by Nikky Greer | Sep 29, 2014 | Family and Friends, Foster Families, Stories
“Abigail” self-identified as a black female in her early thirties, and living in the south. She was a part-time teacher and her husband worked for an engineering company. They both worked additional hours outside the home as housekeepers. She reported their combined...
by Nikky Greer | Sep 22, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
“Dani” self-identified white, in her early 30s, and living in the Carolinas. At the time her four children entered foster care, she described her class affiliation as below poverty/poor and their family income as below $50,000 a year. She was a student then, and is...
by Nikky Greer | Sep 22, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
“Vicki” self-identified white, in her late twenties, with both her children—a toddler and infant—in foster care. She and her husband live in a small city in the northern U.S. Nearly every answer included the phrase “we want are [sic] kids back.” Her responses were...
by Nikky Greer | Sep 22, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
“Sharon” is a successful artist who was in her mid-forties at the time her daughter was taken into CPS. She felt particularly targeted on a few fronts: as a single mother, as a religious minority member, and as someone who doesn’t conform to middle class norms because...
by Nikky Greer | Aug 20, 2014 | Family and Friends, Foster Families, Stories
“Eric” self-described as a 40-something, white, middle class foster dad from the northeast. He has fostered one daughter in a legal guardianship, while caring for four of his own children. Eric has a sense of humor, so don’t take his jokes too seriously. Eric and his...
by Nikky Greer | Jul 25, 2014 | Family and Friends, Stories
“Geri” is also a natal grandmother who hoped to get custody of her grandchildren. She self-identified as a married Caucasian, in her late 40s or early 50s, working class, living off a joint income of under $50,000 annually, in a prairie state. Like most of the family...
