Canada's “Genocide”: Thousands Taken from Their Homes

Canada’s “Genocide”: Thousands Taken from Their Homes
Parents always say that they would do anything for their children, but what would you do if you had Child Family Services come into your home and take you child or children away from you and place them with another family? You’d always wonder where they are, who they are with, and how they are. Most of 3,000 children in Manitoba are taken from their homes and shipped to the United States, where placement agencies often receive fees from the adoptive parents. How would you feel if you knew that your child was being sold to adoptive parents? Many of the agencies feel like it’s in the best interest of the child that they are taken from their homes, but there are also risks to the children including the emotion, physical and mental impact on the child. If the child is under the age of 18 then it will be placed into the foster care system and then they wait for adoption if they are not placed within an adoptive family then they are placed in group homes with other kids still waiting for the possibility of adoption
Many agencies across Canada look at families that don’t have the proper environment for their child so they act in the best interest for the child. With the removal of native children there were residential schools created that acted as an alternate parenting institution. When the child is done the 10 month cycle from the school the native child sometimes has resentment, angry aliens, and they lack the emotional bond to their families.
When children are removed from their homes and disconnected from the parents there are many risks to the child. Not only had the emotion impacted that it will bring to the child but the physical and also mental impacts. Emotionally the child will feel scared and confused not knowing what they had done wrong or why this is happening. They young the child is the greater difficulty that this will bring on them always thinking that it is their fault. With them being placed into the care of someone they don’t know might be frightening. This can soon lead to depression and rebellion in school and in the home. This can also cause a trust issue, where the child doesn’t trust anyone anymore. It does not only cause an emotional impact there might also be a physical impact. You sometimes hear about the adoptive parents abusing the children, sexually, mentally and physically. Some children are forced in the direction of prostitution at a young age. With them not knowing and differently they could also be sold for high profit to other people being shipped across the world. If the child happens to becomes pregnant either the pregnancy is terminated or their child is giving up for adoption or possible the mother having to raise the child and teaching that child to do the same thing. There are many risks for the child to end up using drugs, alcohol.
Many kids also have the thought of suicide. Children that are placed into foster are in greater risk of suicide, even with leaving the foster care system children are still prevalent to having high risks of suicide. Children in foster care also have a higher death rate than children in general population. A study in Finland was preformed and former foster car children up to the age of 24 found a higher death rate due to substance abuse, accidents, suicide and illness.
If a bad environment is provided by the parents, Family Services has every right to remove the children from the home. If they aren’t removed the chances of them having a troubled life is very high. They must prove evidence and proof for the removal. When you look at the comparison of the Family Services taking you children away from you back in 1970’s to now in 2010 the rates of adoption are increasing by 15% in the United States. Either teens are not being able to take care of their child or they are being forced to give up the baby for adoption. Then you will always wonder the questions you stress about every day.
People never think about the worst that can happen but when you think about it how far would you go to protect you child from being adopted into a family you didn’t know?

Internet Sourced Used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_care Book Source Used: Acting on Works: Page 443 By: Kaitlin Olson ENGL 255