Read more foster homes stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30012/foster-homes.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:22:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65018/teen-pregnancy-rampant-in-foster-homes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTeen pregnancy is on the rise throughout the country, but in the foster-care system it’s a full-blown epidemic, Time reports. Nearly half of girls who spent time in the system become pregnant before turning 19, according to one University of Chicago study, and almost 25% had been pregnant more than...http://www.newser.com/story/65018/teen-pregnancy-rampant-in-foster-homes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 13:59:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44262/cops-seek-missing-aunt-of-chained-boy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice are hunting for the aunt of a boy who burst into a California health club shackled, bloodied, and pleading for help, the Sacramento Bee reports. Caren Ramirez is already wanted for a probation violation on felony child abuse charges, and neighbors say she’s recently visited the home of a...http://www.newser.com/story/44262/cops-seek-missing-aunt-of-chained-boy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 6:14:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44206/couple-held-after-tortured-boy-flees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA California couple was arrested yesterday, the San Jose Mercury News reports, after a teen they’re accused of kidnapping stumbled into a gym, bloodied and burned, and asked employees to hide him. The 16-year-old also said he’d been tortured; police say he went missing from a Sacramento foster home last...http://www.newser.com/story/44206/couple-held-after-tortured-boy-flees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Dec 2008 15:06:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38740/killer-mom-stored-kids-bodies-in-freezer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Maryland woman is being held without bail after admitting she stored the corpses of her adopted 9- and-11-year old daughters in a basement freezer, WBAL TV reports. Police came to her house after a third daughter was found wandering the streets, covered in cuts and bruises. The woman has...http://www.newser.com/story/38740/killer-mom-stored-kids-bodies-in-freezer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Sep 2008 4:55:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34843/foreign-adoption-getting-harder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHeightened awareness of child trafficking and improving economies abroad are making it harder for Americans to adopt foreign kids. US officials are taking a closer look at visa applications and discouraging adoptions from countries that don’t comply with a new international adoption agreement, USA Today reports. At the same time,...http://www.newser.com/story/34843/foreign-adoption-getting-harder.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 Aug 2008 15:44:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31627/dad-caged-daughters-while-he-worked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Illinois father has confessed to keeping his two young daughters locked in a cage in his truck while he worked, the Chicago Tribune reports. The trash and scrap-metal collector told police that he kept the girls, ages 2 and 5, locked up because he couldn't find a babysitter—and...http://www.newser.com/story/31627/dad-caged-daughters-while-he-worked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Jul 2008 3:05:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25940/half-of-sects-teens-have-been-pregnant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOf 53 girls between the ages of 14 and 17 taken from a polygamist sect in Texas, 31 have had children or are pregnant, the Houston Chronicle reports. Officials announced that the last of the 463 minors taken from the El Dorado ranch had been bused to foster homes after...http://www.newser.com/story/25940/half-of-sects-teens-have-been-pregnant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Apr 2008 18:20:32 CDT