Opinion | All benefit when a child is safe

By Gary Christensen
Updated May 12 2017 - 7:16pm, first published 11:17am
SECURITY: Open adoption and guardianship creates new families. Photo: Louise Kennerley
SECURITY: Open adoption and guardianship creates new families. Photo: Louise Kennerley

Almost 20,000 children and young people in NSW are in Out of Home Care (foster care), with 49 per cent of those children and young people living in the Hunter and Central Coast.  Pause and think about what a safe home for life means to you. I was fortunate to be raised in a home where I felt safe and secure. My parents loved me and wanted me there, even when I was having a bad day. I was fed, clothed and educated and knew no harm would come to me or my siblings. Sadly, for many children and young people, this is not reality.

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