What do you want to tell adults of America about foster kids?

Hi, my name is Janice and I'm a foster kid. I've been in care for at least 2 years.

What I want to tell adults of America about foster kids is that:

I'm very thankful that they gave me a place to stay. Plus doing all the work that my sorry parents are suppose to be doing.

They have opened their doors just to make us happy. I'm so thankful for everything they do for me because, I once was just an orphan until one day my dream came true.

The Lord put me with people that will take the time out and see what's wrong or be there to talk to me. When I'm having trouble in school. They can be there to talk. They also will be there when I'm having boy trouble and they can talk with me about them.

Some of the foster kids just don't realize how good they have it being in foster care. To tell you the truth I'm glad I'm in foster care, because I don't have to be treated like a dog in the pound. I can be treated like a normal person.

I know that I'm not the best child in the world, but I try my best to appreciate what is being given to me. I know if I was home I wouldn't get treated like this, because my mother is dead, but she was always on time, but I have a sorry excuse for a father.

That's why I pray to God and ask him to send me a white/or black family that wants a girl my age and has my hopes and dreams. My sister always makes fun of me because I want to be adopted.

There is nothing funny when you want a family that love's you like their own. I hope my dreams come true. Sometimes I ask myself if I keep on writing stories and showing people my Work I will be noticed someday for my famous works.

I just wanted to say thank you foster parents for all the time you've opened your hearts and doors for kids you don't even know. May God give you many blessings and be with you always. Thanks for giving me a place to call home And parents that care about how I live my life in this world today.

There are a lot of great things, and a lot of ways to express my feelings towards Foster Care. And how it touches the lives of others around us.

My personal experience with foster care was somewhat brief. I started in foster care, when I was at the age of fifteen. Of course not by choice, but by law. At the time there was no one else that would step up. So unfortunately, I had to stay in foster care. I remember it like it was yesterday, meeting the Gibsons, who live in Louisville, Kentucky. Oh! They were wonderful people, with good hearts, patience, and open arms. So that relived some of the tension I had going through my mind.

After about a year went by, I could picture the Gibsons like family. Even though at times I always thought about going and being home. I felt like if there's any place I would rather be, ouside of family and friends homes then it would have to be with the Gibsons. Not only did they make me feel like I was at home, but they showed me love, especially when no one else did. I want to give special thanks to the Gibsons, and God bless them and their home!

There are a lot of Foster Care parents, who really do care, and want to help other children like myself, become successful in the future. Now I know "some" Foster Care parents and programs are not what they're cracked up to be. But I look at it like this, everyone's imperfect, and my heart applauds every person(s) who try to make a difference in our society, by accepting a child or children in their home. I hope for all the right reasons. Not for money, or any other reason. Believe me there are some like that out there. It's like you go from one dysfunctional family to the next. We need to get those ones that don't really care; out!

To all the Foster Care families, and soon to be, look at the child like s/he's your own. Whether male or female, black or white, or even the disabled who need a lot more attention than some, it doesn't matter the cost. The children depend on "you" when there was no one else who would
step up to the plate. Just a little advice. If you're a Foster Care parent, or considering to be, then don't half-step, just do it, like Nike. Do it out of love, concern, and have some patience, and determination, when
you do it, because you will need it. And if you believe in God, then pray to him for help, when things may get a little rough for you and your Foster child.

What I wish I could say to the adults of America, are, there are a lot of children in foster care who really want to live in a permanent home. To be able to call someone mother and father again. Some of these children have lost so much, and one person could bring so much back into their lives. You could make them feel that they are someone. And people do love them. Also that some people who aren't able to have children, there are lots of children waiting to be adopted. You could call them your own. It doesn't matter what race, size, age, or anything. What matters is that a child somewhere is really looking for a mother and father, someone to call their own, and you could be that one. And not only would it make that child happy, it might even make you happy, and you may even find who you really are, with the help of a child. Even if you are a foster parent already, what I want to say is that these children need love. That's what has to come first.

I think it's very good what some adults are doing for the kids in america. Like giving them clothes, food, and shelter.

I would say for example, my foster parents give me all that stuff like clothes & toys. I just wanted to tell you what a good job they are doing.

Thanks to all you foster parents out there!

Hello my name is Krystal F. and I am a foster child.
I've been in care for 3-years. I'm 14 years old.

Well the thing that I would like to tell adults of America about us foster kids is that we are normal.

The reason I say that is because a lot of "normal living" peoples look at foster kids like we have problems.

I kinda understand why they look at us that way the because some kids acted up, but then again, think of this, they didn't have a family to teach then how to act right. Another reason I say that we are not treated normal is when we go to school a lot of people will pick on us or say stuff like "at least I know my mom" or something like that.

I wish that people would treat and talk to us foster kids normally. Because we are normal !!!!!

And for whoever reads this I just want to say thank you for taking the time out to read what I have to say. And I just thank GOD for my life even though
I'm in Foster Care.

What I Want to Tell the Adults of America About Kids in Foster Care

I wish I could tell the adults of America that kids in foster care are real people. I say this because most adults who are getting involved in this organization are in it for the money only, and not for the consideration of the kids. Kids who are in foster care are pretty decent kids, they don;t have that guiding light to see them through, and that guiding light is the adults of America. Without it, we kids are lost.

Kids in foster care want a home where they are treated as if they are the birth child. They want love that their siblings never once showed them. Most of all, they want someone to show then that they are somebody and that they have a reason to live.

What I most want to tell the adults of America about foster care is accept us as you accept your own, because we want to be loved too, we have the right to be loved.