Caring for children is never easy. It’s a rewarding and wonderful experience, but it’s not something that anyone would describe as simple or straight-forward. And caring for children who have been displaced is an even more wonderful and difficult thing to do. Taking in a displaced child is always … [Read more...]

Most children dream about the future—where they want to live, what kind of job they want to have. They dream about getting married, having kids, travelling, buying a house or a car, and countless other things that they believe are part of their future. But the wishes of displaced children, children … [Read more...]

There is an epidemic in our country that people don’t want to talk about. It is something that has impacted every community, every population, and still people don’t want to acknowledge it. And, to an extent, that’s understandable; we don’t like to think or talk about painful things for that very … [Read more...]

One of the many stigmas about displaced children (children in foster care or other out-of-home placements) is that they are unmanageable or difficult. A simple Google search will tell you that foster children are at higher risk for dropping out of school, drug use, and involvement in the legal … [Read more...]

One of the houseparents and myself were in a meeting at one of the County Department of Resources with a family regarding their case. Their children were placed at the Children’s Home the month before. At the end of the meeting the houseparent told the parents “I want you to know that we pray for … [Read more...]