Take just a moment and think back to when you were a child. Think about how you depended on your parents and family to take care of your needs. Think about your friends and all the familiar places and things you did. Now, use your imagination further – what if you had to be placed in foster care due to abuse or neglect?

But have you ever considered that when a child acts out it may be a signal from the child asking the parent, the school teacher, the Sunday school teacher, the youth pastor, etc., to do something? Have you considered that it may be the child’s way of saying he/she feels out of control?