For foster children, relatives can make all the difference – America’s care system should strive harder to keep more children with their families
This article explains how more efforts should be made to prevent family separation and how kinship care is a solution which is not well enough explored. According to the article “Research shows that children who have been removed from their parents but brought up by relatives do better in myriad other ways. Research also suggests why that might be so. Relatives are less likely than foster parents to request that poorly behaved children be removed. And they are more likely to take in groups of siblings, who are routinely separated in the care system. » The article mentions that even if there is a growing awareness that family placements are preferable and should be prioritized, it does not happen enough. CHIP recommends the reading of this article, which shows the importance of family relations for placed children’s well-being and development.
