Rhonda,
It is sad to me that the government is set up in such a way so that
age 18 is treated like some magical number at which we turn from
child to adult, like midnight in Sinderella or something.  It doesn't
help these kids and it certainly hasn't helped my Christopher.  It's
not like he went to bed on the eve of his 18th birthday thinking like
a child and then, when he woke up in the morning, he was capable of
making adult decisions and gained a lot of wisdom during the
night.  They're all still children in so many ways, but the
government says, "no, no!  They're adults now.  Let them free
fall."  The government wins and humanity loses.
Kathy


At 03:27 PM 11/25/2005, you wrote:
>That is a wonderful story,  and it is sad how kids are just left to sort of
>figure out how to survive on their own, not enough that  they've lived in
>foster care, and missed having their own family, but then they are just
>pushed away as though no one has time for them any more!
>Thank God, that  your church saw a need, and better than just seeing, did
>something about it!
>Rhonda