Empty Nest Syndrome~The Rest of the Story

This is part of a Series of Continual developing parts that many may want to follow.
May you find Strength in Your Higher Power,

GranPa Chuck

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Empty Nesters
Part 1 ~ Part 2
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Part 1 - Empty Nest Syndrome
Frequently we become aware of alarming situations that need opened up for discussion. The title of this series of articles, from the term "Empty Nest Syndrome", we are exposing one of those dangerous situations.  Someone needs to speak up on this issue. 

Parents, who have raised their children, find they are suddenly feeling alone, senior citizens suffering from a sense of loneliness, who are at this time in their lives vulnerable to the advertising they see on television, in magazines across the country, Arizona too.  In these ads we listen to pleas for help, possibly even seeing the faces of helpless child (ren), in need of love and someone to hold them.Mature Americans are extremely country oriented;  usually responding to our State or Nations call for assistance. Bombarded with advertising using words like "empty nesters" we start thinking that we successfully raised our own children and this ad seems to understand that.   Missing your children that filled your homes with laughter, the challenges of parenthood, this loneliness is our vulnerability to someone wishing to fill your home for you.
Possibly, your living on a very tight fixed income, most find themselves challenged in this tight pressed economy, and your thinking about maybe supplementing your small income by doing something that you would want to do anyway, even helping a child at the same time.  Thoughts of children to care for again, filling these empty beds, filling these empty rooms with children who so desperately need someone.  You are needed after all! T his is exactly what this advertising is designed by experts to do.

• These ads make you feel like contributing again....your a loving person; you can still be useful to someone, your not too old to do it again.  Are any of these thoughts sounding familiar to you?

These thoughts are what make you vulnerable to a system that desperately needs foster parents.  The ads that are running are very convincing, even enticing, as all advertising is; that is what makes us all buy into their sales pitches. However, what about warnings on other advertising campaigns, do you see any on these?  How many people would buy into their programs if there were warnings? Read on!
http://www.examiner.com/x-46864-Phoenix-Foster-Families-Examiner~y2010m5d18-Did-you-know--Foster-Parents-needed-Empty-Nesters-Vulnerable-Part-1-of-2

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Part 2 - Empty Nest Syndrome
 

In part one of this article we were exploring the need for foster parents and the advertising seen stating this need, Arizona needs foster parents too.However, how many warnings have you seen following these ads?  Yes, the need is real, but should senior citizens come to the rescue?  

 Your early warning system is being activated in this article. 

• Beware of becoming a foster parent.  We understand that you are well intentioned however, there are things you need to be made aware of; one is the hurricane that can follow, storms that the advertising does not warn you about.

The agency will not tell you anything about the child (ren) that you are taking into your home because of the "Privacy Act". Social workers and agencies cannot inform you of these things. Many of these precious children are dealing with severe emotional and/or physical damage, and even medically challenged in other capacities.  You will have behavioral problems that you simply may not be up to, or want to deal with.
You are capable; it is not you, but the broken system, that is found incapable. The children that you would be dealing with have been traumatized, ripped out of their homes, (their biological parents homes), moved from one foster home to another, and as a result can be emotionally damaged.
You can however, assist in many other ways.  Number one educate yourself on the Foster Care System, become informed.  If you desire to help in this arena, do not allow yourself to be vulnerable to these enticing advertisements.  The source of information and an educational website is nfpcar.org 

http://www.examiner.com/x-46864-Phoenix-Foster-Families-Examiner~y2010m5d18-Did-you-know--Foster-Parents-needed-Empty-Nesters-Vulnerable-Part-2-of-2

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