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America's foster care system it could be a lifeline for some 400,000 kids who desperately need a place to call home [Music] but sometimes the people who volunteer to take these kids in do it for the wrong reason new allegations tonight about rageous abuse in the foster care system some are calling this a case of kids for cash this is the best day ever hold here word is french fries and milkshakes okay okay don't get greedy over there I only get so much money a month for you this is a job me taking care of you we've set up our hidden cameras at Park Avenue diner in Plainfield New Jersey and we fired actors to play a foster child his foster mom and her biological daughter you can get whatever you like you're my real daughter but what about the boy well it turns out this foster mother is in it just for the money honey if I adopted you I would stop getting paid if you witness someone mistreating their foster child what would you do thank you so much for bringing your welcome caleb is very excited about his trip to the restaurant yeah can we do a quick yeah but this woman is about to learn that for Caleb there's a very different set of rules she's my real daughter she gets things that you don't get you can have her leftovers now you're being a bad influence to my daughter don't do that she was showing me it doesn't matter what she was doing it matters what you were doing she watches us Tracy and Ava get full meals this'll be for you but Caleb he only gets a side order of fries how come I can't have a hamburger too because I only get so much money a month stop you need to be more appreciative and if I send you back no one's gonna adopt you with that the woman is up and pacing around the room and we're wondering what she's thinking when she approaches our actors table [Music] he's hi I'm sorry if he disturbed you okay didn't disturb me didn't disturb me I told him my singing back but he's not my real son I can't lie to him and say I'm gonna keep him forever I take care of foster kids all the time I know how to do this he's fine he's just having a bad day before she makes that call it's time to introduce ourselves my name is John Kinney honest it's what would you do alright okay I couldn't eat you know this happens I know people who have been foster children and they felt that their parents treated is you know differently so I I wasn't raised that way those are someone in your household you treat them like you treat every part of your family we reset the scene and our mom continues to treat her foster child as a second class member of the family okay so Caitlyn you have about $4 maybe you can get whatever you want okay this woman and her mother are clearly listening in can I be excused after use the bathroom yeah when Caleb steps away how would you get paid for having a little over 700 they hear a lot more that's why if we keep him under $4.00 then we can do whatever we want to you might get an iPad out of this get paid when Caleb comes back I really want a hamburger please I would say is there one under $4.00 no she can't help but join the conversation with a kind offer for Kayla [Music] budget we're on our way to meet this generous woman when she goes one step further now you're on it obviously it bothered you yeah and I'm just gonna have to write his name number down and what were you gonna do with that I was gonna call it a reporter what do you say to people who who do that in real life I do think a lot of people do it for the wrong reasons they think they're gonna make money and it's it's a very sad to me because the kids are the ones that suffer throughout the day as our foster mom continues berating Caleb some people feel it's just not their place to get involved the only reason that we even agreed to have you as a foster kid is because we need extra money and others tell us our mom didn't cross the line tell me she wasn't touching or hating him and there was nothing really I can do everyone petronia their own kids their own way you know and Elmi you get involved it loans you'll see any kind of physical abuse then you you know that's ID how their children is their children you know now Caleb's pretends he just can't take it any longer wipe your tears it's ridiculous and this man trying to embarrass me public you don't do that in public well we'll let him do the talking no no I understand I'm just trying to teach him a lesson imagine how he feels having heard this so far his entire life yeah no I just need the money he's not he couldn't be more right what did it take for you to speak up like I wanted to tell him that he was important and better than that I knew I had to start with her but I just wanted him to hear someone speak up for him because all people are worth respected we're old once again jewelry called IFAs send you back and this next woman immediately zones him - what's going on here how many times have to explain this to you this is my real daughter you're not gonna be treated the same you're a foster kid stop it and it doesn't take her long to make her stand your behavior - this child is unacceptable this is my foster child he doesn't need to know that if you chose to take carrion then take care it's a job and your job is to make you feel secure and comfortable and loved and if you can't do that then don't do it then send him system until they find someone who will love him but you're belittling him you're making him feel less of a person because that's your real child and you didn't birth him time to meet Linda Gaspari actually I just I wanted to just take him and beat him and protect him protect him he needed someone to step up for him you got me I'm glad you're acting that's what I wish I had that the capacity and the means to take any child that's in the system this is our future right here [Music]

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Length: 8min 47sec (527 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 06 2015