People what are we doing for children in need, hungry, abandoned, unwanted, abortion, children whats wrong?

Question

whats wrong with us we do nothing to help these children we get so caught up in our everyday life's....about saving for the BMW the latest fashion buying a house etc etc....what about those unwanted children....what about children who are aborted and women who keep having continuous abortions carelessly as if though it was contraception.....what about those young babies mothers leave in hospital with no one to love them.....WHAT ARE WE DOING....why dont we pay more to foster carers why is this profession not taken serious...

sachee dont be sarcastic ok...yes what you school is doing is good. Im just saying as nation if we all stood together im sure we could do something to help out more instead we put greed first and hide out all the bad and unwanted...Why not get all those homeless together build homes for them give those who are able and want a chance at live a job give them that start...for children start schemes of buddie schemes maybe they have like an adoptive family they can go have sunday meals with them..i am one person but what are we doing to try to make it better....we all think about it and then think cause we donate a £ or do a jelly raffle it helps we do this to feel better but is it really all we can do....i dont think so

ieasjb that is why the world is the way it is...im not religious nor go to church i have in the past and i know what the bibile says etc....but hey you know what with the way people think selfishly thats why nothing will every change

hey CHOLE E you again a women with a BRAIN a HEART and HUMANITY maybe we should starta protest he he...you see what i mean...take care

REDNECK...this is my whole point we dont support each other enought that mother was most likey seriously depressed where was here help or counsellor...where is the support that that innocent child needed we dont have a good support system i wouldnt say that its a good idea she aborted but at least if we made people feel ok about adoption is that not better then DEATH

MOMO i hope your not a parent if so i ask you think what you just said again this is what i mean about smal minded is y the nation will never have peace or humanity....yes the parents should have kept their legs closed mayb....but what has that got to do with poor innocent child who was left on the streets to die...or a little girl crying in a foster home wondering why she is not loved what did they do your cold to call them aburden they are human and very fragile like your own child if there is one...what would happen if you had no family and something would happen to you would you like to think the world is so cruel to look at your child as a burden ... i hope this does upset some as thats what we need as we all sit her talkin and agreeing on are post computers there is a child in the cold around drugs hungry crying and wanting love ...but hey their societys burdens shall we make a cup of tea!!!

oh u again FROG...not whinning just opening peoples minds to how we live...DONATION yea and the sponsers drive around in their big fat cars...ok and how many years of sponsering and millions do we have to go threw for years on end to come to some sort of solution...mmm

GUCNIO...79 I WORK for social services as a career...I am doing my ?NVQ 2 to become a social worker and am actually considering becoming a foster career so dont start ok just cause i hit a nerve...i also at christmas time did my own personal charity and bought a childrens home lots of pressy and food so they felt warm and wanted at christmas and im 23 so is that not a start!! if we all did somthing it makes it a little better..what is it for you to stop at a homeless shelter if you can afford it go give something to a child

Answer 1

Unfortunatly, there really is only limited we can do.--Short of what we already are attempting to do: No questions asked dropping off newborns at safe havens.
We need to encourage women that there is hope. There needs to be more reassurance and financial safety nets for pregnant women in need.
Also work and school needs to be more understanding of pregnancy and child rearing as well as our country being more generous with medical care.

Answer 2

I had an abortion and let me tell you, it was the best choice anyone could have made for myself, my lover and the potential child. While I do agree that people should be doing more for others, I think that your idea that abortion should be in your list up there is simplistic, ignorant and just plain wrong. When it comes to abortion even mothers abandoning babies, you should be asking "What are we doing to prevent this from happening?" The answer should be education, caring and resources for the women ect., but with all your 'save the children!' campaigning, the women get lost. Then again, a lot of people in your field have given up on adults. I suggest you seek some counselling because you're facing burn out. I also suggest you stop kidding yourself when it comes to these issues. None of it is so simple that throwing money at the problem will fix it. Get educated and try on a little empathy too why don't you?

Answer 3

Honestly why should we do anything, except give their parents a better education on how not to bet pregnant and some birth control or maybe teach them to keep their legs closed.

Maybe their parents should do a little more in raising them, so they don't become a burden to society.


EDIT I am a parent, but I have enough sense to realize that if I can not afford another child then my hubby and I are going to have to make precautions so we don't end up pregnant. And even if those precautions would fail we would have to make sacrifices in order to afford said child. We wouldn't push them off into a foster home or have an abortion or leave them out in the cold to die. We would take our new responsibility and deal with it with a smile. Because we are a family and that's just life.

But that is just whats wrong with society, people have these kids and they don't take their responsibility and start acting like a parent. Because there are so many other options that make them not accountable.

Answer 4

I think many people do alot for children less fortunate then they are! Hospitals take in babies so they are not left in dumpsters. Foster parents take in kids so they have somewhere to go and don't expect a paycheck for it! Church's, schools, and community programs help pay for medical, clothing schooling, and food! And many women have abortions because they cannot care for a child or the pregnancy was a case of abuse or rape. Would you tell the 12 year old that was molested by her father to suck it up and give birth because "Daddy" didn't use a condom! I take care of my child and work hard to put a roof over her head, clothes on her back, food in her stomach, and hope she gets a good education so her life will be better! And when we can we donate and help in the community so she can see that there are kids that don't have the basic needs in life that we are fortunate to have! What do you do again?!?! That's right you b*tch on the computer about how OTHERS are not doing enough!

