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Originally Posted by stovesj  Times have changed drastically. It is very sad to see such young children with these kinds of issues. While divorce is more prevalent, so are the children having children. I often think these young kids having children end up resenting them and take it out on the children and are not mature enough to discipline them. Children need consistent discipline to establish good behavior. As for divorced parents, the issues are the same. Often it becomes a "get even" issue between the parents and the children suffer the consequences.
I have always taken some of these kids under my wing and I can't tell you how much they appreciate having a stable adult to talk to. Many of them just need to be shown that they have value as an individual and be steered in the right direction. |
You're right about how much the lost kids appreciate stability. Our home has always been open to our sons friends and most weekends we had at least 2-3 other kids staying with us (lol...maybe that's why I foster, I'm just so used to it). It wasn't until after our sons were grown that they told me how much their friends loved being here and how lucky they thought our sons were to have parents that really cared about their children and other kids.
To this day, I get graduation announcements from the kids at the high school, and I have not worked there in 4 years, but they still remember - I cared! And, yes - I go to graduation every year - just for them!