“Possible Selves,” a new documentary about youth in foster care, starts with a scene that most high schoolers in America will recognize. As powerful lights shine down on the green carpeting of a football field, […]
By Daniela Coats When I was around 7 years old, my parents began the journey to become resource parents. Though I had two younger biological brothers, my parents felt we could help children in foster […]
By Susanti Sarkar Lauren Davis, a mother from North Carolina, first met Ayden when he was just 7 weeks old and had been transferred to a local hospital. She spent the next two months visiting […]
By Sara Tiano Jason and Cindy Nabb of Lincoln, Nebraska, were sitting around the dinner table with their six children when the call came through: two sisters, ages 3 years and 3 months, would be […]
By Sara Tiano When Mya Zavaleta was growing up in her Connecticut adoptive home, she turned to the night sky to feel a sense of closeness with her birth family thousands of miles away. “Even […]
By Regina Louise In a recent TEDx Talk, I spoke on the importance of having a benevolent witness to our stories. Someone who will not, as John Bradshaw said, “shame us for our shame.” I […]
By Dionne Joseph Eyal Dagan and Chris Poore’s children are thriving. Seven-year-old Sam just competed in his second golf tournament, while his 6-year-old sister Bella is busy exploring her passions of fashion, art and dance. […]
By Taíno Bendz Resource parents and kinship caregivers play a vital role in guiding and protecting the children they care for. In today’s digital age, social media, online bullying and excessive screen time pose unique […]
By Noelle Hause, Ed.D., LPC, IMH-E Kinship caregiving is the full-time care of a child by relatives such as grandparents, great-grandparents, adult siblings, aunts, uncles and stepparents; or other invested community members such as […]
In the spring of 2018, Sarah and Jennifer Hart drove their SUV off a northern California cliff into the Pacific, killing themselves and their six adopted children. The mass murder rocked the nation, sparking intensive […]
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