Discuss the following quote from page 59: “Kids like us longed for a home with adults. We desperately wanted love, nurturing, security. But foster care put us with people who didn’t necessarily have a long-term commitment to us. Key adults had already let us down; how could we expect anything better from strangers?”
How was this longing affecting the children’s emotional and behavioral development in the story?
Why do fatherless and motherless children need mentors? (as seen in the story compared to your reading)
Link this quote to Carl Roger’s points of self-concept, self-actualization, and need for positive regard. In this situation, would Robby ever achieve self-actualization? true for any child?