Somebody Else’s Children

By: Jill Wolfson, John Hubner

Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan

With increasing urgency, the plight of the American family grips the national conscience. The family courts are often our society's last safety net to prevent disaster. In this penetrating exposé of the inner workings of the U.S. family court system, two award-winning journalists provide an intimate look at the lives of the children whose fate it decides.

©2003 Jill Wolfson (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Enlightening

Very educational narration. Helps understand complex reasons for abuse and trauma and devastating effects on the lives of children.

I can't listen to any more!!

If you could sum up Somebody Else’s Children in three words, what would they be?

Not what I was thinking that it would be. Well written stories by the author but was not the book that I thought I was getting. Awfully depressing stories, mostly revolving around teens. Officially re-considering adopting. :(

Insightful

The book presents insightful analysis of the child protection system in the United states of America. You can meet different actors of the whole game. Social workers, psychologists, lawyers, judges, policemen, children, parents ... I recommend for those who wants to understand better.

great overview of foster care & judicial system

what book was excellent. Provided a great overview of the issues in foster care and the juvenile system. It is a must-read for anyone considering going into foster care , Casa or considering working with this population of children. Highly recommend, couldn't put it down, great book. The only negative I can say about this book is that it appears it was written about 20 years ago. Because a lot of the references are to things that happened in the eighties or nineties. it would be great if they did an updated version of this book to cover changes in the system within the past 20 years.

Excellent Book

This provides an excellent overview of how the legal system affects children and families. It was very informational for me as a CASA, and adds great perspective to the overall system ad how it works.