It's never too late to adopt a child you feel is truly yours, right? Twenty years after being taken away from his foster parents, 32-year-old Maurice Griffin has been officially adopted. Abandoned as a baby, Griffin was adopted at age 3 by Lisa Godbold and her husband, Charles. However, by age 13, Griffin was taken away from them due to unidentified circumstances and placed … [Read more...]
200 Pound Third-grader Put In Foster Care – Were The Authorities Right?
A severely obese 8-year-old has been taken from his mother and put into foster care after authorities said the child's mother was negligent about controlling the his weight. The mother believes the social workers overstepped their boundaries. From the Huffington Post: CLEVELAND "” An Ohio third-grader who weighs more than 200 pounds has been taken from his family and … [Read more...]
Shining Light On Four Black Adoption Myths
In 2010 there were more than 500,000 children in foster care across the United States, more than a quarter of them African American children. The need for adoption has never been greater, but we still see our children lagging behind in adoption rates. A new article from the Atlanta Post sheds light on four adoption myths: 1) Children of African descent are more difficult to … [Read more...]