They believe these kids are messed up or delinquent. People also believe that these children will hurt them and their family in many ways and will refuse the help they want to give them. But these children are not upset and their behavior shows what they have been through. Foster parents and prospective adoptive parents can help solve this problem. In the CNN iReport article, Adopting from Foster Care - What is it Really like?, the journalist says: "...there are no messed up kids: there are only kids who come from messed up places." These children need everything that a child living in a loving family receives, namely stability, love, support and a place where they can grow, be happy and feel safe. They cannot get these things in a shelter that neglects and abuses them. The people who can provide this to them are the people who would become their caring parents and adoptive parents and erase the right