It is the first thing anyone will read: if it fails to grip, the rest of the essay will have to be very good to retrieve the situation. At the very least it must be competent. Preferably, it should also be short -- if your introduction lasts much more than a third of a page, you have missed the point.
Foster Care. Foster care is one option for providing homes for children and youth up to 18 who can't live safely with their own parents or caregivers. Foster parents provide the day-to-day care for a child on behalf of a children's aid society. The government licenses and funds Ontarioâs foster care system.
In addition, in many cases, the court will delay making a decision at all. Very few children are adopted after a mere 18 months of foster care, and it is far more likely the child will have been with foster parents for at least two or three years before court action has been taken to terminate parental rights. It is hoped that ASFA will change this.