In a recent congressional address, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump brought attention to the foster care crisis, with Melania promoting her Foster the Future initiative for children in need. The administration has focused on alarming statistics, noting a 71% rise in child murders by parents since 1998. The author shares personal experience as a foster parent, detailing the tragic situation of a baby named Daniel, who, despite surviving drug withdrawals, faced the risk of being returned to an unfit mother without adequate assessments in place.
This isn’t an anomaly; it’s the norm in child protection. Children are dying on the radar screens of agencies failing to protect them.
Daniel spent three weeks in intensive care, tethered to a morphine drip, fighting for his life. I expected the complications of drug withdrawals, but not the courtroom ordeal.
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