Tag Archives: life

The Luckiest Man I’ve Ever Met

Posted on July 17, 2026 by jackperspectives

I adopted my first kids nearly 48 years ago, although their finalizations took a while. Since then, I have adopted many more. All of this came together again yesterday, on Father’s Day, when I heard from most of them, and … Continue reading →

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Any Family Is NOT Better Than No Family

Posted on July 15, 2026 by jackperspectives

The push in recent years has been to avoid placing kids into foster care. The idea has been to keep the kids home and provide whatever services they or their families might need in order to make it work.  It’s certainly … Continue reading →

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I’m back – years later, but I’m back

Posted on July 14, 2026 by jackperspectives

This is a new blog. It is connected to my old blog (Jack Brennan Perspectives.com) but whereas the old one was my personal perspective, this one is from the agency perspective. The two are closely related but the purpose is … Continue reading →

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“It’s You – Not Me” 

Posted on March 29, 2025 by jackperspectives

  I want to tell you of my own experience with the Child Protective System (CPS). When I took my first kids – 3 brothers, 8, 10. 12 – I had no intention of adoption. Their mother went into rehab … Continue reading →

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The Measure of an Adult

Posted on March 9, 2025 by jackperspectives

When I was in high school math class, it intrigued the heck out of me that there were some kind of equations that had more than one correct answer. If you stopped at the first answer, because it worked, and … Continue reading →

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