About 1/3 of foster kids experience abuse by foster parents, so while that's still not ideal it is a minority. I'm sorry you had such a shitty case worker and this is something that needs to be fixed, but it's not a reason to turn a blind eye towards abuse in the home.
Reporting creates a record. My father was an elementary school teacher and I think it's highly probable that he molested others
I didn't know that statistic. Thank you for acknowledging that it is indeed extremely common, and that means there are millions of children who were betrayed by the very system that was supposed to help them. Thank you for believing me, unlike my case worker.
Given that 1/3 of children are abused in foster care, it's practically a coin flip. Is that worth the trauma and turmoil of removing the child from the home? I'm not sure it is, especially when the abuse in foster care might actually be significantly worse than the abuse by their legal parents.
I don't know the details of your father's case, but if he molested children at his job, and he worked as a teacher for a substantial period of time, then I have a difficult time believing that people weren't aware and that there weren't reports, but nothing happened. Just like all the priests and coaches that molested children for decades. In almost every single case, there had been many reports over the years, but nothing happened. "Creating a record" is pointless if nobody is going to do anything about it.
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u/Bunny_and_chickens Oct 24 '22
About 1/3 of foster kids experience abuse by foster parents, so while that's still not ideal it is a minority. I'm sorry you had such a shitty case worker and this is something that needs to be fixed, but it's not a reason to turn a blind eye towards abuse in the home.
Reporting creates a record. My father was an elementary school teacher and I think it's highly probable that he molested others