Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Adoption and fostering can change the lives of many. It not only affects you and your family but also ...

Takes a first hand look at what happens to children when they are taken from their abusive families and become dependents of the State of Florida. 'Foster Shock' examines Florida's 'privatized' foster ...

The solution to Texas’ failing foster-care system may lie with the good people of Possum Trot. Some 23 families in this rural East Texas community adopted 77 children in foster care in the late ’90s ...

"Sesame Street" has introduced a new Muppet with the aim of highlighting the stories and unique love of foster families. The center of the new initiative is a Muppet named Karli, a yellow-haired ...