This short film was made with the desire that it would be used to serve in bringing awareness, encourage, and be useful in foster parent training, and raising up foster parents. “It would be impossible to fully understand the life and emotions of a child going through the foster care system, but this short narrative film portrays that saga in a poetic light, with brushes of fear, anger, sadness, and a tiny bit of hope.”
This movie is at times hard to watch but it is very important that we all learn the good and bad aspects of the foster system… What do you guys think of this film? Is it accurate?
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omg that touched my heart soo much my daughter is going through the same thing and im trying to get my kids back they are separated too please help us
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just a curiosity question. why are your children in the system? you said you wanted to get them back.
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any one who takes a foster child must have love in their hearts for the child. doing it for the money is wrong. give them a chance. I was a foster mum for years.and loved it . god knows what you are doing. it will come up in the end
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It takes a special person to be a foster parent and so many babies, children and teens that need foster parents and there aren’t enough foster parents to help.
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If feel so bad for the kids. They have no fault. They didn’t ask to come I to this world just to be rejected. I don’t understand stand why parents decide to have kids if they are not willing to be with them take care of them protect them and provide for them. They seem they like to have there fun an then just let the government take over because they just feel they no longer want a any part of the kids life. I think the parents should feel the effect and not the children. It’s so sad to see this all the time. I love to help kids because I know they want to be loved noticed and feel special.just like the rest of us. We are all humans and all humans want love!!
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This was me! I was in that car several times taking my bags from place to place. It never ended for me. I felt so alone and helpless. All I ever wanted was to be loved and feel wanted. Even the people that tried to love me I pushed away…..As time passed things became easier to forget the past. I have never forgotten my case worker or the people that tried to help me in the system. There is and always will be apart of me that has been broken but it’s binded together now for what I went through made me the person who I am today. A strong minded woman that has broken that cycle of abuse and neglect. A determined heart, full of love and compassion. I now have six kids of my own and two grand babies and couldn’t ask for anything more. I’m loved and cherished daily! It hasn’t been easy for me to raise my kids alone as well as hardships but I’m here and alive and blessed. Children should never have to go through this but it happens every day, every minute. Those of us that have been there know it won’t be a perfect life and we have to fight and keep our heads up to make that difference in our lives but it helps that others reach out as well. For us we don’t know how to except another’s hand so please just grab ours. Thank you for this video. I pray that this will open a door for some child out there that is lost or for a adult that will reach out. Everyone only wants to be loved, protected and to live a happy life! God Bless
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I am sure some of those foster parents wonder where/how you are. I always wonder about the kids who have come through my home. Vary vary few which I am not in contact with. I hold tight.
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Thank you for sharing. I am a foster parent and one of my girls we adopted out of care. Great kids, just need a chance!
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You know I don’t know the little girl in the video but I already fell in love with her. She just needs to know that she is loved!
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OMG this is so so dear to my heart may God bless all the babies that have to go though this
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Beautiful! I love the ending! and that little girl is an amazing actress! plus the make up was spot on!
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I am that little girl. I was moved around so much. I understand every emotion portrayed.
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Oh how I wish I could have found you to be in my life. You can now and forever anyt time you want. I pray you’re life is beautiful by now. If not please write to me. You have such a deep seeded beautiful mind that needs great love all around you. I hope you have God in your life. He will save you. Amen. Even though my name is kind of male but I am a female. I’m much older in life now but would love to know you are fine. Sending Lots of Love and Energy.
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This movie brought back so many memories. I was in fostercare & got bounced around & around. It is so hard to see how she rejects the adults as I myself was exactly that way. Kids need love, they need stability, they need to not be affraid. I hope this film encourages people to go that extra mile, weather with a foster child, a niece or nephew, or even their own.
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Wow! Powerful stuff! Being a foster and adoptive parent brings this very close to home. There is NO way we can understand fully what these children have been through, all we can do is be there for them and love them the best we can.
Accurate as can be down to the fact that their worldly belongs are all packed in a garbage bag, sad but true!
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it is very accurate….and as Virgel Cain says..right down to their belongings packed in a garbage bag, to add to their thinking that they are being thrown away like yesterdays garbage…
Good post…Thank you for sharing…
Take Care…You Matter…
maryrose
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Only those who are unfamiliar with such things would ask such a question.
I will say this that when young children are subjected to such evils at the hands of so called family.
They are negatively affected for their entire earthly existence. They grow into adulthood hoping that they will find someone who will love them many times only finding the ones who will in turn bring even more hurt to their soul and spirit. No matter how many counselors, psychologists or psychiatrists they see they can never be free from the trauma to their soul and spirit.
Some even turn to God for answers but there are always the endless questions. Society is the biggest insult of all …. with biases on the left and right. If you are a male they disregard your feelings entirely and if you are a girl they will go out of the way to help. If you read the literature they always blame the men for being abusive but the facts seldom line up with what society believes. What is needed is true LOVE the God kind of love that reaches in and heals all the damaged emotions and restores trust in mans humanity.
The kind of LOVE that is acceptance, compassion and permeates every cell of our being until our damaged spirit and soul is restored and we can LOVE as we were always intended wholeheartedly.
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It is so touching with tears. In my eyes I feel so sorry for children today foster kids I would love to have one own it like my kids.I. love kids
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wow that was intense. what a great little girl ! as tears run down my face
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I know that feeling all to well, I was handed off from one place to another, 5 different homes in 3 years. Foster care parents don’t know what I have been though or cared. No, to little support from any where. Then you turn 18 and you are totally on your own.
