Filmen 'Annie' handler om den forældreløse Annie, der bor hos sin onde plejemor. Hun har haft et hårdt liv og har lært at begå sig på gaden i New York. En dag bliver hun adopteret af rigmanden Stacks som en del af hans pressekampagne for at blive borgmester. Annies humør og positive attitude får snart påvirket den kyniske rigmand, og alle omkring hende.
Kampene med den besatte dukke Chucky har taget hårdt på Andy mor. Hun har fået et nervøst sammenbrud og Andy er endt på hos en plejefamilie. Samtidig beslutter fabrikanten at starte en ny produktion af Chucky-dukker, for at bevise at de er harmløse. Det viser sig selvfølgelig at være en kæmpe fejltagelse, og atter en gang må Andy kæmpe for livet mod det morderiske stykke legetøj
A monster from a little girl's nightmares comes to life and attacks anyone who would harm her.
Galadriel, der helst vil kaldes Gilly, bliver sat i pleje hos Trotter. En sød dame der i forvejen har et andet plejebarn, William Ernest. Trotter kæmper med at trænge ind under huden på Gilly, som er meget selvstændig og helst vil have tingene på sin egen måde. Gilly vil allerhelst finde sin mor og være sammen med hende.
25-årige Grace arbejder med forsømte og udsatte unge på Døgninstitution 12. Hun er kæreste med Mason, som arbejder samme sted, men hun har svært ved at være åben over for ham - også da hun bliver gravid og ønsker en abort. Da den aggressive pige Jayden ankommer til refugiet, bliver Grace mindet om sin egen, traumatiserede baggrund, som hun har prøvet at fortrænge.
Det franske drama handler om den nyfødte Theos, hvis usikre fremtid ligger i de sociale myndigheders hænder, da han overdrages til adoption straks efter fødslen. Samtidigt har den ufrivilligt barnløse Alice kæmpet i ti år for at blive mor, så da hun endeligt får sat i udsigt, at hun er udvalgt som Theos adoptivmor, får følelserne frit løb. Men da den biologiske mor har to måneder, hvor hun kan fortryde sin svære beslutning, er det ikke kun Theos skæbne, der er i spil…
Fresh out of foster care at age 18, a young drifter turns to petty crime to survive, and discovers an impossible love in an unlikely friend.
You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje - three teenagers with nowhere to go.
Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
Samantha has lived her whole life in different foster homes. Now living in a small town, she never feels like she quite fits in, even with her own current foster family who might adopt her, or the boy who follows her around doing her classwork. So, it’s perhaps natural that she doesn’t know what to do with a curious tagalong little sister named Olivia. One day, Sam callously ditches Olivia, who wanders off into the woods on her own and disappears.
Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a children's home. Through her eyes, we follow her struggle to cope with the system; her only saving being her self-belief and certainty that she is being watched over and protected by the holy spirit.
An adopted boy who, as a taciturn adult, visits his birth mother and strikes up a relationship fraught with tension and emotion.
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and to the local villagers.
A dedicated social worker organizes a train trip for a group of slum orphans in 1894, taking them from New York City to the Midwest in search of new families and new lives.
A wealthy professional gay couple, who wish to adopt children, see their lives turned topsy turvy when they take in two misbehaving brothers.
Mrs. Doray sits with a Juvenile Court Judge to learn more about problem children and what to do about them. One of the cases involves 13 year old Arthur, "the worst kid in town", who moves cars away from fiire-plugs without the knowledge of the owners. The judge gives Arthur and friend Nutty another chance. However they run into further trouble when they break into Mr. Doray's drugstore to get medicine for Nutty's grandmother. Mr. Doray is not sympathetic and completely against his wife's plan to become Arthur's guardian. More incidents occur with Mr. Doray quick to judge prior to getting all of the facts. Mrs. Doray must choose between her marriage and Arthur.
Julia always said that her upbringing as a biological child in a foster family was a happy time. But something is wrong. In The Foster Family, we follow director Julia's journey back in time, where she, together with her parents Ewa and Lennart and the foster child Patrik, recollect the shocking events that changed their lives over thirty years ago. The children are at the center of this strong, touching and warm documentary about a system where you can love, but not too much.
The arrival of a beautiful new stranger in town prompts two boys to spend their summer holidays enticing the young woman to act in a short-film. However their motivation is purely that of seeing her naked.
A determined teenager must rely on her own wits when her fractured family abandons her.
The story of Daniel, an 11 year-old victim of the foster system, and his last chance at finding a family.