A New Kind of Dreaming society & value guide
Child welfare is meant to protect young people, but its rules also create labels and pressure. Jamie is treated as a “last chance”, so adults focus on control and obedience, while he expects judgment; this shapes his distrust, resistance and struggle to accept care.
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When adults call a young person their “last chance”, are they offering support—or quietly deciding what that person is allowed to become? Jamie’s experience with foster care and youth justice raises a difficult question: can rules protect young people if the people enforcing them stop listening to the young person’s own story?
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