Foster Home Research Paper

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FINDING MY FOREVER HOME Two words, foster home. When I was nine years old I was put into a foster home because of what happened in my life. Quote: “life may not go where you want it to go but you will always end up where you are meant to be. As a young girl I had my life planned out, the friends I wanted to make, and the school I wanted to go to. That all changed when I turned nine years old. As a nine year old I never expected to end up in a foster home. As a child not know what a foster home is, I knew it was going to be terrifying. When I was nine I went through two foster homes in just THREE MONTHS! I switched foster homes the first time because I did not feel comfortable in the home I was in, nor the neighborhood. I would cry a lot and, I was really stressed out for those three months. …show more content…

The second foster home was 5 times better than the first one I was in. I was not used to living in a foster home so I would blame my life on the foster parent. One memory I remember is watching Honey Boo Boo, and just laughing as we were watching it. One of the nice things about that home is that I was never got bored. The weird thing was that I was the only child but yet I was never bored. Two thing that kept me occupied was a computer, and play station three. Since I never grew up with electronics I had to occupy myself by playing outside. The only electronic I got removed from that same home

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