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Attitudes of street kids toward foster care

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Forty-seven kids who frequented drop-in centers in three Western cities were interviewed to determine their attitudes toward statements related to foster care. While the teams indicated that they believed foster parents care about children and want to help them, many did not want to risk foster care. The major reason for remaining on the street is their perceptions that conflict within their family cannot be resolved. These teens have chosen to develop their own family from other street people rather than risk further rejection. The need for early family intervention is stressed.

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  1. Eastern Washington University, USA

    JoAnn Ray Ph.D.

  2. 2614 E. 39th Ave., 99223, Spokane, WA

    Doris M. Holdaway M.S. (the Volunteer's of America's Crosswalk)

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Holdaway, D.M., Ray, J. Attitudes of street kids toward foster care. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 9, 307–317 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00757086

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