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An open discussion about the troubled parent industry

You really need to consider the fact that the government and county facilities that are available for delinquent boys are all risks for our boys.  When a boy starts violating laws and rebelling against the rules of home and society you can go to court and they will either put him in a detention center, a group facility or a foster home.  All of which, I must inform you, are placing your child at risk for sexual abuse.  I am a social worker in the field of child welfare and a faith based facility that had an incident is no news in this helping field. Not to take sexual abuse lightly, or any abuse lightly, but it happens.  All the programs have stuff happen, they deal with it, and plug forward.  You really need to realize that.  I had a three year old sexually abused in a foster home.  This is very painful to know that this kinda thing could happen.  Does that mean we need to shut down foster care all together? NO.  We still need foster care and faith based facilities like Anchor, etc.  Be realistic and stop trying to shut down options.  These options may not be the ideal, but the human situations and social problems we deal with are not ideal either, and there is no perfect solution coming from a social worker in the field since 1995. These placed do turn kids around and give hope.  Stop trying to take that  hope away.