TED: A foster care system where every child has a loving home | Sixto Cancel

The video discusses the challenges faced by children in the foster care system, highlighting personal experiences of abuse and resilience. It introduces the Think of Us initiative, which aims to reform the foster care system by promoting kinship care, where children are placed with extended family or known adults. The video emphasizes the positive outcomes of kinship care, shares a personal story of family reunion, and calls for support to make kinship care the norm.

What motivated the speaker to gather evidence of their mistreatment in the foster care system?

• A desire to return to their biological family

• Encouragement from a social worker

• Inspiration from a TV show character

• A school project on foster care

What is one of the main goals of the organization 'Think of Us'?

• To reunite children with their biological parents

• To create new foster care laws

• To engage those impacted by the foster care system and use their experiences to drive change

• To provide financial aid to foster families

What is kinship care?

• A temporary shelter for homeless youth

• A program for adopting children internationally

• A system where children live with extended family or known adults

• A system where children are placed in group homes

What was a significant finding from the research conducted by 'Think of Us' regarding foster youth placements?

• Children were happier in foster care than with family

• Most children preferred group homes over family placements

• Many children had extended family members they could live with

• There were no available family members for most children

What personal discovery did the speaker make about their family?

• They had relatives who were foster parents

• Their family lived in another country

• They had no living relatives

• Their family was unaware of their existence

What is the potential impact of shifting $3 billion from traditional foster care to kinship care?

• It would create more group homes

• It would eliminate the need for foster care

• It would increase the number of children placed with family

• It would reduce the number of foster care homes

What is the speaker's simple idea for improving the foster care system?

• Children should be raised in group homes

• Children should be raised in family settings

• Children should be raised by social workers

• Children should be raised in boarding schools

How does the speaker suggest we can make kinship care the new norm?

• By centering the experiences of those impacted

• By increasing funding for group homes

• By creating more foster care laws

• By reducing the number of social workers

What does the speaker believe is necessary for systemic change in foster care?

• Stricter adoption laws

• Advocacy and support for kinship care

• More financial incentives for foster parents

• More group homes

What is the speaker's vision for the future of foster care?

• Children are placed in the first available home

• Children are placed with extended family whenever possible

• Children remain in foster care until adulthood

• Children are placed in international homes