There are nearly 400,000 children living in foster care placement in the United States. This statistic is quite shocking. To properly put this into perspective - there are the same number of children in foster care as roughly the populations of the following cities (each with populations around 400,000 as of the last census): Arlington, TX, Wichita, KS, Cleveland, OH, Minneapolis, MN, Tulsa, OK, Oakland, CA and Miami, FL. Imagine if each of the inhabitants of any of these cities was homeless or had fallen to an epidemic, etc. There would (rightly so) be public outcry. How is it not the case that this many of our country's children are in foster care and the problem is one that by and large is ignored. As a family who has adopted multiple times, this author is shocked at one of the first questions which often comes up about our adopted children, "What country are they from?" There are several responses which we have given, depending on the person asking, the situation and ...