Words2Mother: Reflections and Diatribes

Reflections and diatribes is real time exploration of the twists and turns of parenting in adoption and/or foster care. The author is an adoption professional, an adoptee and adoptive parent. The goal is to explore and inspire commitment and support adopted people and placements.
Mon Mar 28

500,000 children served?

The foster care system is the biggest failed experiment in institutionalized baby sitting ever and a true testament to short term thinking.
One day when the accountants and entrepreneurs have left the building maybe we’ll take a long hard look at the futility of continuing to throw billions of dollars at the wrong end of the system.  
This is one problem that we can fix when we decide we must.