'The foster care system is broken — especially for kids with special needs. They get placed anywhere, with people who aren't qualified. That's one of the reasons we're doing this.'
, Shannon Pinkerton is interrupted several times by her 24-year-old son, Anthony. The Pinkerton family is camping in Wyoming, and Anthony is eager to wipe down the picnic tables.
"The foster care system is broken — especially for kids with special needs. They get placed anywhere, with people who aren't qualified," Shannon says."That's one of the reasons we're doing this." Shannon notes that she only takes her kids to places that are familiar and where they know the servers. It’s a trick she learned from her mother, Jane Barrett, who ran a residential group home. Shannon picked up a lot of tricks from watching Barrett.
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