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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
One of the root causes of this crisis is that responsible and compassionate couples aren't exactly lining up to foster vulnerable children. As we've become richer as a society, and as families have gotten smaller, the pool of parents willing to adopt and foster children older than newborns has actually gotten smaller. No government agency can wave a wand and make thousands of loving and nurturing adoptive families appear. I suspect they know very well that they're often handing kids into less than ideal situations, but they resign themselves to choosing the best of a bad lot and hoping it works out.
I'm not excusing the government in this case. But the bigger issue - a chronic shortage of foster homes - isn't going to go away no matter how many inquiries and firings take place.
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If this is true, and I'm not saying you're right, but if this is true, why do you think it is?