What is a non offending parent?
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What is a non offending parent?
What is a Non-Offending Parent? If you are a parent who has done nothing wrong, then you are likely a non-offending parent. This means perhaps the children were with the other parent at the time that something bad happened. Maybe the other parent was arrested with drugs while caring for the kids.
What is Nonoffending?
The parent who is not accused of committing a crime against a child—e.g., physical or sexual abuse.
When can social services remove a child?
Social services do not have the authority to decide when to remove a child. If they believe the child to be at risk of significant harm, they can’t remove the child from the home unless a court order has been granted.
What are the common reasons social services would want to remove a child from a family? There are many reasons why a child could be removed from their home and placed outside of family and friends, but common reasons include abuse, neglect, illness, or abandonment.
Why don’t we talk more about fostering?
The reason we don’t talk about it is because to verbalize it means to hear from others, “Well, you should just stop fostering,” or “You are too stressed out. You need to focus on yourself and your own kids.”
What are the legal rights of a parent in foster care?
They also no longer hold any right to discipline or educate the child, and they have no rights to any contact with the child. The court will also determine whether the child will remain in foster care, be placed with legal guardians, or be released for adoption.
Why don’t foster parents talk about the darkness?
There is a darkness with foster parenting that foster parents rarely verbalize. I imagine it’s the same reason firefighters rarely share their darkness. The reason we don’t talk about it is because to verbalize it means to hear from others, “Well, you should just stop fostering,” or “You are too stressed out.