Ryan P, McFadden E J, Rice D, Warren B L
Institute for the Study of Children, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti.
Child Welfare. 1988 Nov-Dec;67(6):563-72.
The current focus on preparing youths in foster care for emancipation has largely ignored the critical role foster parents have always played in preparing youths to leave their homes and take their place as successful adults in our society. To assure that programs to enhance youths' skills and abilities to function responsibly are fully effective, they must include foster parents. In doing so, they will exponentially increase the hours of service and training available to eligible youths and develop a resource that will be available to future youths after funds are redirected. It is unrealistic, however, to expect foster parents to provide all of the help that most youths in foster care need. Foster family support and training must be seen as one dimension of an integrated approach that provides all youths with a variety of resources but is specific to the needs of each youth. With appropriate support and training, foster parents can assume professional responsibility for assuring that such plans are implemented, and that youths leaving foster care have what they need to emancipate successfully.
目前对寄养儿童为独立生活做准备的关注，在很大程度上忽视了寄养父母一直以来在帮助孩子离开家庭并在社会中成长为成功成年人方面所发挥的关键作用。为确保提升青少年负责任地生活的技能和能力的项目充分有效，这些项目必须纳入寄养父母。这样做，将成倍增加为符合条件的青少年提供的服务和培训时长，并开发一种在资金重新分配后仍可供未来青少年使用的资源。然而，期望寄养父母提供大多数寄养儿童所需的所有帮助是不现实的。寄养家庭支持和培训必须被视为综合方法的一个方面，该方法为所有青少年提供各种资源，但又针对每个青少年的具体需求。在获得适当的支持和培训后，寄养父母可以承担起专业责任，确保此类计划得到实施，确保离开寄养机构的青少年拥有成功独立生活所需的一切。