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i pity the last foster mother who taken care of this girl , she tried all the nice things,gives love and smiles, but this girl act like that. i dont know if a kid from western country would act like that, but in my country, they will be very thankful if they find such fster parent , not all this “i hate you” thing
well, a good film, i cried twice
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She wasnt lashing out at the woman. She was lashing out of fear. I did the same thing too in the first few months of being in the system. Its not easy. What she went through was traumatizing. Cant blame the child or the foster parent. Can only blame the rotten start she had.
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Good but sad video. I think we would like to try and keep siblings together as much as poss. But isn’t always easy.
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I have seen this first hand as a foster parent in Australia it’s hard very hard and so true in some cases but for the right person we can and do make a ditterence I have hard so every hard cases but all it takes a little hard work but a lot of love and respect
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Amanda watch this it is so sad, I bet you cry
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After 28 years of being a foster parent I learned one thing. Children need love when they least deserve it. Always give it. Love means doing good for the child even when you cannot like the child’s behaviour. You will never always get things right but never give up trying
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I was in the foster care system. It is not easy. I was one of the lucky few who had found my forever foster home on the first try. But I watched my brother and my sisters. My brother had it rough. So did my sisters. Like this little girl my first few years of life were pretty traumatizing. My mother slept around a lot. Her choice in men were scary. I still remember it as if it were yesterday. Beatings, days without food cause my mother spent every penny on liquor, locked away in a closet for a day, waking up to strange men in my bed, even rape. I was 7 when I went into the system. It was the best thing that had happened to me. My brother running away every other day and the police bringing him home got the attention we needed from child services. Moms last boyfriend pulling me up the stairs by my ear and nearly ripping it off was the last straw. Child services picked up my brother and I at school and my two sisters at day care. It took my mom a few years to get sisters back. But she could never get my brother and I back. My foster home managed to get my brother after a year of me living with them. They taught us love, how to trust, and not to fear everything. They even taught us how to work with our Fetal Alcohol. Some foster homes need to be checked on. But most are good. To anyone considering adopting or fostering or anyone struggling with a foster child please keep in mind the child is not lashing out on you. The child lashing out of fear. The memories will be there for a long time and can have a strong hold on the child. Be patient. The child will come around.
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A great video and I can relate to this story because I went through the same thing. You can read about my life in the foster care system by reading ” Our Abandoned Childen ” by: Ron Huber.
I was glad there was someone to be there when I needed it but I have trouble understanding why some children have put in foster homes, as I was, where the situation repeated itself and the child has to go through the same situation again.
you can see my video on my face book ” Roland Huber”.
A child needs love as they are growing up. It is a little late to get love when you are an adult because the scares are still there. They never go away.
It was only because of the love of God that I made it through those childhood times and the Vietnam war.
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You don’t know what its like tell you go though it your self and you think its love when a guy hits you but its not get strong and get out Caz he might never change and one day your kids might not have a mom.
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This has to be the best video on how I was feeling as a kid in the system. I was blessed to have amazing foster parents at every stay. Thank you for creating a look into the heart of a child in care. As I read some comments, I can see how you’ve created a window into all our minds, and hearts.
Bravo!
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I know almost the same feeling.
My daughter was taken from me when she was 3 & I was promised I’d get her back.
That promise fell through.
I tried to reunite with my daughter 3 years ago, she was 19 & all she did was blame me for everything that went wrong in her life, also she wanted all my money.
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You are dealing with a very angry young woman. She only wants your money because the foster care system is very predatory. She most likely had to fight for everything she ever owned…ie clothes, shampoo, essentials. This mentality has followed her as she has aged out of the system. Your best bet is to let her learn on her own to stand on her own two feet. The level of anger and expectations are to high at this point to expect her to “bounce” back. FYI she has every right to blame you, as she is still a teenager. Yes, I’m sure you are sorry but, that doesn’t change the fact that she was abandoned. I’m not condemning you for getting your life straight but, to have an expectation of her to just accept that you are sorry is just silly. Walk the walk, talk the talk and NEVER break a promise from this day forth.
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I grew up in the Los Angeles Foster Care System during the late 70’s thru the early 1990’s. I was in over 20 placements. I was married for 13 years to a controlling man (not physical or verbally abusive) and left him in Texas. I eventually moved to Northern California and raised my children on my own for the last 7 years. I now couldn’t be prouder of the people they have become. They are my pride and joy and I could NEVER EVER put them through what I went thru. We had our ups and downs but, I ALWAYS put them first. My oldest is 22 and a Navy Corpsman (medic) working towards his RN. My 17 year old just won a State wrestling championship..undefeated his Junior year with offers from several Ivy league schools and my 11 year old daughter is a music/math geek and is super competitive. It makes my heart swell with pride to know that I was responsible in helping them attain and to continue to attain their goals. Being a foster parent is about understanding where these children come from. I had a lot of bad foster parents but there where a few who actually cared. I believe always having a book in my hand and exposure to other positive lifestyles taught me that there is “something better” out there. For those that have lost their children to the foster care system….you will be dealing with an angry child…period. The only redemption will be to not just say ” I am sorry” but to show your sorry by doing something COMPLETELY different than what you had been doing all along. Such a wonderful video that sums up the feelings of a child who’s soul is hurting. Once my daughter is off to college I have told my husband that I will take one foster child on at a time, and encourage and nurture them to reach their fullest potential 😀 xoxo
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