Superiority/Inferiority and Things Fall Apart

Foster parents, with their feeling of superiority, put down and beat the foster kids. Many foster parents do not respect and love their kids. They beat their kids as a way to control them and show their power. In many cases involving foster care abuse, kids will be malnourished or bruised and beaten by parents. Sixty percent of abuse cases are due to neglect and more than fifteen percent are due to physical abuse. In one horrific case, “Sally Schofield, the foster mother of Logan Marr, was found guilty June 25 of wrapping the 5-year-old's body with 42 feet of duct tape during a "timeout," causing the little girl to suffocate” (Mcfadden). This abuse clearly shows how foster parents will do anything to control their kids. This woman had to use duct tape and force to show how she was superior and Logan Marr was inferior. Schofield is not fit for foster care. This is not the only case, in Los Angeles two kids were found on the run from their foster mother who “bound their hands with zip-ties and beat them” (Therolf). This is another clear case where foster parents beat the kids to enforce power and rules. These children risked their lives running away from their foster mother. They were luckily found by authorities before freezing in the desert’s cold. This type of abuse from parents and foster parents happens around the world. In the book Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo beats his son for disagreeing with his beliefs. Okonkwo felt superior to his son; he thought his sons beliefs were feminine and a disgrace to his culture. The feeling of superiority can happen for many reasons. In Okonkwo's case, he hated his father and wanted to prevent his son from becoming like him. In the sense of foster care, many foster parents do not love their children. They feel like the kids are a burden and don't want to care for them. Since they feel that way, they unfairly treat the kids. This is directly linked to abuse. Children in foster care are highly susceptible due to parents’ uncaring and superior feeling towards children. These children must be saved from the abusive parents.

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