Tough Road Ahead

While doing my research on npr.org, I found the article, "....Tough Road Ahead", to be something worthwhile that I couldn't pass up. After listening to the story of the many people who aged out of the foster care I began to see a trend. I noticed that each person who aged out of the system had either a tough time being productive in the real world or didn't succeed in life at all. While listening to the conversations, I began to think of the advantage that people who were not in the system had over those who have been in the system all of their childhood and teenage years.

Normally, people who grew up in stable households don't have to worry about life after high school simply because; their parents help take care of any financial issues that may occur while pursuing their career. But, those of them who don't have the advantage of loving parents or guardians that will help with their endeavors while becoming successful, become overwhelmed with debt and other emotions that they can't control because they were uneducated by the "system".  Sadly, aging out of foster care is a common situation that almost all foster children have to deal with if they don't end up in jail or dead for that matter. The fact that this is the norm for foster children scares me simply because it's not their fault that life dealt them a bad hand, the "system" should recognize this and do more than just get kids through what they think is the most crucial times of their lives. I believe, they should help people that actually want more out of life by taking that extra step and doing something to better the foster children and themselves.

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