This blog is about the book Growing Up in the Care of Strangers: The Experiences, Insights and Recommendations of Eleven Former Foster Kids, by Waln Brown and John Seita, a book written by us and for us, a book that screams out to fix the system, a book that gives us a new voice. Do you want to change the system? Are you tired of people who have not walked in our shoes deciding what is "in our best interests?" Who knows more about what we need than we do? Will you help to make foster care better for our younger brothers and sisters? Will you spread the word?
Here are three ways you can help:
1. Read the book. Buy a copy at a bookstore or Amazon.com or get one at the library. If the library does not have a copy, ask the librarian to order it.
2. If you like the book, talk it up to other alumni, foster parents and foster care workers. Word-of-mouth is the best advertising!
3. Use this blog to give the authors feedback about the book and guidance on future books written by us and for us. Foster care alumni are the "true" experts and we refuse not to be heard.
website: www.williamgladdenfoundation.org/
