An opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald shows us that concern about the experience of children who are fostered and adopted is universal, not the product of any one care system. Geoff Strong’s article is here:
He talks about a daughter that he was not able to adopt, who had experienced significant abuse in her birth parents’ home and observed abuse closely in the care system. This was still with her many years later. But he comments how the political pendulum affected the security of children in care. The swing between focusing on natural parents’ rights and making children available for secure substitute parents reflects an important political debate. But the consequences are carried by children in care for life.
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