Семейната двойка, Пит и Ели Вагнер, смятат, че в брака им липсва нещо. Те посещават сиропиталище, където социалните работници ги подтикват да станат приемни родители. Семейството решава да вземе тийнейджърката Лизи, но се оказва, че тя има по-малки брат и сестра. В крайна сметка се налага да вземат и трите деца. Но те дори не си представят колко сериозно изпитание ще стане това за тях.
Историята продължава, но никой не вярва на малкия Анди за случилото се. Майка му е затворена в лудница, а той самият в социален дом. За да му помогнат той е изпратен в дома на бездетното семейство Симпсън които да му помогнат да преодолее шока.
Hubie Dubois, despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary Halloween celebration), is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. But this year, something really is going bump in the night, and it’s up to Hubie to save Halloween.
Буйният градски хлапак Рики получава нов старт в новозеландската провинция. Той бързо успява да се почувства у дома си при новото си приемно семейство - леля Бела, чичо Хек и кучето Тупак. Когато трагедия заплашва да изпрати Рики в нов дом, с Хек побягват из храсталаците. Със започването на национално издирване, обявените за престъпници имат две опции - да се провалят с гръм и трясък или да преодолеят различията си и да оцелеят като семейство.
Yorkshire moorlands, northern England, in the late 18th century. Young Heathcliff, rescued from the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, an isolated farm, develops over the years an insane passion for Cathy, his foster sister, a sick obsession destined to end tragically.
A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the beautiful and glamourous Courtney, might be out there waiting for her? When Gilly is sent to live with the Trotters, the weirdest family yet, she isn’t planning to stick around. But cheerful, affectionate Maime Trotter isn’t giving up on Gilly just yet...
Assaulted by Third World outlaws, donkey-riding Rosie joins a silent drifter's search for gold.
Fourteen-year-old Jasmin longs to be near her biological mother, Eva. Following her mother’s release from prison, an excursion into the country together becomes a first test for the fledgling mother-daughter relationship. They smoke, dance and stroll together – the mood is promising. But time and again, it is revealed that their needs and expectations are light years apart. For the moment, neither Eva nor Jasmin seem up to the task of fulfilling each other’s need for identity and support. (Talea is Italian for scion, a detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting.)
Twelve year old Jonny lives in foster home. Suddenly the family of a local doctor decides to adopt him. But it's not so easy...
Three orphans from very different backgrounds find themselves living with the same foster couple while waiting to be adopted.
Filmmaker Heather Rae trains her lens on America's foster care system and the plight of children whose families can no longer provide proper support.
A grieving mother who suffered the tragic loss of her daughter must decide if she can provide a loving home to a child who's lost her parents.
Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me is a 2011 one-off Christmas special, made by STV Productions and broadcast by ITV on Tuesday 27 December 2011. The special centres around a wealthy car dealer Jonathan Donald who befriends a terminally ill teenager Freddie Copeland and makes his Christmas wish come true.
A 17-year-old kid from South Chicago coexists with his selfish foster mother. On his way to school with his best friend, they discover something that will change their lives forever.
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.
Ben is being placed in his third foster home. His new single father and siblings are his "last chance" for a family. After moving into a new home, the group begins to have frightening visions of a witch. The group must put their differences aside in order to conquer their fears. They must learn to be a Family.
Forever Yours is a film about children who have been taken into custody. Through the children, their biological parents and foster parents, the film depicts love in everyday life. The film explores the invisible bond between a child and a biological parent. Even when a child is taken into custody, the yearning for closeness to the biological parents and need for their approval never seems to disappear. This longing is a form of loneliness that the foster parents struggle to overcome. The film describes the entire foster care process: a child being brought into a shelter home, a teenager’s everyday life in a foster family, and siblings preparing to return to their biological mother, after five years in a foster family.
A short film showing how the foster care system can save a child's life.