Substitute family

There are several ways to accept a child left without parental care for upbringing in your family. In the language of family placement specialists, these methods are called forms of family placement of children left without parental care.

The best life for every child is life and upbringing in their own family. In our country, a state program for supporting families raising children has been created http://mintrud.gov.by/ru.

But sometimes it happens that the birth family cannot cope with the upbringing and maintenance of their child, and social assistance and attention from state institutions and specialists of the child protection system do not correct the situation in the family.

 

Why does a child need a new family?

Children are very dependent on their parents. They cannot live in situations of neglect and inattention from the closest people. It happens that the parents were not ready for the birth of the child…

Sometimes parents are indifferent to their children, do not raise them, do not provide their children financially, do not make attempts to get rid of addictions (alcoholism, drug addiction), abuse children - then by a court decision such parents are limited in parental rights or are deprived of parental rights...

It happens that parents come into conflict with the law, and their children are forced to spend all their childhood or a significant part of it away from their family, while the parents are in prison ...

Sometimes, due to a serious and prolonged illness, parents cannot fulfill the responsibilities of raising and supporting their children ...

Sometimes, although rarely, parents die and children become orphans, and relatives for whatever reason cannot accept the orphaned into their families, or there are simply no relatives ...

Sometimes a single mother decides to abandon the upbringing of a newborn baby and gives written consent to the adoption of a child by unrelated persons ...

Due to these and other tragic circumstances, the child loses their family and ends up in the child protection system, where the adoption and guardianship authorities are working to ensure their well-being.

For children who do not have the opportunity to grow up in their own family, the state grants the right to live and be raised in another family. Families who have adopted children who are not fortunate enough to grow up in their own families are called substitute families.