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.
Almost 10% of children in foster care have stayed in foster care for five or more years. Nearly half of all children in foster care have chronic medical problems. 8% of all children in foster care have serious emotional problems, 11% of children exiting foster care aged out of the system, in 2011.