Years passed, and finally he was rescued by a wonderful couple who had no children of their own. Although in every important way the Hammonds were his parents, his birth mother refused to allow him to be adopted. The situation has not improved in more than 60 years. Craig advocates removing the barriers to adoption as a crucial step toward reshaping foster care. States must impose stricter time lines for terminating parental rights in cases of severe abuse or neglect.
Foster children face a dismal future.
They have no family to depend on during the crucial transition period between high school and work. Nearly 40 percent of homeless children in large cities come from a failed foster care system. Girls are so desperate to love someone that they get pregnant and become welfare mothers as a way out. My father was fortunate. He found a couple that cared for him, and after he put himself through school, he cared for them until they died.