Word: fostering
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...doubters include his silent, perpetually angry mother, whom he volubly loathes (she abandoned him as a child); his stepgrandmother, who raised him when he was not in foster care; a sister, the film's most sympathetic figure; and a girlfriend with a serious speech impediment who is standing by her man. James becomes a figure in his own film, guilt ridden about his earlier abandonment of Stevie but still the only person present capable of offering him sensible, always unheeded, counsel as Stevie's case wends toward sentencing...
Stevie could cite extenuating circumstances. There is no doubt that he was sexually abused in foster care. There is no doubt that his essentially loveless upbringing created the seething sullenness of his nature. There is no doubt that all the social-service systems in which he was embroiled so early failed him. But his victimization does not make him the least bit sympathetic...
...would hope that Summers rethinks his philosophy to recognize the importance of extracurriculars and the personal development and opportunities for interaction that they foster, and does not seek to “enhance” the academic experience so that participation in such activities will be more difficult...
...after he was killed, a chaplain and several military men arrived at the home of his foster parents in Lomita, just south of Los Angeles. ?My mom had heard on the news that day that two Marines had gone down that day,? says Cardenas, ?And so she asked if one of them was her son, and they said...
...Guatemala arrived at the home of his birth sister, Engracia, now 32. ?It was difficult to believe,? she told the Associated Press, ?I thought it was a mistake.? Guti?rrez?s body now lies at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, while arrangements are made to return him to Guatemala. His foster parents will travel there for the funeral and his sister is planning to come to California next week for a memorial service...