You truly have no idea how the system works, do you? I'll fill you in:
These people are nothing but glorified babysitters. They are required to care for any children placed in their home because it's how they get their money. If they don't like their placement, or think something would be "better" for them, they file to get them moved. This isn't my first "family" you know, and I know once these people get sick of me it'll be the same thing. Either that or maybe they'll guilt themselves to keep me until I'm 18 and then... oops! I'm still aged out and I'm still sent away.
No matter how nice you think anyone is, it's still shallow. I am not interested in playing up to their expectations so they can use me as an advertisement to place in another home... Because that's what it is. If you're good maybe you can have the privilege of having a family! If you're bad, well, you're getting sent away anyway! I'm not about to degrade myself so I can act as an advertisement to a bunch of strangers. Even if my parents want nothing to do with me, at least their disinterest was sincere. I'd take that over this childish 'playing house' crap.
So, yes, I'm actually right and they're actually pretending. This is something I live with every day... They're lucky I go along with this at all, but even so, it doesn't mean I care about them as people. The house could catch on fire for all I care! They don't mean anything to me, just as I do to them. They might say they do now, but in a little over a year, once I'm gone, I'll go back to being the same nobody to them as I was before I was placed there. And before you try to jump to their defense, no, they also didn't seem to mind that I was gone for three weeks. So much for being decent guardians! Try all you want to convince yourself that you have any idea what it's like being me, but you're still wrong.
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These people are nothing but glorified babysitters. They are required to care for any children placed in their home because it's how they get their money. If they don't like their placement, or think something would be "better" for them, they file to get them moved. This isn't my first "family" you know, and I know once these people get sick of me it'll be the same thing. Either that or maybe they'll guilt themselves to keep me until I'm 18 and then... oops! I'm still aged out and I'm still sent away.
No matter how nice you think anyone is, it's still shallow. I am not interested in playing up to their expectations so they can use me as an advertisement to place in another home... Because that's what it is. If you're good maybe you can have the privilege of having a family! If you're bad, well, you're getting sent away anyway! I'm not about to degrade myself so I can act as an advertisement to a bunch of strangers. Even if my parents want nothing to do with me, at least their disinterest was sincere. I'd take that over this childish 'playing house' crap.
So, yes, I'm actually right and they're actually pretending. This is something I live with every day... They're lucky I go along with this at all, but even so, it doesn't mean I care about them as people. The house could catch on fire for all I care! They don't mean anything to me, just as I do to them. They might say they do now, but in a little over a year, once I'm gone, I'll go back to being the same nobody to them as I was before I was placed there. And before you try to jump to their defense, no, they also didn't seem to mind that I was gone for three weeks. So much for being decent guardians! Try all you want to convince yourself that you have any idea what it's like being me, but you're still wrong.