The moms who give their kids the motherly support they never had

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Women who grow up in foster care are more likely to lose their own children to the system. Two incredible women — Shakora Wood and Amanda Carter — who spent part of their lives in foster care share the difficulties and joys of being moms given the fact that they didn't grow up with their own moms or mother figures.

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