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Indifferent parents--us.(provincial government's duty in foster care)
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Community Action
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March 20, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Community Action Publishers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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"A small child you carry on your arm and a grown one you carry on your head," so says a Yiddish folk saying. These words remind us that most parents keep their children in mind long after their offspring have passed the legally mandated age of parental responsibility. Certainly, this is true except for the most indifferent of parents and the most indifferent of all parents appears to be our provincial governments that fail the young people in the foster care system.
As young adult children make their way in the world, concerned and sensitive parents try to help them as much as possible without compromising their offspring's sense of autonomy. Because of this, most young ...
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