"Rehoming" kids adopted from foster care when the going gets tough

[Proud Liberal Dem]

20. As somebody who works in the Child Welfare system

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I find the concept of "re-homing" and the potential consequences apalling. I think that we need to strengthen laws (perhaps even push for a federal law) that prohibits this kind of unregulated practice. I get that some children whom come out of the foster care system are not easy to deal with and some might be so damaged that it may be incredibly difficult for them to lead safe and stable lives, however there needs to be some more support for families dealing with troubled adoptive children and, in the event a family comes to the point of feeling like they can no longer care for an adoptive child, there needs to be some kind of way for the system to safely step back in a re-assume supervision and care of them. An unregulated and underground "system" of farming troubled adoptive children out to new homes leaves the door wide open for them to be abused/neglected/exploited like the terrible case in Arkansas has shown- which will hopefully shine some light on this problem (though this isn't the first time the news media has covered this).