Fourth Interview Question

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

I am going to interview Carol, my mentor, and this will be my second time interviewing her. She created the organization that has funded girls who have aged out of the foster system, aka Bridge of Faith.

2.  Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. 

- How has working with the girls affected your personal life?

- Do you have anythings you would want to change about the organizations?

- What would you tell other foster kids who have become unmotivated?

- Why do you think foster kids occasionally give up on their hopes and dreams?

- What is flawed about the foster system?

- What should be changed?

- What other programs are out there for foster kids?

- How do you think they are being prepared?

- How did the Foster system change your life?

- Was it hard to adopt you son?

- What advice do you have for another person who wants to adopt?

- Do you think there are any differences in adopting teens over younger children?

- Do you have an thoughts on out of country adoptions or orphanages? 

- Why do you think teens are so hard to adopt?

- Why do foster kids occasionally end up in prostitutions?

- What is the government doing to protect these children?

- What do you think every foster child needs?

- Do you think foster kids are more insecure then most kids, if so why?

- How are foster kids being prepared to live on their own or age out of the system?

- If you had the opportunity to tell the world about the foster system and orphans in general, what would you say?

Blog 19: Third Answer

• EQ: How are foster kids being prepared for the real world and what steps are being taken to prevent them from becoming homeless?
• Answer #3: Although there are few foster parents and organizations that teach foster children how to live on their own, ultimately the research I have found says the best way for foster kids to be prepared is by keeping connections with those who have played a large role in the lives of the child itself. 
• 3 details to support the answer: 
• An interview I had with a woman who worked with foster care taught me that relationships play a key role in every child's life, especially the ones who have no one to go to for advice.
• A TED talk on a child welfare in Baltimore showed that children were being negatively affected after being taken away from their family, even if it was an abusive home. The video also explained how keeping children with other family members is the most important step before foster care.
• Lastly, my mentor is proof that keeping positive relationships affects a foster child's future because they have motivation and support to do the things they would otherwise think impossible.
• The research source(s) to support your details and answer: 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c15hy8dXSps
• http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/education/edlife/extra-support-can-make-all-the-difference-for-foster-youth.html?_r=0
• Concluding Sentence: Motivation is hard to come by, especially if you have no friends or family to support your decisions or tell you when your wrong. Every foster child deserves to be loved and worried about by someone who truly cares, and the foster system has made it very difficult for children to build relationships. I believe keeping them with family members is the most important thing for a foster child and it should be taken more seriously because it will reduce the amount of children in foster care so that the ones who truly do not have family can be taken care of properly.