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Old Feb 18, 2006, 09:14 PM
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They tended to put me with really nasty or super strict foster parents....one of which never allowed me to dress like other teenagers dressed or listen to 'sinful' popular music...The best thing that happened to me as a teenager was living in a group home from 1977 to 1980 where I could be a normal teenager and get help dealing with why I was taken from my parents, and only having to go back to the strict foster home on holidays. I honestly think NJ DYFS needs to teach foster parents, especially older parents, that YOUTH CULTURE is not all bad and to let teens dress they way they want to WITHIN REASON, and listen to rock music, and do safe and healthy fun things that their peers do....I wasn't allowed to attend concerts either, those foster homes were so overprotective...
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