NOT be able to use their Voice

# data[].attributes.subject
Why they Shouldn't go into Foster Care and than NOT be able to use their Voice

# data[].attributes.body
Children shouldn’t go into foster care when they’re 6 but not get to have a voice until they’re 10.

That’s just unfair. By that time it already would have been decided if they would get adopted or if they would go home to their parents.

But what if the children have something to tell the judge that they knew their parents would never tell them about.

Then that means a 6 year old child knows important information but they won’t be able to share it until they’re 10.

# data[].attributes.body
"Children Should Have a Voice in Determining Their Own Custody."Galegroup.com. N.p., 2011

"Helping Kids Find Their Voice With New Big Country CASA Program." Big Country. N.p., 4 Apr. 2014

"Social Workers Want To Prevent Child Abuse Before It Happens." WDIO.com. N.p., 15 Apr. 2014