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Disruptive adoption from the adoptee’s point of view
Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day Currently in the United States, adoptions are being promoted as the “cure” for foster care, and a panacea to all permanency issues. And yet, across America, there are...
Mentoring young people in and from foster care in Australia
Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day I have recently had the privilege of getting to know Carissa Neal. In a sense, she and I are sisters, since we both have experienced being in foster care. Carissa is ori...
Tapping into the vision and passion of foster care alumni
Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day It has been said that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ With that in mind, my husband and I created this video to illustrate what can be accomplished by ...
We are not victims; we are survivors
Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day Care Leavers Australia Network is a support and advocacy group for adults who grew up in homes, orphanages, institutions and/or foster homes. As a former foster child a...
Children cannot consent
Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day Megan wrote an earlier article about this subject, but I cannot get this atrocity off of my mind: Q: What kind of judge would say that a 10-year-old girl had “probably...
Homeless youth… who they are… what they need…
Homeless youth are more often defined by who they are not, rather than by who they are. They are not accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. They are not an adult single male. They are not a homele...
The link between domestic violence and child abuse
Sunshine Girl On A Rainy Day In honor of White Ribbon Day, I am writing a post about domestic violence. It is a tragedy that some parents feel that they must stay with their partners, even if t...
