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Not Everyone Should Foster or Adopt a Child

May is National Foster Care Month in the U.S. I’m not going to give you numbers of how many children are in foster care or how many of them will suffer lifelong impediments as a result of their traumatic childhoods. Instead, I’m going to share stories.
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