Kids Growing Up Without a Home (Changing Face of Modern Families (Library))

Describes the situation of homeless young people, including children whose families have lost their homes, teenagers who no longer have families, and people who have found improvised families while homeless. 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 Explores the history of foster care, describes the reasons children enter foster care, and discusses foster parents, caseworkers, and the conditions in foster homes 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 Families without homes Finding their way home Families made on the streets.