That people like me don't exist and that foster care is a magical healing place that saves children from horrible people. People do not want to know what happens to American foster children because then they will feel guilty and no one wants to feel guilty. It's easier if you just pretend it doesn't exist then you don't have do anything about it. It's easier if you just pretend WE don't exist. But we do exist. Foster care is creating thousands of scared, damaged, angry, lonely souls who can't speak the same language as the rest of the world so we end up drifting around searching for love and family. We end up searching for "home" for the rest of our lives and never finding it. No one will ever see us because we will forever remain invisible unless people choose to notice and change what the government is doing to it's most vulnerable children. The statistics for former foster children are bleak, but they are not just crazy, lazy, homeless, drug addicts, and criminals. They are products of the American foster care system. They are scared, sad, lonely, damaged people. They are products of YOUR government and your tax dollars. So stop allowing us to be invisible. Open your eyes and really SEE what's happening to children in your country.
The loneliest children in the world | Percolated Paradox
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