First an aside: My Google Alerts for foster care and adoption sometimes drive me crazy, with links like this that pop up:
This Company’s Adoption Program Lets You Foster A Baby Coral In The Bahamas
No offense to baby corals, but baby humans need families.
1. Pro-Life Means We Examine What We Can ‘Never Do’
2. Every time we choose to love other mortal beings, someday, we will have to give them back.
3. Republican senators write to Xavier Becerra about protecting faith-based child welfare providers
4. A story from England about the need for support for families who adopt
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5 child maltreatment deaths in one month. What went wrong? The answers remain elusive, even after Casey Family Programs conducted an investigation for the state. Seeking Answers in Maine | City Journal @AEI @IWF @putnamhornstein https://t.co/X3ee4przn4
— Naomi Schaefer Riley (@NaomiSRiley) December 29, 2021
7. Oregon foster system continues to house children in hotels, despite agreeing to stop
9. With Urgent Need for More Foster Families in Mass., Cape Cod Woman Shares Her Story
10. “He has no idea how to open a bank account, cook a meal, or file his taxes.” — NBC: Challenges Facing Foster Kids Aging Out Of The System
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Like other research on the subject, this study of children’s stressful life events does not include dads moving out, new partners, stepparents, etc. The stress no one wants to talk about. https://t.co/YvgcBGpwZd
— Kay Hymowitz (@KayHymowitz) December 29, 2021
12. FOX 35 Care Force: Foster parents move from New York to Florida to raise more kids
13. A ‘Christmas to remember.’ 6 siblings reunited through surprise adoption by Columbus couple
14. Adopted families celebrate first Christmas together
15. Couple adds two daughters with special needs to their family through adoption
16. Single woman adopts student who lived in six different foster homes
17. Loralie is 9 years old. She spent almost half her life in foster care – 1,445 days.
18. Herbie Newell: Giving Hope and Receiving Hope: Why Christians Should Still Care about International Adoption
Also from Newell, president of Lifeline Children’s Services:
Beloved, we must strive to see orphaned and vulnerable children not as the world sees them but as the Author and Sustainer of Life sees them – with inestimable value, created bearing His image.
19. Beautiful story of lifesaving, from BraveLove: ”Reading the stories of other birth mothers — it was empowering.”
The Global Impact of Sharing Stories from BraveLove on Vimeo.
20. He grew up in foster care, now ‘Kid Santa’ spends Christmas Eve delivering toys to kids in need
Also:
If you don’t know about one of the most important books of the year, No Way to Treat a Child: How the Foster Care System, Family Courts, and Racial Activists Are Wrecking Young Lives, learn about it from my conversation with its author, Naomi Schaefer Riley, last month:
And if you want to hear from a mom doing the adoption thing, Melissa Buck is always great to hear from. And she’s a strong advocate for keeping siblings together, something she and her husband have done.