Your Life - The Basics
What you need to know:
• Kids are placed in foster care because for some reason, their parents are unable to take care of them. None of those reasons is the fault of the child.
• There is nothing someone can do to cause their own abuse- violence is the fault of the abuser and the abuser alone.
• Kids in foster care are just like everyone else, except when they go home every night, it's not to their biological parents' house.
• Abuse can happen to anyone in any relationship- men can rape their wives, women can rape men, and younger people can rape older people.

How you can help someone else:
• Tell them that you'll be there for them, and mean it.
• Believe them. People rarely lie about abuse.
• Tell them that if somebody hurt them, it's not their fault.
• If you or a friend is in an abusive situation, contact Childhelp USA at 1-800-4-A-CHILD.