Originally Posted by allentgamer

I dont know what people want? Seems everyone looks to the government for everything. I think WE are the ones that should do something.

Before everyone slams me....I took in 3 boys that were abused by their parents and raised them as my own kids. It is very rewarding to do these things. Sure it takes some work, and a lot of sacrifice, but the rewards far out weigh the benefits of helping those in need. My oldest child then became the middle child. I talked to my children about how their lives would be changed, and they all agreed it was far better to help than to go on like nothing happens.

Sometimes I get myself in trouble trying to help those in need, but I just cant watch. I have to help if it is in my power to do so. When I learned about these troubled youth, the county social worker was telling me they had tried to place these kids, and no one was stepping up. These boys were going to be split up into other foster homes....no more were they going to be a family unit as they knew it.

We should try to do what ever we can to help in these situations. If it is writing our congress, or taking on one or more abused children. There are many ways to get involved even if it is just throwing our support towards those that can do more than we.

The kids I took on are brothers, and were sexually, mentally, and physically abused by their own mother and father. But now they have fairly well adjusted, and have their own small families. They are working and now they also are getting involved in helping abused children.

This makes my heart soar like a hawk!

As I said in another post.....we are the ones that have to make the changes. Until we all get on the same page, we will just see more of the same.