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Foster Homes (40 found)
After years of living with abuse, the writer hopes he’ll move past his anger in a new home. (full text)
Juelz finds acceptance and support in his new foster family, which helps improve his self-esteem. (full text)
Miguel is constantly bullied by the other residents in his group home. He longs for the love and security of a foster home. (full text)
Arelis loves visiting her sister’s foster home. The foster mother, Mary, is warm and caring, and just happens to be gay. (full text)
When Aurora enters a foster home she expects her foster mother to cook for her, but soon finds out she's expected to make her own meals. The other girls in the home teach Aurora to cook, and in the process she forms friendships with women her age for the first time. (full text)
Teyu endures cold showers and not enough food before discovering her foster mother's bizarre secret. (full text)
Kamaal decides to stop eating meat and faces surprising resistance from his foster family and some friends. (full text)
Virgen has lived in many different settings, always longing for a loving family. Surprisingly, she's preferred group homes to the therapeutic foster parents she's had. (full text)
Samantha finally gets her own place in a Supported Independent Living Program (SILP). A few months later, ACS closes SILPs and she has to go back to living with a foster parent. (full text)
How adults can prevent abuse in foster care, and how teens can protect themselves.
After living with an abusive foster mother, Alex speaks up and realizes he has the power to make changes in his life.
When Aquellah and her sister Taheerah move into a new foster home, they finally get the holiday they deserve.
Natasha attends a support group for foster parents, and is surprised to learn about their struggles.
Advice from a therapist on how to adjust to a new foster family.
Aquellah arrives in her latest foster home ready to get kicked out, but instead finds unconditional acceptance.
Fannie becomes comfortable with being gay when she moves into a foster home headed by a lesbian foster parent.
Taheerah never feels comfortable, accepted, or respected in the foster homes where she's lived.
The author wants to connect to a caring foster parent, but worries that no one will be able to see past her anger.
Hattie is waiting to be transferred from a group home to a foster home. Judging by the foster parents she’s met, it may be a long wait.
Based on her experience, Arelis argues that there are too many bad foster homes in the system.
When Lakia is placed in a foster home in her neighborhood, she discovers it’s not far enough away to escape the problems she had at home.
Lillian writes about the difficulties of finding a good home as a teen mother in foster care.
Jeffrey’s foster mother earns his trust by setting fair rules, cooking wonderful meals, and showing support.
When the writer's classmates find out she's in foster care, they tease her unmercifully. Devastated by the betrayal, she closes herself off from people. Two years later she meets Allen, finds out he was abandoned by his family, and they become close friends.
Monique is nervous about leaving her group home, but finds a foster mom she can trust.
The writer’s foster mother may have a beautiful house and a well-stocked refrigerator, but that doesn’t make her a good foster parent.
Danielle starts dating Mike, who doesn't reveal much about himself and says he attends a boarding school. She eventually finds out he lives in a group home. Danielle, who is not ashamed of living in a foster home, feels hurt by Mike's deception and breaks up with him.
When Tamara moves to a new foster home, she has to share a room with Cheryl, whom she dislikes. At first they fight, but eventually see they have things in common and that they can learn from each other. In time, Cheryl becomes the sister Tamara has always wanted.
Ana’s family has taken in numerous foster children over the years. She has painful memories of getting attached to them, only to see them leave again.
Tamara vows to become a foster mother someday so she can give youth the respect, emotional support, and love she always wanted but rarely received.
Jessica, 15, is raising a 16-month-old son in a foster home. She describes the difficulty of caring for the baby while she's still in high school. She receives no support from the father, but Jessica's hanging in there and trying to do her best.
Shameek gets kicked out of her foster home for being a lesbian.
In a previous article ("A Foster Mother from Hell," March/April 1994), Angi wrote about her life in an abusive foster home. In this article she describes how a social worker read the story and arranged her transfer to a new foster home, where she feels loved and respected. Angi credits writing with changing her life.
Angi’s story about her nightmarish foster home helps get her a new placement where she feels loved and respected.
Marcus, a foster youth, is hurt by the way his peers associate bad behavior with being in foster care. But when he overhears a girl gossiping maliciously about a foster child in her family, it's the "normal kid" who's acting like a "problem child." (full text)
None of Shaniqua’s friends know she’s in foster care because she’s afraid of being judged and teased.
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