The Psychological Consequences of Separating Siblings in Foster Care
The psychological stigma associated with being labeled an “orphan,” “foster child,” “ward of the court” or “at-risk youth” can wreak...
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Waln Brown
Jul 24, 20233 min read
Safeguarding the Mental Health of Foster Children
Devastating life events such as chronic family dysfunction, abuse and neglect, multiple placements, poor decisions by the court or...
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Waln Brown
Jul 20, 20234 min read
Who Says Kinship Care is a “Best Practice?”
Without due consideration for alumni feedback, politicians, judges, social workers and other policymakers have deemed kinship care a...
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Waln Brown
Jul 18, 20233 min read
Foster Families or Residential Care: Which Placement do Former Fosters Choose?
Foster Families or Residential Care: Which Placement do Former Fosters Choose? Prior to President Teddy Roosevelt’s 1909 White House...
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Waln Brown
Jul 18, 20233 min read
Exploiting America's Foster Youth: Part Three
The foster care system fell apart in the 1980s. There were more foster children than foster families, and too few orphanages remained to...
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Waln Brown
Jul 18, 20233 min read
Exploiting America's Foster Youth: Part Two
In response to the Protestant agenda of converting Catholic youths, Catholics began building orphanages exclusively for Catholics....
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Waln Brown
Jul 13, 20232 min read
Exploiting America's Foster Youth: Part One
More than 150 years ago Charles Loring Brace, an evangelical minister and founding director of the New York Children’s Aid Society, began...
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