Challenges of foster parenting
By Mona Elizalde Montevirgen
No, no, no… he’s not my adopted child,” highly driven businesswoman Marilyn “Mallie” del Bianco was quick to say to correct her socialite friends who were obviously intrigued by the new 7-year-old olive-skinned boy with her. “This is Joshua, my foster child,” she announced.
“Oh, but fostering is not adopting,” Del Bianco clarified.