Answer 5

What are you on about nvq to become a social worker?
You do a DEGREE to be a social worker.
I work for Social Services - your judgemental attitude is not going to get you a SW degree I can assure you! Were you looking out the window when the were talking about being non judgemental? What would you do when you qualifiy as an NVQ SW if you had a client who has regular abortions - is it your job to judge her? Or anyone infact? I think if this is your attitude you need to rethink your career!
What are you doing for unwanted children? You are telling women not to have abortion and not to leave unwanted babies - make up your mind! You want to become a foster carer - is that why you think that they should be paid more? Private fostering agencies pay more than SS do - surely its about the love of children not payment.
How are you going to work and care for these children? What do you want to work for anyway - saving for a BMW perhaps?
What is wrong with buying a house? I assume you live in one? Social housing is very limited in the UK as you will know with your NVQ in SW! Where do you suggest people live?
My views are not relevant particularly - I don't try to force them down people throat and neither should you - 23, its time you grew up!

Answer 6

My local paper was advertising for foster parents. They offer £500 a week. And once i worked for a taxi firm ... out in the sticks was a foster family ... with a kid of their own and a foster one. The foster one would get picked up every morning by taxi and taken home in the evening by taxi (paid for by Social Services, no joke). The own kid went to school in the family car. The schools they went to respectively were within 10 minutes walk of each other. The foster mother said she couldn't handle the fosterchild in the car. Never figured out what she was doing fostering him in the first place?
I was in foster care once upon a time. There were 4 of us and three of their own. And believe me, they mainly did it for the money too!

Answer 7

I think each nation should take care of it's own before thinking of foreign aid. Our country sends millions to other countries and we have children in need within our own country. Our country has many, many organizations and drives to help those in need and it is usually for another country; yet, when I look around my own home town, I see children in need--not enough food and clothing. We help within our church but the help is never enough.
The parents need to be prosecuted when they abandon, or don't take care of children. Leaving a child to die is horrible when all they would need to do is let a deserving couple adopt the child. Last evening, our local news carried the story of a step father who killed his 2 year old step son. Tougher laws for some of these horrible crimes is one thing that we need.

Answer 8

in the uk( i presume this is where you are from as you mention an nvq) we pay taxes..and a lot of them to fund the social services who are meant to protect vulnerable children and they dont do a very good job of it. whilst your sentiment is admirable.. i have to agree with some of the answers,you are slighlty niave. I assume you have no children as yet. Most people are doing good by supporting and raising their own children, and havnt got the time or extra finances to support everybody elses mistakes. foster parents in this country recieve a substantial financial reward, better than a lot of jobs, and unfortunately many do it just for that and do a pretty lousy job. as for building more homes for these kids, its well documented that children do not fare well in institutions.

some of my ideas would be to stop being so liberal and p.c, make adoption easier, make keeping your kids when they are abused/neglected harder, (and i might get a backlash for this) but sterilise the morans who keep churning out kids with no intention, or idea of how to raise them. cut the benefits , to provide for only a couple of kids, then the parents would have to work, which would bring them into contact with decent human beings and they may learn some parenting skills.

that said, i quite like your idea of the kids having a special family or person, they could go to tea with etc...why dont you research that more and make it your mission to launch a scheme like that.

Answer 9

Interesting question. I would have to say that the 1st thing that you should do, is see where you can help. It seems that this is something that matters to you. Rather than coming here and trying to make people feel guilty for keeping their lives together and taking care of what is important to them, take that energy and put it to work. Become a Social Worked. Take in Foster Children. Council the sick and the 'unwanted'. Adopt. Campaign for someone that you think will address the issues that are important to you. Don't write letters asking what should be done. DO SOMETHING!

Good luck and God bless!

Answer 10

What exactly do you want "us" to do anyway? Stop someone from having an abortion? how? Pay more money to "foster carers"? sorry, but I have a baby to feed.

I am not saving for a BMW, but I am trying to buy a house, and raise my child and put her through college. Excuse me for not being a bleeding heart like you, but I have a daughter to support. Maybe I "do nothing to help these children" because I am too busy taking care of my own. ever think of that?

Answer 11

And just how many of these poor little kids have you adopted this month? Don't contradict yourself, trying to come out all Mother Theresa on us, hell, Mother Theresa never adopted any kids that I know of. Let's see, you talk about these children abandoned by their mothers, then the ones who get aborted, so make up your mind, you know, women are gonna keep having unplanned children until there is no more children on the face of the earth. There's nothing you or I can do about that. So abortion is an option, I mean, since it's wrong to "leave them in hospital with no one to love them". All that, confusing and a bit contradictory, I'll buy it, but all that rambling on just to talk about "foster carers", like you know a bunch that are just sweating it away taking care of children. Last I knew foster parents, or carers, or whatever, they get a check for what they do, and most of them don't even do the greatest job at it. Many of the most famous serial killers grew up in a foster home. Look it up.