Foster children are entitled to parents

Re “A small triumph for children in foster care,” column, Nov. 10

Sandy Banks’ article about the new legislation that allows relatives to be legal guardians of children in foster care appears to have benefits in some situations. However, in the example given, even though one foster mother did not want to adopt both children, a young toddler and an infant would have had no problem finding an adoptive family, and it is untrue that these two young children would have been split up to be adopted. Shouldn’t these two youngsters be entitled to parents instead of legal guardians? The uncle in this article did not want to adopt them because he didn’t want to leave them an inheritance when they were older. Shouldn’t they have the opportunity to be raised by people who consider them their own, and want to make sure the children are provided for when they are gone, instead of being raised by people who will always differentiate them from their own birth children?

Sandra Carter

Long Beach