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A mother in Pennsylvania surprises her son with a new home

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122203) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 4 Aug

Casey Atwood who is a resident of Lancaster Pennsylvania was living in Claire House which is a home for single moms for a period of 14 months when in October 2024 when she lived with Josiah's father for a while since Josiah's...

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States and Cities make certain kids pay for their own Foster Care

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 12 Sep 23

I read an article this morning that got my blood up. It is about a nationwide proclivity to steal money from children. The culprit isn't an organized crime scheme. It isn't a Trump Charity. It is nearly every state and many city...

foster care

survival benefits

theft

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This week

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169479) • United States 7 Mar 23

We are starting a new student in our specialized classroom. She is coming from a different town and is in Foster Care. In addition we may be adding a new paraprofessional to deal with the heavier case load. All of this with four...

march 2023

school

foster care

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The three unfortunate kids are now happy

Xavier Bage @franxav (14591) • India 14 Jan 22

The three siblings were sad and traumatized when they were brought to our children's home some three months ago by the state police. Their father had been murdered. Their mother and her friend are in jail. Being with other...

charity

foster care

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Adopting Teenagers

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 4 Nov 21

I watched this ad for a foundation and they want to encourage people to adopt teenagers. I am glad they finally started encouraging this. Most of the time when the kids get older and reach their teen years, they get abandoned...

adoption

foster care

orphans

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Sometime it is beyond reasoning when animals adopt babies of other animals.

Jayanth @jayanth_77 (7179) • India 18 May 20

Many people adopt animals and birds which are injured and care for them till they recover or adopt them. But we do come across real life stories where a a dog adopts a kitten, a tigeress adopting a baby monkey, a cow adopting a...

adoption

foster care

mothers love

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It's A New Generation!

Xavier Bage @franxav (14591) • India 9 Mar 17

An altogether new generation has come to our foster home! 10 new children have been received into the children's home.They are from four years to nine years old. I have got five of them into the local primary school. The other...

foster care

foster home

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How Do I Cope?~ Part One

celticeagle @celticeagle (189900) • Boise, Idaho 9 Feb 17

I have had depression in some form all my life. I think my mom and my grandfather both were depressed people and I get it from them down through the family line. I have learned to cope when it gets really bad over the years by...

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Oh snap. I fell in love today.

The Horse @TheHorse (238325) • Walnut Creek, California 19 Jan 17

I fell in love today. It's true. I picked up a 10-year-old client to take him to play hoops, and there, helping answer the door, was a 3-year-old boy I'd never met before. I engaged him, asking his name, and how old he was, and...

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Mickey Hole

Amber @AmbiePam (120881) • United States 15 Nov 16

Some of you might remember me talking about Dominic, a little boy my sister and brother-in-law recently took in from foster care. They have a 5 year old girl, Amyra, whom they also adopted out of foster care. She was nine months...

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Is The Foster Care Program Broken?

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40848) • Laguna Woods, California 6 Oct 16

I have to confess that I have had very little contact with the foster care program. Years ago, I had a friend who fostered newborn babies prior to their adoption. Other than that, I never thought much about the...

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I'm excited about this.

Amber @AmbiePam (120881) • United States 17 Sep 16

So I got a text from my sister this morning asking me to call her as soon as I got up. I actually thought she was going to tell me someone had died. It is just unusual for her to text me with a request to speak to me. A lot of you...

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Helped a Kid, Did My Job, and the Backlash

angel_smiles @Lolaze (5092) • St. Louis, Missouri 8 Aug 15

In the modern day, you would think that when a child reports they are being abused at home it would be taken seriously. Especially when that child is old enough to give details and understand what is the truth and what is a lie....

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Foster care - good or evil?

savak03 @savak03 (6684) • United States 2 Aug 15

About three years ago my son's baby momma left his kids with her younger brother while she traveled to where he was because she thought he had money and that he should be giving to her. while she was away from her kids she got...

foster care

good or evil

department of family and childrens services

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Adopting a baby

NatachaR @NatachaR (39) 22 Nov 12

My husband and I cannot have children. This has been a difficult road to travel in our life through our marriage. The disappointment of not being able to conceive was nothing compared to the emotional "torture" it is and has been...

adoption

baby

foster care

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Any experiences with foster care and case workers?

NatachaR @NatachaR (39) 12 Jul 12

Could any of the readers here, who have experience in the foster care system, please give me a description of their experience please? It can be as general or detailed as you want. I need to get all the information I can. We are...

adoption

foster care

Rights terminated!

Amber @AmbiePam (120881) • United States 20 Jun 12

A lot of you may remember my discussion about my sister and brother-in-law taking in a foster child and trying to adopt her. The dad was in jail, and even though the mom didn't want anything to do with the baby, they still needed...

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Unwanted Babies, Please say a prayer for them.

webearn99 @webearn99 (1742) • India 18 Dec 10

A man and his female companion were arrested in a Wallmart parking lot in California, while trying to sell their 8 month old baby girl for $25. The baby is now in the care of the state, waiting for someone to adopt her. It...

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I would love to become a foster Mother, have you ever thought about that ?

shiquitatw @shiquitatw (442) • Jamaica 26 Jul 10

For the last year I have been thinking about becoming a foster Mother.I have been dealing with a lot of Charities in Jamaica and I had no idea that they have so may children without parents. Do you think you would ever become a...

children

foster care

motherhood

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adoption

raleyfamily @raleyfamily (132) • United States 24 Oct 09

We have adopted three children from the foster care system. We also have seven biological children, four have either married or are off at college, six still live at home. Our last two babies were drug babies. One was already...

adoption

foster care

large families

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