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Testimonies: Losing your children to foster care 9 Articles

  • 1 of 9

    by Jodi Craig

    So many bad opinions of Foster Care... I will tell you my story. I never new my birth parents. I was left with the baby sitter when I was 4 yrs. She and her husband and mother raised me, and my brother and sister. They ...read more

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    by Francesca Pawlak

    I'm not complaining when I say that my 2 yr old daughter isn't challenged in any way mentally or physically, I'm thrilled it's not something more than it is. However, she is challenged in one way, she has an eating disorde...read more

  • 3 of 9

    by Laura Leigh Fields

    I know how you are feeling. I have felt that heart wrenching Earth shattering pain. I have cried myself to sleep, waking up disappointed that I woke up. I know how devastating it feels to loose your children. I have been w...read more

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    by Frances Gordon

    While I am firmly against child abuse, molestation, and neglect. I have seen and been subjected to the cruelties, and ridiculous standards most foster care systems hold to the birth parents, but not hold those same standa...read more

  • 5 of 9

    by Irma Clark

    I am the mom of a child who was taken away and placed in foster care. First, she was placed in a group home for girls when she was 13. The Family Services caseworker wanted to put her in a co-ed group home, out of town, ...read more

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    by Regina Colchado

    I was not that young when I gave birth to my daughter . I remember when I found out I was pregnant , it was through the local health department . The lifestyle and irresponsible choices I made , created unhealthy relation...read more

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    by Donna Connolly

    MY FRIEND WHO HAS 7 CHILDREN WAS IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP WERE HER PARTNER hit her played mind games with her etc.social services became involved,i thought they were meant to help people like her not create even more pro...read more

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    by Salvador Duncan

    You've heard all the nasty rumors about child care, but you have to get back to work and you have no choice. But did you know there are benefits to sending your child to daycare If you consider some of these benefits, it w...read more

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    by Waldina Vallecillo

    This has to be the worst nightmare after having your abducted by a stranger. Although the children in the hands of the state and they are suppose to be safe is not what a parent thinks when his baby no matter how he or she...read more

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