Each week, nearly 60,000 children in the United States are reported as abused or neglected, with nearly 900,000 confirmed abuse victims in 2004. About 520,000 of those children end up in foster care each year — double the number 25 years ago. Approximately 800,000 children every year come in contact with the foster care system…
And we bitch about Russia? The statistics are overwhelming about the foster care system in America and we bitch about Russia…
Try: Up to 80 percent of all children in foster care have serious emotional problems.
About half of children under five years old in foster care have developmental delays.
Nearly half of all children in foster care have chronic medical problems.
During the last year about 650,000 children spent some time in out-of-home care in the United States.
Grow up America and it is time to look in the mirror as we bitch…
Nearly 700,000 abused and neglected children will spend time in foster care in the United States this year (2013)…
Source: http://www.childrensrights.org/ just have a look around and see what life is about…
Kyle Keeton
Windows to Russia…
P.S. I don’t care what the statistics are in Russia, my home country is the one that is laying the blame game on Russia and is doing a worse job at dealing with the issue than Russia is…
What is that saying? “Let He Who Is Without Sin Cast The First Stone!” It is to warn us not to judge others, for we, just as the person we judge, are imperfect…
Thought so! You can’t cast any stones in reality…