Foster Families (The Changing Face of Modern Families)

Explores the history of foster care, describes the reasons children enter foster care, and discusses foster parents, caseworkers, and the conditions in foster homes. Today society has many different kinds of families, and the challenges they face are all unique. The real-life families in this series offer their thoughts about what they have learned from their situations There are many types of families today, all of them with their own challenges and advantages. This book discusses a certain family type and asks the reader to consider what defines a family How does disability change a family? Families living with mental illness Families living with physical challenges Families living with intellectual disabilities. Describes the challenges to living in a first-generation immigrant family, including cultural and language differences, generation gaps, and immigration issues Growing up in foster care A real family Journey into the past Foster failure.