Blue Byline » Becky Smith DSHS spokesperson http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline A cop's perspective of the news and South Sound matters Thu, 23 May 2013 15:17:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Adoptive parent’s report: foster care in trouble http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2012/11/04/adoptive-parent-exposes-more-foster-care-problems/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2012/11/04/adoptive-parent-exposes-more-foster-care-problems/#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:22:58 +0000 Brian O'Neill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/?p=2307

Have you ever come across someone whose poor judgment literally took your breath away? Who made you question the basic decency of people? Who made your blood boil?

Sure you have. There are plenty of individuals whose appallingly bad choices create ripples of misery across numerous lives. None suffer more from these dysfunctional idiots than their children.

I was reminded of that after reading a “Your Voice” article in the Trib (11/4), written by Jake Dekker, a single parent who adopted his now fourteen-year-old son, Danny, three years ago. Dekker wrote about that experience after reading …

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