By Christie Renick As protests against police brutality have blossomed into a new chapter of America’s civil rights movement this year, child welfare experts say it is never too early in a child’s life to […]
By Kim Phagan-Hansel When Director Sean Anders and his wife Beth decided about eight years ago to look into adopting from the foster care system, it started as a joke. After struggling some financially as […]
By Pat Rhoads Whether we like it or not, social media is here to stay. Social media has gone from the cool new fad to an ever-present reality in the lives of most Americans. This […]
By Melinda Clemmons In the warmly lit opening frame of the film, a young man leans in, listening intently to soulful music streaming from a laptop. As the song ends, someone beside him says, “I […]
Directed by Tim Wardle 2018, PG-13, 96 minutes, documentary One of the most unforgettable documentaries from recent years — “Three Identical Strangers won a special jury award at Sundance Film Festival and appears Oscar-bound — […]
By Janet C. Mann and Dr. Molly Kretchmar-Hendricks Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-84905-660-1, 252 pages, $19.95 Janet and Paul Mann had been foster parents for six years before co-founding The Children’s Ark in Spokane, […]
Written and directed by Mark Vadik, based on the book by Steve Pemberton. http://www.achanceintheworldmovie.com 75 minutes When Steve Pemberton was a kid, he bore the Polish last name of Klakowicz and knew nothing about his […]
By William Holmes, MD May is National Foster Care Month, and there is no better time to recognize and give a heartfelt word of encouragement to all foster parents, who are a necessary and vital […]
This year, Fostering Media Connections (FMC) launched its first-ever Youth Voice nonfiction writing contest and invited current and former foster youth between the ages of 18 and 24 to submit essays. This year’s theme: “What love is.” Dozens of […]
By Josh Shipp HarperCollins Publishers, 2017, ISBN: 978-0-06-265406-9, $26.99 Raising teenagers is challenging even in the rosiest of circumstances; the struggle amplifies enormously when those teens are living in the child welfare system and come […]
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