Strollerderby
Forming A Family, Their Own Way
My family makes me laugh, drives me nuts, breaks my heart, and is fundamental to my sense of myself and my place in the world. The idea of a kid having to go without that, of learning tragically early that they have only themselves to rely on, breaks my heart.
So I triple dog dare you to read these stories from American Radio Works and not cry. They’ve done a series on adopting of teens from foster care, talking to a bunch of kids who faced aging out of foster homes and parents who found themselves opening their homes to those teens (incidentally, all of the parents they interviewed? Lesbian couples. Score one for real family values).
While the incidence of kids in foster care being placed in permanent families is growing, if a kid makes it into their teens without being adopted, they are unlikely to ever be. They age out of the system at 18 and are cast into the world with only their own experiences to guide them. Many kids who age out of the system face dire outcomes
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Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amLove and Logic has a great book on helping adoptive and foster parents. It is called “Can This Child Be Saved?” by Foster W. Cline M.D. and Cathy Helding. Check it out at http://www.loveandlogic.com.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amThanks for the info…I love reading stories like this.
AmyinMotown commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amOops! Forgot to add it, but it’s all linked up now, MaryC.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amDo you have a link to the stories? I could Google it, but I like to be spoon-fed.
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