DEE: May the bond be unbroken

In response to Child: Where she really belongs. I was a foster parent for more than 35 years with 285 children passing through my home. It doesn’t take a degree of any sort to know the bond that is created in the very first years of life. We also know when that bond is broken a child can have attachment issues that can last a lifetime. Come on, wake up and smell the coffee. This is not in the best interest of any child. This family relative, if they had any interest in this child, should have stepped up to the plate long ago and not waited five years. Now this little one is in a loving home for five years and your going to take her and place her with another family. This makes absolutely no sense at all. I have to say my daughter who we adopted 24 years ago now has a master’s in social work. How devastating if she was placed with a family relative after five years of being with us. Please, Idaho Health and Welfare, look at what REALLY is in the best interest of this little girl!

KAREN BOTAI

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