Angela Featherstone Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Angela Featherstone:

The courts don't remove children from their home because the child underperformed at school or required extra long walks or a game of basketball in order to blow off the steam all 5-year-olds have. It's because the parents were unfit, not the kids.
~Angela Featherstone


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/angela-featherstone-quotes/#0306f313

When I was in the group homes, I saw some of the kids being moved into foster homes with the potential for adoption. I remember well asking a social worker if I could find a home, too. I was told I was 'too old' and 'no one wants to adopt a 16-year-old.' I felt hopeless and alone.
~Angela Featherstone


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/angela-featherstone-quotes/#29705030

The Heart Gallery premise is very simple. It is a special traveling exhibit of photographs featuring Los Angeles foster youth, designed to highlight the need to find loving adoptive families for waiting children.
~Angela Featherstone


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/angela-featherstone-quotes/#e6bba5d8

I was 16 when I entered the foster system, and know firsthand the statistics for 'aging out.'
~Angela Featherstone


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/angela-featherstone-quotes/#2ef38370

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