Holiday Heartache: Foster child opens up about life in the system at Christmas

While many children have plenty of presents under the Christmas tree, that’s not always the case for foster children. That’s where The Joshua House in Lutz comes in. It works overtime to help kids in foster care get the gifts they want on Christmas morning.

ABC Action News’ Keely McCormick spoke to a 16-year-old who spent most of her life in and out of the foster care system. For privacy purposes, we will refer to her as “A.” At five years old, “A” had to leave her biological family and go into the foster care system.

She explained that it was a difficult situation for a young child to understand. Christmas morning reminded her that she was not with her family…

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