Effects of Being a Foster Child
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I agree with you about being able to rise above our experiences. Its not only foster children that have sad or traumatic upbringings. "Normal" families also have abuse, narcs and rejection. We all have something that happened at some point that was traumatic to us. You either become a victim or a survivorkandscreeley wrote:Not being a foster child myself, I'm not sure I can really speculate too much on this. However, I do believe that our experiences shape who we are. That's not to say that we can't rise above those circumstances and experiences. I do believe that these shaped Alex and maybe even caused some of his behaviors.
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I agree. I just realized this time that this story that we are discussing is not just limited to being a sci-fi fantasy story. It also touches the issues in the field of psychology.kandscreeley wrote:Not being a foster child myself, I'm not sure I can really speculate too much on this. However, I do believe that our experiences shape who we are. That's not to say that we can't rise above those circumstances and experiences. I do believe that these shaped Alex and maybe even caused some of his behaviors.
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One good thing about Alex Fine's experience with the two families is that his encounter with them was not at all tragic. There were instances when he enjoyed staying with them because in a short while he experienced having a good father and a good mother.
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Foster children often have issues with forming attachments to people, even when fostered from birth. Many people who are adopted later on also have issues with this. That's not typical with kids who live with their bio parents, unless they have an underlying neurological disorder.Jaime Lync wrote:I think that foster children are not that much different from children who live with their biological parents. None of us choose our birth parents. I think that Alex might have been negatively affected by the foster parents that took him in but he had the lady who ran the foster care centre so he was better off than someone stuck with bad parents.
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On the other hand, a foster family can be very caring at times while equally torturing in other cases. It solely depends on the organization who are responsible for choosing the foster families. After all, the individuals in the foster family also help in the development of personalities which may turn out to be good or bad. The major concern in the foster family is the love and care that the foster child can get. When your fate depends on others, how can you predict your future?