All posts by Derrick Peavy

About Derrick Peavy

Sometimes entrepreneur. Former foster. Derrick Peavy is one of the millions of former foster children, having livd in seven foster homes between 1976 and 1989. His final foster home was the right home and became his family. Follow Derrick on Twitter @SurvivingFoster or on Quora

Some links and notes for May 8, 2018

Adoption, CPS & DFACS, Foster Statistics, General Discussion, In The News, Religion

A few links form around the web. Make of it what you will.

“Here’s the ugly truth: most Americans who are victims of sex trafficking come from our nation’s own foster care system. It’s a deeply broken system that leaves thousands vulnerable to pimps as children and grooms them for the illegal sex trade as young adults.”

“No child should have to face that. And yet, on May 3, 2018, lawmakers in my home state of Oklahoma voted to make it harder for foster children to find a loving family by allowing child-placing agencies that receive state and federal dollars, to put their beliefs ahead of the best interests of those children”

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Why end foster care?

CPS & DFACS, General Discussion, Politics, Religion, Sex, ,

Let’s play a game.

It’s a game you’ve played before.

It’s called “pretend.”

It’s a fun game where you can make all kinds of assumptions, wild arguments and create fantastical outcomes.

Let’s pretend the following…

You’re 13.  You’re in middle school,  seventh grade.  Your best friend is clearly having a bad day.  After lots and lots of annoying nagging from you she finally opens up – and breaks down.

Turns out, your best friend has been molested by her father for the last three years.  Her mother doesn’t know.  Her priest, priestess or minister or doesn’t know.  Nobody knows – except you and her.

What do you do?
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Inspiring Women Interview with Lara B. Sharp

General Discussion, , , ,

Anj Handa is the Founder of Inspiring Women Changemakers. She teaches women how to speak up: for themselves, for others and for social issues. Recently she interviewed Lara B. Sharp, a writer and contributor to Surviving Foster Care. With permission we have republished most of the original interview found at Inspiring Women Changemakers

Anj: What prompted you to start sharing your experiences?

Lara: I’m writing a memoir about my childhood called ‘Do the Hustle’. I grew up in NYC, with an extremely eccentric, but oddly feminist mother, who had a drink and drugs problem. She also suffered from mental illness.
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Ask the candidates to improve outcomes of foster care

Foster Statistics, General Discussion, In The News

I submitted a question to the Presidential Open Questions page for the candidates.  You only have 80 characters for the question and only 200 characters for the detail.  Kind of hard to state the important stuff within that limit.  Anyway, maybe the stars will align and the question will be asked of the two presidential candidates. You can help by voting:

https://presidentialopenquestions.com/questions/6841/vote/?source=share-tw-6841

Sabbatical

General Discussion

Shortly after beginning this project, I needed to personally take some time off from – everything.

It’s been a little over a year now since the last post.

This project is not dead. But my time is very constrained of late with obligations outside of my personal life.

I expect to renew this effort in late 2016 to early 2017.