We all at some point or another have wished for things to be different. Kids spend a great deal of time thinking and talking about how things are going to be when they grow up; adults, in turn, spend their time thinking and talking about what will happen when they reach their chosen milestone. There … [Read more...]

One of the hardest things for someone working with displaced children and adolescents to accept is that they cannot help everyone. From a logistical standpoint, the sad fact is that there are too many who are in need with a limited amount of resources which make it impossible to help everyone. But … [Read more...]

A question that is often asked of foster parents or other caregivers is, “how can you do it?” or “is it worth it?”. There seems to be some bewilderment that surrounds the idea of raising children, in general, and it appears to increase exponentially when it comes to raising children that are not … [Read more...]

One of the biggest lies we tell ourselves is that some of the choices we make do not mean anything. We generally apply this mentality to what we consider to be the small things, the things that do not appear to have major or long-term repercussions. But the truth is that there are no … [Read more...]

One of the sentiments heard regularly around children who have been displaced is the disbelief that these children would want to return to the people and families they came from. It is difficult for people to understand how anyone could think fondly of people that had been neglectful or abusive to … [Read more...]