Like many people, I& #39;ve been thinking a lot lately about how our society allocates resources. Today I& #39;m thinking about my (former) foster son. Before he was placed with us, he lived with relatives who loved and knew him. (He eventually returned to living with those relatives.)

When he lived with relatives, they did not receive the financial support my family did when he lived with us. If his family had received that support, I doubt he would have ever needed to be placed in care.

Again and again, this society shows that we prefer to spend resources on systems instead of people, that we prefer create and then deal with brokenness instead of providing what people need to become whole.

I wrote a bit about this a couple of years ago:
"Foster kids don& #39;t need saving; they need strong communities" http://buschick.com/?p=10062 ">https://buschick.com/...

"The best thing we can do for children is sustain the families they were born to. This means we must build a society that prioritizes people, where living wage jobs, health care, child care, housing, accessible transportation, safe streets, & humane schools are available to all."