However, they soon realize that foster care is just as complicated as any normal adoption. In fact, more than half of children who leave foster care are eventually returned (Davis). There are some very common reasons for this. For example, many children transitioning out of the foster care system are managing the effects or instability. Moving from home to home can take a toll on a child every now and then. In fact, some children are placed in twenty or thirty different homes (Johnson). Many of these children suffer from malnutrition, developmental delays, and emotional problems (Johnson). The average child in foster care is around eight years old. Children of this age are very sensitive to behaviors noticed in different homes. Additionally, many parents miss out on their children's “childhood years” when they adopt a foster child. Even if there are over forty thousand newborns placed in foster care each