Their mentality is not what it should be for their age. According to Sheryl Faber, children placed in foster care must “face the unknown, are torn from the environment they know, are cared for by strangers, and face uncertainty as to whether they will ever be reunited with their families.” .” Dealing with something serious like that will give anyone, child or otherwise, trust "issues". Inability to attach to other caregivers or their foster families, lower academic achievement, lack of educational resources, and lack of preparation for adulthood – these are just a broad view of the many things that will keep these children from growing up. be “normal” adults. Foster children are often taught by “the circumstances around them not to speak up and are conditioned to think that abuse is normal.” Children placed in the foster care system generally “do not have the childhood experiences that teach other children to trust authority figures.” Facts about children in foster care explain that children in foster care who experience multiple placements are nearly “15% less likely to complete high school than their peers.” 50% of foster children will receive a high school diploma, only 10% of foster youth will attend college, and 3% of