Banned Books Review #16
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Foster Care
Troubling Children
By Between The Lines - Posted on August 26th, 2008
Letting Love Go
By bungeecord - Posted on June 10th, 2008
Losing love is one thing. Letting love go is another. They both have their similarities, but my instincts tell me that, while the former may be more intensely difficult, the latter involves more specific difficulties. To make the choice to let someone you love go is an agonizing process much different from just accepting loss. Read More »
GLBT Homeless Youth: Where Do You Go When No One Wants You?
By ediblewoman - Posted on May 26th, 2008
Tagged: bisexual
• Foster Care
• gay
• GLBT
• Homeless
• homeless shelters
• homeless youth
• Homelessness
• lesbian
• transgender
• youth
You are fifteen and you are in love. You are all the things a fifteen-year-old usually is when in love. You are wide-eyed and hopeful. You are single-minded and not to be convinced that he is not The One. You are also terrified, cold, lost, and confused, because up until tonight, when you felt you would burst if you didn’t tell someone how you feel about him, you had a home. But then you told your parents that you are head over heels in love with another boy. Now you live on the street.
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TOO KIND TO BE TRUE?
By Hanna Cho - Posted on May 9th, 2008
Tagged: Foster Care
• Shared responsibility
This is a hypothetical situation: Read More »
My Foster Daughter is Awesome
By bungeecord - Posted on April 25th, 2008
Tagged: Abandonment
• baby talk
• babysitting
• Dora the Explorer
• Foster Care
• Parenting
• three year olds
I love being a foster parent. My foster daughter, Gongli, is great. Right now she is sitting across the desk from me pretending that the stapler is a telephone. Oh to be a kid again... And this is exactly how I feel. The other crap I usually worry about is gone and now my mornings are filled with oatmeal and Dora the Explorer. Read More »
I'm going to be a mom!
By bungeecord - Posted on April 16th, 2008
Tagged: Abandonment
• adoption
• children with disabilities
• China
• Foster Care
• orphans
• untouchables
• unwanted children
That's right ProU, in a about a week I'm going to be a mommy! I've been feeling some maternal instincts lately and I thought that maybe it was time to have a bun in the oven. But no, I'm not even pregnant. Out of nowhere, a friend mentioned to my husband that there's an abandoned children's home in my city. Read More »
Unable to Find Safety: How the Foster Care System Fails its Children
By grlwthashttrdhrt - Posted on April 10th, 2008
Tagged: child welfare reform
• Children
• Failure
• Foster Care
• out-of-home placement
• System
• Better future
Imagine that you are seven years old. You’ve just been removed from your home because your father beat you to the point of hospitalization. You’re all alone, with no one to turn to. A strange woman tells you that you are going to stay with another family for the time being. Read More »
Child Abuse in the USA: Abuse at Home, Substance Abuse, and Foster Care
By Kiota - Posted on March 17th, 2008
Tagged: alcoholism
• child abuse
• drug abuse
• emotional abuse
• Foster Care
• foster homes
• juvenile delinquency
• mental health
• physical abuse
• Sexual abuse
• substance abuse
• USA
• youth at-risk
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
This is the continuation to http://www.progressiveu.org/221453-child-abuse-usa-homelessness-and-prostitution Read More »
