Remarkably, children around the world occupy the streets. Countless children each day are abused, assaulted, and harassed, commonly in their own homes. The foster care system, created by Charles Loring Brace, allowed children to enter safer homes and environments when they weren’t safe at home. Sadly, there aren’t enough homes for every kid, meaning some go into group homes. But while the foster care system has come a long way since being invented, this innovative organization has changed many children’s lives, the evolution of the system, and has an interesting origin story. The foster care system has significantly influenced children all over the country over the years. The main goal is to improve and benefit children’s lives. In the 1850s, …show more content…
But, most children face traumatic experiences, even with their biological parents, leaving them more susceptible to trauma throughout their lives. In addition, if foster parents don’t know how to treat trauma or misbehavior related to trauma, many children have received additional damaging effects over the years. Some foster children grow up and have successful lives with kids, carefully checking they don’t make the same mistakes their parents did. Others fall into the same habits as their parents because, in their foster homes, the support system from foster families wasn’t welcome and would not discipline them. This means children who are ministered in these difficult homes can affect their future if foster parents aren't careful. Foster care gives children a chance at a better life. When Brace designed the foster care system, his goal was to remove all children from poor and low-income housing (Jalonga). Furthermore, children everywhere were orphaned, abandoned, and homeless, making Brace responsible for everything (Jalonga). After a while, Brace figured out a solution to …show more content…
Children are the future, depending on their childhood, and influenced by us to better themselves by eventually bettering themselves. Charles Loring Brace’s simple idea changed the face of humanity. In 1853, Brace created Orphan Asylums for poor and homeless children. Later, he discovered that not only homeless and poor children needed to be in these homes. Some children were so poor that they were being sold into slavery because they had no money to receive food, so it seemed to be their best bet to survive. He started seeking out children who were in these situations, as well as kids who were being abused or tortured by their parents. A couple of years later, the idea of foster parents came into play. They would take children into their homes and treat them as their own. Some families took little ones for love, while others saw the opportunity to make more money with the older children working. Almost a decade later, over half the orphans were in foster care, while less than half were in