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 | Jul 14, 2014 | Family and Friends
“Becky” self-identified as a white female in her early 30s, with four children living in the Northeast U.S. Her children were placed in a variety of living situations (kinship, guardianship, foster family, and adoption) before her parental rights were terminated a...
