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Separation From Family (30 found)
After running away and going into foster care, Daniel is determined to repair his relationship with his mother. (full text)
After years in foster care, Erica and her mother reestablish a relationship by writing letters. (full text)
Angela is molested by her father, but scared to tell anyone. When she enters foster care, she is relieved to find a group home that provides her with the structure and safety she never got at home. (full text)
Shateek can't control his anger after his grandmother dies and he goes into care when he's 9. He discovers that writing calms him down. (full text)
As a child, Johane spent three hellish years living apart from her mother and looking forward to their reunion. But when she finally got her wish, she found their relationship was not the same. (full text)
La'Quesha longs for more freedom from her strict mother. She interviews a fellow teenager who broke away from her own controlling parents. (full text)
Dion explains how visits could be improved to help families stay connected while kids are in foster care.
The author keeps his siblings together while living on the street. But in foster care, they are separated.
When the writer returns home after a year in foster care, she and her mother have become distant, and both have a hard time trusting people.
Angel longs to have a good relationship with her mom. But they’ve never gotten along, and after foster care things are even worse.
The writer decides it’s not possible to have a relationship with her drug-addicted mother, and tries to focus on making life better for herself.
Andrew’s therapist helps him deal with his anger and sadness about not living with his family.
When Roger’s mother dies, he is separated from the older sister who always cared for him. Years later, she’s finally able to adopt him.
Vanessa is a like a mother to her two siblings, and is devastated when they're adopted and she can no longer see them.
After four years, Christiaan’s mother wants to reconnect. He wonders if she’s willing to confront the past.
Though she loves her parents, Hattie has decided that it’s best for her to not live with them.
Dahyana finds it hard to connect with her father, who disapproves of the way she dresses and her social life.
Kareem wished he had been placed in foster care closer to his home. That way, he might have maintained a better relationship with his siblings.
Karen goes into foster care because of her mother’s drug addiction. But once she finds a safe home, she and her mother are able to rebuild their relationship.
Carmen loses her son to foster care because of her drug abuse. When they are reunited after eight years, she is confronted by his deep anger at having been abandoned.
The writer decides to return home after foster care. But she finds her dysfunctional family unchanged.
Jeremiyah is very close to his older brother, Alfred. When family conflicts land Alfred in a group home, they lose touch and Jeremiyah misses him dearly.
The writer feels an iron wall prevents her from communicating with her parents. They are very strict and judgmental, and don't know how to show love. In addition, the writer was separated from them for eight years, before she joined them in the U.S. from Ecuador.
A psychologist describes how separation affects youth and parents, and how family bonds can be rebuilt through therapy.
Chris, who has been placed in a group home, wishes he lived closer to his mother, even if that means they’d fight more.
Victoria Malkin, Ph.D., an anthropologist and psychotherapist, discusses the various ways family can be defined and how kids without families can bond with others.
The writer grows apart from her beloved siblings after a family tragedy. Watching her sisters fall apart, she feels guilty but realizes her survival depends on finishing school and going to college. (full text)
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