It's a tough holiday for the kids (who still feel disloyal to their bio mom on Mother's Day) and for the moms, because the kids are usually horribly acting out (because it's a tough day for them), rather than bringing you hand-crafted cards and hugs. Moms like me feel a bit left out on Mother's Day. They are the world's most bad-ass children.

They have tremendous issues, and tremendous spirits. 'We just put together people who want to help, and people who want to be celebrated with the most amount of fun, joy, excitement, laughter, sharing ever.'Īs a single, professional woman with no bio kids, I fostered, then adopted three older (3, 6 and 9) African-American children. She brings together thousands of moms, dads and children for an annual Foster Mother's Day. In Los Angeles, mom Jeanne Pritzker is trying make the day easier on families. But usually it involves at least one meltdown.' I try to make it as comfortable for my kids as I can. 'The child is still really attached, and it's a complicated holiday, and they need sometimes a new way to think about this other parent.'įoster mom of three Shelley Cadamy says it's tough for children who feel loyal to biological mothers who aren't able to raise them. 'It can be really confusing for a child when there's Mother's Day and the child is supposed to celebrate their 'new mom,'' says Cris Beam, author of To The End of June: An Intimate Life of American Foster Care.

But the holiday brings up mixed feelings for many foster mothers and their children.

Children across the country will be rolling out the breakfast trays and handmade cards for Mother's Day.

To the end of june by cris beam