Janet Fitch's White Oleander' is one of the most fascinating and poetic novels to capture the attention of American readers in recent times. It is a well-written book depicting the life of a young American girl who represents the growing dysfunctional family system in the country. The book is n...

You stare into a mirror. The reflection glaring back at you is one that you can barely recognize. Your skin is ghostly white and malnourished. Tears begin to stream down your emaciated cheeks, as you strain to reach up and whip them. All you have ever known is the story of abuse and neglect. The tho...

Characters: Heather Barlow (rounded) is an 18-year old who had just graduated from high school, instead of going straight to college, she sacrificed her first semester to college to help the less fortunate people of Uganda. She wanted to make a difference in the world. Ian McCollum (stereo type c...

Olivia is a student at Crenshaw High School, who's only salvation was school. Her mother would constantly beat, whip and scald her with hot water. At the age of twelve, Olivia called a runaway shelter and became a foster child. She was constantly moved from foster home to foster home. To sup...

According to Adoption and Foster Care Analyzes and Reporting System, 134,000 children were waiting to be adopted and only 29,435 of these children were adopted in the year 2000. If interracial adoption became illegal, How many of these children would be adopted? In Pigs in Heaven, Kingsolv...

March 7, 1997.This is a day I will never forget. I can't believe that it has been almost 8 years since this day happened, but I still remember it like it was yesterday. After a week of crying and temper tantrums, it was close to being over. What is "it" exactly? "It" is livi...

Children are affected by their parents. Parents are affected by drugs. Therefore drugs affect children. Drugs traumatize children. The drug known as, Crank or meth has become an epidemic in the Western United States. Drugs are not victimless crimes. Drugs affect the addicts' grandparents, par...

Many couples seeking to adopt a child become disillusioned and frustrated with the bureaucracy of American social service agencies. This is especially true when they are interested in transracial adoption. In our country, there is an unbelievable amount of black children living in foster care awai...