Fosters

make a difference in the lives of those who have been through similar experiences. Jimmy Wayne was not always a successful music star. Like some, he started out with nothing. Jimmy and his sister Patricia were frequently bouncing in and out of the foster care system. They both grew up in an environment of drugs, alcohol, and chaos. Although they did have a mother, she was mentally unstable and repeatedly chose her lovers over her own children. In all honestly it’s a miracle Jimmy and his sister…

are abandoning children in foster care” from Cable News Network gives chills even with its title alone. This article is a striking reminder of the thousands of children without homes or who are still in abusive homes in America. Soronen’s persuasive writing style makes her article extremely effective in its purpose: spreading awareness of this issue. In the article’s first paragraph Soronen states that in 2012, 23,439 children turned 18 and were forced to leave foster care. This striking fact…

handle all of my younger sister’s personal business. If we understand each other expectations it will be a great partnership. It was rare that social workers had clients that went to school, work, and assist with younger sibling, not run away from foster homes/ group homes, and show up to meetingWhen first meeting with a social worker, I expect him or her to identify them by name, profession, and by agency or…

Hayworth, William Life is not about where you started I began to know hardship at a very early age of 2 months; I was removed from my family and placed into foster care. My dad divorced my mom shortly after I was born and never looked back. I spent the next 15 years moving between foster homes. I became a bitter and rebellious child. I was kicked out of all the middle schools in my local school district in Detroit Michigan and placed in a mental hospital. I was mad at the world and felt…

Stories similar to the boy taken away from his family and shuffled around in foster care for a false accusation of child abuse and neglect, and the story of a child kept in a cage for a week, show that these states need serious reform. Looking at all three states, there appears to be more similarities than differences with respect to how they handle child abuse and neglect. First and foremost, each state has a government run department that deals with abuse and neglect. All of the departments…

John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. John Hinckley Jr. was born May 29, 1955. He was 25 years old when he attempted the assassination of President Ronald Reagan. Hinckley had developed an obsession for an actress Jodie Foster. When he viewed the movie Taxi Driver a 1976 movie by Martin Scorsese’s, which was about a woman who tries to convince a taxi driver to assassinate the president in order to win her over. Hinckley had viewed this movie dozens of times and…

The water droplets roll down my forehead as I lay in my bed looking at the water damaged ceiling. At twelve years old I slept in a one window attic in a tattered bed, under a leaky roof. I do not have any family nor friends to speak of and no real optimism for the future. School was my only outlet yet it was also beginning to be the root of my humiliation and embarrassment. Leaving school today with tears in my eyes and my teacher’s voice ringing in my head all I could ponder was this can’t be…

Throughout most of modern history, the principal belief was that children were unaffected by traumatic events that happened in their lifetime. In recent years, however, child psychiatrists like Dr. Bruce Perry have worked with children, doctors, and parents to help expand recognition that children are in fragile developmental states and a traumatic event can have many detrimental effects. In his novel, The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry introduces many of his patients that have had a…

Should we have to pay to adopt a child? In my opinion, no, we should not. Many women are not able to have their own children;therefore, they consider the option of adopting. Often times they quickly put the idea out of their minds because they merely cannot afford it. Even couples who can have their own children want to adopt, solely because they want to give an orphan a real family. These people just want to change children’s lives and their own, but money prohibits them. Although many do not…

Ground’s opportunity for success. First, by using recycled grounds, reuse is a vital component of the company’s sustainability strategy. Secondly, part of the workforce at Uncommon Ground will be comprised of at-risk youth who are aging out of the foster care system. The business will serve as a job-training and internship program…