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JUSTIN (8/96) and JAMES (5/98) are counting on being adopted together. Their most significant relationships are with one another. While the boys play well together, they can and do get into it with each other. Nothing, though, shakes their strong bonds and desire to be there for one another. The boys both have high energy that needs to be healthy ways. Justin is very personable and fun to talk with. He has an engaging smile and loves to play and be on the move. He’s good at following directions and plays well with other kids. Favorite pastimes are playing baseball and video games, and coloring. James is full of positive energy and excitement. He loves to read and collect books, and will show his collection to anyone whose interested. Some of his favorite pastimes are playing video games, drawing, and playing with toy cars. Justin and James are very responsive to positive regard, affirmations, and regular encouragement and support on the home front and in school. Justin and James, who came in foster care in August 2005, are legally free.

Justin is thriving in his foster home. He is responding well to the structure, clear rules, expectations, and limits, and his foster parents’ willingness to take time to provide the guidance and parental attention that he did not get in his early years. Because of frequent moves in the past which included changing schools, he has some extra supports in the classroom to help him catch up academically. A bright boy, he is adept at reading and math, and does good work. Currently, Justin is seeing a mental health counselor to help him deal with his feelings of grief, anxiety, and anger, and to develop more appropriate coping mechanisms. His tendency is to get defiant when upset.

James, too, is thriving with the consistency and structure of his foster home, and the clear rules, expectations, and limits his foster parents have set. Because he has some difficulties at times following directions and interacting appropriately with other children, he needs attentive adults nearby to redirect him and help him stay on track. His strengths are his love of reading, intelligence, and desire to learn. James will need the support of mental health counseling to help him sort through and deal with his feeling of grief, anger, and abandonment, as well as his tendency to get defiant when frustrated.

Justin and James could thrive in any family where the parents will claim the boys as their own and devote the time and attention they need to prosper and succeed. It is more important that the boys be surrounded by love than it is to look for a specific kind of family. These Caucasian boys are thriving in a foster home where their foster mom is a single African American woman!


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