The history of foster care in the United States / Ellen Herman -- Public ignorance hurts the foster care system / Mary Bissell and Rob Geen -- Poorly trained "helping" professionals compound problems / Richard Delaney -- Homosexuals should not be foster parents / J. Richard Pearcey -- Foster kids have mixed feelings about gay foster parents / Represent -- Gay parents can solve foster parent shortage / The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah -- Foster kids need an alumni group / Bill Stanton -- Grandparents can cure foster care problems / Gerard Wallace -- Foster care funding needs changing / The Economist -- Family preservation is safer than foster care / National Coalition for Child Protection Reform -- Group homes don't teach kids how to live on their own / Kareem Banks.
Summary
Explores the issues surrounding foster care. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.