Having parented a foster child who has diagnosed brain based disabilities due to her birth mother drinking and taking drugs whilst pregnant. I challenge anyone to step into our lives as home for life parents over the last 13 yrs.you will then see the massive waste and lack of these resources available to these young people. Her problems all stem from a drug and alcohol problem of her mother's. She is one of 9 in this family, 5 kids being removed by OT. The government pays for all 5 kids an unsupported child benefit, then the birth mother is in social housing and on a benefit.
Our child has been in anx out of Youth Justice due to her disabilities....the damage is ongoing. There are anywhere between 3500-5000 babies born in NZ every year with these disabilities. It's called foetal alcohol and drug disorder. Our daughter was born with exonerated buttocks (wounds) due to the toxicity of the amniotic fluid.
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