Where are you, Child?

"Why did you come home this late? Don't you realize how hard it is for me not to worry about you?" "That's what's wrong with you, Mom. You don't trust me. You treat me like a little boy!!!" And then he races up the stairs and slams the door. She bowed her head in resignation. How can she not worry when she knows it is not safe to be out too late. Hasn't her son been watching the news?  Silently, she prepared dinner for him. She sets...

Not all hope is lost

Marnie came from a middle class family. She got pregnant at a young age, but fortunately, her parents loved her so much that they still made sure she finished her college education. She and her boyfriend eventually married when their son was almost 2 years old. Since Maria had just finished college and her husband Stephen was still in school, Marnie's parents took them in to live with the rest of the family. After the birth of their second child,...