Feb 01 2009
Florida Facts
A young, drug addicted, pregnant, unmarried mom sits in a Florida jail awaiting the birth of her twins. Two beautiful girls survive this unwanted pregnancy. Who knows how these tiny babies will survive the conditions that they went through while being carried by a drug abuser.
The tiny baby girls were handed over to the biological dad. They left the hospital in his care. The 24 year old dad had no experience in child rearing except his own. Abandoned and abused as a child he spent his life in and out of countless foster homes eventually being adopted by a couple who had over 10 adopted children. These siblings were home schooled by the parents.
The biological dad had a long criminal history including assault. He had no job, no skills and no home. Yet, the state of Florida handed him two precious babies to care for with absolutely no experience or means of providing for them. He was told to take a parenting class. This dad and his two precious babies fell through the huge gap (not a crack) in the Florida system.
Safeguards are supposedly in place to protect our sweet innocent children. Once again, Florida has fallen short.
One of the twins is dead the other with obvious trauma and the biological dad has been arrested for the death. Dad now sits in jail while the surviving twin most likely will endure the Florida foster care system. I assume this child will take the same path of mom and dad. How sad that we let this happen again and again. What needs to be done to protect and save our children? The state of Florida should be ashamed of all the children it has abandoned.
That is so sad! I guess more of us could volunteer to be Foster parents. The system makes it hard, though, for the caregivers to really parent the child. Parenting takes love and commitment and the system works against that. It’s often social services who move the kids, just so the foster parents and the kids won’t get attached. Attachment is what these kids need.
Alas, I’m too old to do that job.