“The fact that they seem to have two parents together is something.”
Yep. That sure stood out like a sore thumb, didn’t it?
Prayers up for these kids.
Beau and his former wife (he was widowed) had 14 foster kids over a 20 year period. Only two, that he still has sporadic contact with, have gone on to live moderately crappy lives as adults; quite a few others turned to crime and drugs and the consequences a life like that brings. A few died young; drugs, car wrecks, that kind of sadness...
It’s really heartbreaking how ‘disposable’ children are; either in the womb and, then, outside of it.
I have no answers other than I admire people who at least TRY, as did these Officers. I raised a Stepson and two Nephews; crappy parents, mental illness and drug and alcohol use were rampant in their natal families. ONE of the three is, again, living a moderately crappy life as an adult; the other two are lost causes.
So do I. One of my friends had two Liberian refugee girls living with her family for a couple of years. They were over 18 and ineligible for foster care or adoption. They had no legal relationship with the girls, but they housed them, provided transportation, helped them get GEDs and community college training programs, etc.
Anyone who helps, whether it's children with no functioning parents, or children whose mother is trying, is pushing back against entropy.
I think the best outcome happens when the kids are adopted out very very early...