JOY Magazine

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The SA Constitution says that every child has the right to a family or parental care. In a country that has 2.8 million orphans and more than 3500 children that survive abandonment every year, this right is becoming harder to protect. Some children a

The Marshall Project

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Every year, thousands of children are removed from their homes by officials who fear for their safety—only to be returned within days. It “felt like being kidnapped,” one said.

WHO

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It’s been more than five years since William Tyrrell disappeared from his foster grandmother’s home in the NSW town of Kendall. Despite an exhaustive, ongoing police investigation, the offer of a million dollar reward for information on his whereabou

Manhattan Institute

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Faith-based foster-family agencies should be allowed to place kids according to their principles.

Philippine Tatler

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After six years of a long-distance relationship—including a year of being married—my son Enzo and I moved from the home we loved in Manila in July 2020 to be with my husband Jofer Farol and his three children Lana, Lex and Luke in San Francisco. This

The Christian Science Monitor

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Those aging out of the foster care system can face myriad challenges. Ken Mullner has been a key figure in efforts to make sure that every child’s yearning for a loving, supportive family is fulfilled.

Mother & Baby India

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While adoption still remains a taboo in most parts of India, it does not take away from the fact that it is one of the most successful alternative ways of having a family. Inability to conceive naturally is now not the only reason why adoption is the

5280 Magazine

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Freedom, joy, exhilaration, socialization, health, and wellness all describe the benefits of participation in outdoors sports. These benefits become even more important when living with a physical disability or after experiencing a life-altering inju

The Atlantic

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In 2012, there were 397,000 children in foster care in the United States. By then this figure had, happily, been declining for years, from a high of 567,000 in 1999. But since then, it has steadily risen again: In 2016, the most recent year for which

You South Africa

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SHE sat on a park bench with her sisters, breathing in the clean, fresh air. “I was so excited because I could smell the air, smell the grass,” Jordan Turpin says. “I was like, ‘How can heaven be better than this?’” That sweet moment came shortly aft

Los Angeles Times

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We may never know precisely why Jennifer Hart drove off a cliff in Northern California, killing herself, her partner and six children they had adopted out of the foster care system. We do know this culminated many years in which the children suffered

TIME

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EARCYLENE BEAVERS ALWAYS WANTED A LOT OF children, and she got her wish—just not the way she expected. Beavers, who’s in her 60s, gave birth to a daughter, but has mothered more children than she can count through the foster system. She currently has

Lunch Lady Magazine

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In the shadow of Christmas 2014, Boston-based emergency foster parents Kelly (Therapist Mum) and Jenna (Artist Mum) were asked to take in a six-week-old African-American baby (Tiny), just for the weekend. Two weeks later, his two-and-a-half year old

NPR

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Parents' substance abuse is one of the items driving authorities to remove kids from homes.

The Atlantic

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A system designed to respond to emergencies can never completely pause, even during a global pandemic.

Men's Health Australia

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SWIPE THROUGH Peter Mutabazi’s Instagram (@fosterdadflipper) and you’ll see the always-smiling dad posing with kids. Swipe more and you’ll notice the kids change, in number and in who they are – because Mutabazi is a different kind of dad. The 38-yea

The Christian Science Monitor

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The outcry over family separation at the border has sparked a rise in help for the migrant children. Now that concern can be broadened to include other children in the US also taken from parents in legal difficulty.

The Marshall Project

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Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” one advocate said.

NPR

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Foster parents often struggle to meet their charges' extraordinary health needs. Some states are testing out a coordinated approach to care to keep these kids from slipping through the cracks.

Manhattan Institute

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Kansas gives oversight authority of its foster-care system to radical activists who want to dismantle it.

Chicago Tribune

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HAWTHORN WOODS, Ill. - Susan Vrenios held the baby boy, less than 6 months old, in her arms as the infant cooed and flashed his big heart-melting smile. Over the span of nearly 30 years as a foster parent, Vrenios has become a pro tending to infants

The Atlantic

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Immigrant children separated from their parents can spend months, even years, in American foster homes. There have even been rare cases in which state officials have authorized permanent adoptions without notifying deported parents.

NEXT

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Tell me a bit about your background… Of Ngapuhi descent, I was raised in Ahipara, a small town in the Far North. It’s a beautiful area but there’s a lot of poverty, a lot of unemployment. Growing up in a place like that, you see it all, but my mother

NPR

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A Seattle-area nonprofit called Treehouse helped almost nine out of 10 students from the foster care system graduate high school this past year — a huge increase in a few short years.

Manhattan Institute

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Currently, about 440,000 American children live in the custody of the state. The median amount of time a child spends in foster care is 14.7 months; more than a quarter stay for over two years. While foster care is almost always safer than the homes

Florida Design

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1000 Wishes Campaign to build an Enrichment Center on campus KidSanctuary Campus was established in 2009 by local Philanthropist, Connie M. Frankino and today has four debtfree cottages on a secure 10-acre campus in West Palm Beach for local at-risk

Manhattan Institute

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The past few weeks have been difficult for Allison, a single mother in California with all seven of her children (ranging in age from two to 12) at home. She adopted six out of foster care, and she hoped to finalize the adoption of the seventh this m

The Atlantic

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At a glance, America’s shortage of adoptable babies may seem like a problem. But is adoption meant to provide babies for families, or families for babies?

Manhattan Institute

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Arizona is leading the nation in recognizing the rights of foster parents—and, more important, children’s need for loving, stable homes.

Mother & Baby India

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The agency and District Chile Protection Unit makes arrangements for counselling sessions between adoptive parents and their child. If the chils is still unable to adjust even after counselling efforts, it will result in dissolution of adoption. The