“As I started listening to adoptee voices, and hearing their stories, I slowly realized how harmful my words can be. I want to make sure I’m always a safe person for them to talk to.”
‘The language people use for adoption is often degrading and derogatory. It leads to such pain in adoptees and birth parents’ lives.’: Big sister addresses hurtful adoption language
What Hit Netflix Show ‘Maid’ Got Wrong About Child Welfare
“As a seasoned foster mama, here’s the problem with ‘Maid’ that I haven’t been able to shake since watching the show.”
‘Will I be moving again?’ A question no kindergartner should be asking. He was testing our dedication to him, to see if we were truly all in.’: Couple adopt boy from foster care
“This little kid with the politician smile and biggest heart had won us over. There would be no more disruptions for him, no more moving. Dwayne, the little kid who needed a home, had finally found his place.”
Single Foster Mom Shares Tips To Prepare For Teen Placements
“Every tiny preparation helped tremendously.”
‘A baby boy thought to have Down syndrome has been dumped in the bushes. Do you want him?’: Social worker becomes foster mom to abandoned babies with end-of-life needs
“Life is strange. I didn’t simply wake up one morning thinking caring for dying babies would be a good idea. But know what? We wouldn’t have it any other way.”
‘I was a privileged girl looking for accolades to make me feel good. Foster care broke me of this mentality.’: Woman shares how becoming a foster mom changed her
“There was always another phone call. There were always more children. There was so much brokenness, and even if people offered praise of us being foster parents, it didn’t fix anything.”
‘Love doesn’t have a color.’: Foster parents refuse to give up on traumatized boy, adopt him into forever home
“People would read his file and get scared away. But I knew he was a good child who had experienced a lot of trauma.”
‘I awoke to three strangers standing in our living room, grave concern on their faces. ‘Their mom hasn’t been here.’ I was driven away by police car, anxious and confused.’: Former foster youth urges ‘you aren’t your circumstances’
“We finally arrived at our destination. A modest green house with a chain link fence. Standing at the sidewalk was a petite elderly woman with a white t-shirt, floral skirt, and hair pulled in a high bun. She greeted me with a smile. ‘Hi Jamerika,’ she said, as if she knew me her whole life.”
3 Ways To Help Foster Kids Without Becoming A Foster Parent
“There are currently over 400,000 kids in the foster care system right now.”
‘At 16, I should’ve been going to sleepovers and sweet sixteens. Instead, I was being sold to men, repeatedly.’: Sex trafficking survivor graduates college with honors, advocates for others
“If I can turn my pain into empowerment to inspire others, then there is hope for those who are still stuck in the grips of human trafficking.”
