Foster care mom builds on her own childhood security to give support and love to foster children who live with her.
She got Spencer the day he was born almost three years ago — right after the young woman who had carried him to birth left the hospital without him. Safe surrender, they call it.
They’ve got a tough job to do, and foster care moms, like Shadonna, make them sleep better at night knowing the dozens of foster children in their charge are safe and cared for while the search goes on for permanent homes for them. She makes the system work. Shadonna Bell with her adopted son Spencer at Kinder Care in Santa Clarita, Friday, May 12, 2023. Bell a 37-years-old single woman, has been doing foster care for six years, taking in six young children at intervals during that time, and adopting Spencer. “Growing up I always had someone there for me, in my corner, loving me and guiding me,” Shadonna said. “These kids don’t. I want to be that someone in their corner.
In 2022, of the 7,700 children who exited the L.A. County child welfare system, 3,880 were reunified with their parents. And, they’re changing yours. The two foster kids living with her now are 9 and 4 years old. Mornings are getting the 9-year-old ready for school, then taking the 4-year-old, and Spencer, who turns 3 next month, to work with her at the KinderCare in Santa Clarita.
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