GUILTY CO - Alize Vick, 2, beaten to death, Colorado Springs, 9 Oct 2007

[imthemom]

imthemom, I am sorry for what happened to your foster sister.

Six of my seven children were former foster children before we adopted them. My oldest daughter was sent to a temporary foster home for six weeks when she was a baby. Because she is part Cherokee, she was placed in a home that took Native American children. By the time she was placed in a long-term home, she'd lost two pounds, was smelly and dirty, and had been spanked on several occasions.

This is NOT the norm in foster care, it is the exception.

I stand by my statement that most foster parents are good-hearted people who truly want to help children and are not motivated by greed.

Orphanages are not the answer. You think there's abuse in the foster care system? Try placing children in group homes. Cameras can't catch everything, and it would be considered an invasion of privacy.

Children need loving families, not institutions.

I see your point but when you hear so much bad it is hard to comprehend the good sometimes. I know other good foster parents too. It is hard to say what the right answer is. I just wish there was more supervision, more screening. My uncle just rented his appartment above his office to a woman who had a foster baby. He said he could hear them fighting all the time and they drank and smoked constantly. He said the baby always looked clean though. My mom told him to call CPS, which he did. I don't know if anything was ever done.

 

[mom3dd]

Quite truthfully I think orphanges would be better than foster care. There would be many people working, making sure noone is getting abused. They wouldn't be shuttled from one place to another.

I agree in theory. How many children are abused in foster homes, neglected and not wanted shuffled around from home to home. I think that orphanages run now would be differnt than the past but we can not control everything so there would likely be homes that arent safe. No win situation

 

[CaliKid]

No they wouldn't. As means to curb abuse becomes more high-tech, the way to circumvent them would grow equally. You don't think the ACLU would scream bloody murder over cameras installed in orphanages? Even the agencies that govern foster care would be all over privacy issues. And it still doesn't address the most major concern- how small children would learn to bond when they have 6-10 caretakers a day instead of a family setting.

 

[Taximom]

I keep thinking there's news on this "mother" with the thread updates!

Maybe the discussion should be taken to a new thread so others could participate if they knew the real topic being discussed here. (Just a suggestion!) :blowkiss:

 

[OkieGranny]

From April 2010:

http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/91537604.html

A woman convicted of killing her foster child was sentenced to 32 years in prison Monday afternoon. Jules Cuneo killed 2-year-old Alize Vick in 2007...

Cuneo was convicted of child abuse knowingly and recklessly causing death and for reckless manslaughter, both of which are felonies. The first charge resulted in a 32 year sentence, the second is a 16 year sentence. The two terms will run concurrent to each other.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Jules Lynn Cuneo 34 She is accused of throwing 2 year old Alize Vick against a coffee table, and was charged in her death. She was the foster parent.

Call Number: RMN-059-3813 | Read the full record details for Born Digital Rocky Mountain News: Jules Lynn Cuneo 34 She is accused of throwing 2 year old Alize Vick against a coffee table, and was charged in her death. She was the foster parent.

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Alize Vick, 2, left, Anthony Vick, nine months, and their grandmother Kathleen Heil. Alize died under the foster care of Jules Lynn Cuneo. Photo copied Oct. 9, 2007 by Christian Murdock

Call Number: RMN-057-1651 | Creator: copy | Read the full record details for Born Digital Rocky Mountain News: Alize Vick, 2, left, Anthony Vick, nine months, and their grandmother Kathleen Heil. Alize died under the foster care of Jules Lynn Cuneo. Photo copied Oct. 9, 2007 by Christian Murdock

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