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On AlterNet: foster care

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "foster care"

A New Way to Foster Parent

A New Way to Foster Parent

Helaine Olen, AlterNet. November 1, 2008.
Several cities and states now encourage close contact between foster and birth parents -- a difficult but beneficial relationship.

The FLDS Children Seized in Texas are in Their Own Private Gitmo

The FLDS Children Seized in Texas are in Their Own Private Gitmo

Richard Wexler, The Nation. May 31, 2008.
Foster care is a toxic intervention, to be used sparingly. In the case of the Yearning for Zion ranch, Texas prescribed megadoses of foster care.

Too Poor to Parent

Too Poor to Parent

Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. May 26, 2008.
Why does society blame black mothers for one of our nation's pressing social ills?