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A Child Chosen - Perspectives of an Adoptive Parent

Archive for the ‘Foster Care’ Category

June 22nd, 2008

Fast Times for Teen Pregnancy

When it comes to teen pregnancy there are mistakes made by smart teens, accidents that happen because, well, accidents happen, and then there are girls who want to get pregnant.

The news this week is out of Gloucester, Massachusets where there are 17 expecting teen girls, all of them 16 and under. Half of them confessed […]

By Marcie -- 5 comments

June 21st, 2008

Lynn Paddock on Trial for Death of 4-year-old

Lynn Paddock, charged with murder in 2006, was on trial lastweek for the murder of her 4-year-old son Sean. She wrapped him in blankets at night to keep in him bed and suffocated him.
Tags: , abuse, death, johnny paddock, johnson county, lynn paddock, rev. michael pearl, sean paddockShare This

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June 2nd, 2008

South Carolina to Reduce Children in Foster Care

The South Carolina Department of Social Services announced that South Carolina will be making an effort to reduce the time children spend in foster care and reduce the number of children in foster care.
Tags: , Foster Care, number of children in foster care, reduce foster care, south carolina, time spent in foster careShare This

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May 29th, 2008

Should Race Matter?

Race always matters, right?
African, Caucasian, Chinese, Guatemalan, Vietnamese, Korean, Ethiopian, Nepalese, Russian, Ukrainian, Haitian, Kazak, and more…
Race always matters, right?
Tags: , 1996 adoption law, Adoption, black, caucasian, color blind, evan b donaldson adoption institute, guatemalan, Hispanic, Home-study, Law, Race, race matters in adoption, russian, should race matter, transracial-adoptionShare This

By Marcie -- 2 comments

May 25th, 2008

Foster Care Baby Dies

A 7-month-old baby in foster care died Monday in Mansfield Connecticut. The baby was being cared for by a licensed foster parent and investigators are still waiting for the results of the autopsy.
Tags: baby, connecticut, death, dies, Foster Care, mansfieldShare This

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May 24th, 2008

Polygamist’s Children in Foster Care

Texas officials state that it will cost about $21 million in the next year to care for the hundreds of children they recently removed from a polygamist cult.
The state Health and Human Services Commission estimates that foster care will run $39 a day and extra expenses include health care and pr0tective service workers.
Tags: , cult, […]

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