Should Foster Children Be Forced to Attend the Meetings? (page 3)

Mr. Kim

Should Foster Children Be Forced to Attend the Meetings? ANSWER: NO!

My question is: Should ANYONE be FORCED to go to the meetings?

Sorry but yes. If a foster parent leaves a foster child unattended, they could get into trouble. If a person of ANY religion felt that they wanted to bring their minor kids to a religious service, I think that's their right, under the law.

badwillie

good topic Funch. I agree with others here who have said that the much larger issue is the whole idea of forced religious indoctrination of children.

Panda

About 25 yrs ago in Seaside Oregon a dub family had foster kids who were mentally challenged. The girl was molested by her dub foster father. It all came out after I left that area, but another elder had also molested several young sisters there too. A religion which gives men the authority is just planting the seeds for pedophiles.

No the foster kids should not be made to attend church services and yes the gov't should pay for a babysitter.

Euphemism

I think the key is in these two points:

When the 14-year-old girl complained...

The DCS' Blount County coordinator told 6 News Thursday that foster children come from a variety of religious backgrounds and if children are old enough, they can be removed if they don't feel comfortable in a foster home.

The state didn't intervene out of the blue here. They intervened because the girl complained. And the state didn't say that they wouldn't allow the JWs to have foster kids anymore. Rather, it was the JWs themselves who "closed their doors."

What did they expect the state to do? Force the girl to stay in a situation where she was uncomfortable?

run dont walk

Interesting topic ...........

I knew someone who was adopted, when he was about 8, by the time he was 17 he had left home, because he couldn't stand being forced to go to meetings.

when to parents go to far ????

hhhhhhmmmmmmmm

shamus

Of course not!

Working with developmentally challenged adults, we are NOT ALLOWED to force them to do anything... that is the beginning and the end of it.

Part of your job is 24/7 care. If you need to go to a religious service or do something without them, it is YOUR JOB to get respite, end of discussion. True, they can go shopping or something, but you need to have someone on call or available at all times... that is what YOU get PAID for. If they don't like it, then quit looking after them.

Where the hell are these people from? And how Dare the witnesses throw they're cult into the minds of these kids.

detective

The foster child was forced into what? About six hours a week of religious training? That's hardly a once a week sunday service! Was she required to participate in other religious activities as well? Family bible study?

Was she required to follow along as the foster parents went door to door as well? Certainly they couldn't let her be unsupervised while they peddled books in field service. Did she have to go along then too?

This guy is playing it off as though the group does not require excessive time-consuming participation.

It's nice that he doesn't mind holding a baptist child hostage and toting them to his religious meetings. Tell me, is he ever attending a baptist service so that the foster child can have their spiritual preferences met?

Should Foster Children Be Forced to Attend the Meetings?