Should Foster Children Be Forced to Attend the Meetings? (page 2)

freedom96

In answer to the original question, I don't believe anyone should be forced to go to the meetings.

I think the issues in this case are much deeper than whether or not the girl should go to the meetings with her foster parent.

talesin

I wonder if the 'two witness' rule applies to foster children?

gypsywildone

I just saw on the History Channel yesterday that a bunch of kids murdered in the Jim Jones mess were actually foster children placed with them by the state of California that they drug off to Guyana.

moonwillow

No one should be forced to do anything!

Funchback

No one should be forced to do anything!

That about sums it up!

Joker10

Depending how old they are and how they behave.

safe4kids

Funch, you asked:

If a JW foster parent was in a car wreck and the foster child needed blood, does the father have any right to refuse? In other words, whose decision is it to make? The foster parent or the State?

I don't know about other states, although I do know that all states model their Child Welfare programs on the Federal Statutes; at any rate, in Florida, I believe the answer to your question would be that initially it would be up to the foster parent to make any decisions regarding the child's medical welfare, but as soon as the State was aware of the situation, it would be out of their hands, especially if the foster parent were trying to block needed medical treatment. Foster parents have the right to handle a foster child's medical issues on an ongoing, daily basis, but everything has to also pass thru the oversight of the case manager appointed by the state. So it would be unlikely that a foster child would not get a needed blood transfusion.

Dana

safe4kids

Mobbie,

I would like to know what other devoutly religious foster families do when the teens in their care do not want to attend services?

I imagine the placement would most likely break down and the children would be moved to another home without similar restrictions. Children in the foster care system, at least in Florida, do have a voice regarding where they are and what is happening to them. If they are unhappy with a placement, and discussions with the foster parents do not yield satisfactory results, then an alternate placement is usually found for them.

Dana

Elsewhere

I have an aunt and uncle who tried to adopt a kid... he got tired of the whole JW thing REAL fast and asked to be removed from them.

marriedtodamob

Thanks Dana for that info! I recently watched the movie "White Oleander" which is about a teen girl going from foster home to foster home. It was very well done and a real eye-opener for me. One of the homes she is placed in is a very religious one that goes very wrong-anyone else catch that one?

mobbie

Should Foster Children Be Forced to Attend the Meetings?

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