Your parents are stereotyping, for sure. Any time we make an assumption that every person who is a member of a certain group of people will be the same as all others in that group, it is an oversimplification and bound to be wrong. It's like saying that everyone of a particular race, religion or nationality thinks and acts the same way.
It's silly. Do you think and act like everyone else with your hair color, shoe size, or hometown?! What isn't clear from your question is why you and your parents are arguing about this.
If they mean that they don't want to foster or adopt a child to join your family, there are some valid reasons why they might have concerns. The adoption process can be expensive, lengthy, and sometimes heartbreaking when things don't go as planned. Fostering involves working with caseworkers and arranging visits with biological parents.
It can be hard to let go of a foster child in the end, especially if you know they are going back to a home where they were hurt or neglected. Many children in crisis *do* require special emotional and behavioral support that some adults aren't prepared to handle. While I do NOT agree at all that all such children are "bad news", it is understandable that not every family feels like fostering or adopting is a fit.
On the other hand, if your parents are saying that they don't want you to befriend or date someone who is in this situation, I urge you to continue to challenge their perceptions. People should be known and assessed on their individual character, rather than on their circumstances. Many brilliant and successful people have overcome adversity, and a child should not be punished for the acts of the parents.
Not to mention, many people are happily adopted as infants or children and grow up as a product of that safe, nurturing environment - no different than biological children! The best way to challenge a stereotype is to help the person who is stereotyping develop a relationship with someone from that group. If your parents came to know a friend of yours who was polite, kind, helpful, academically accomplished, etc. - would they feel differently about them if they later found out that they were adopted or in foster care?
Your parents are wrong. K is right. If it is about being friends with someone in foster care, yes, they have legal woes, but it is NOT their fault.
Why should they be blamed because of their parents actions or inactions? Tell your parents that if they're going to judge people for whether they're in foster care, that it reduces your ability to trust them with information.
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