foster parents

Terry and Laura Sheldon try to ease their grief over the drowning deaths of their twin daughters by adopting Albert, a ten-year-old African-American boy,whose history gives him little hope that this home will be his last, but while Terry and Laura struggle to keep their marriage together.in the face of infidelity, Albert meets an elderly neighbor who offers him friendship and gives him a sense of pride through stories of the buffalo soldiers of the old West.

A sheltered fifteen-year-old girl named Mary Fred Anderson is removed from her home in a fundamentalist sect and placed in foster care in a Washington, D.C. suburb, where a violent act upon her new family has an indelible impact on her, making her reexamine her long-held beliefs.

Things start looking up for Emily and Jackson when Emily's inheritance clears and Aunt Hilda becomes her legal guardian and offers to become Jackson's, as well, but Uncle Victor reappears, willing to do anything to steal Emily's fortune.

A collection of eleven essays that address issues associated with the foster care system including the history of foster care in America and questions concerning whether or not grandparents should be considered as foster parents.

Explores issues facing families confronting the challenges created by adoption and foster care, and identifies steps members of blended families can take to ensure that they have a strong foundation.

Interviews with adopted children and adoptive families about their experiences and feelings concerning adoption.

Simple text and photographs offer an introduction to foster families and describe how family members interact with one another.