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First of all, I had to accept

that Quran didn't have

a problem, I had the problem.

You know what I'm saying?

Because see, I wanted him

to be a different

person than he is.

DORIS:
Wanted him to be normal.

Wanted him to be "normal."

Right, you know what I'm saying?

So, now, once I

accepted him for him being

who he is --

you know what I'm saying? --

things just became easier.

We have a good foundation.

We've been through

a lot of things

and stuff like, you know,

and we go through it together.

It's just that, you know,

my objective is for Quran

to be able to, uh...

What?

Not get lost.

You know, just sit in a room

and be isolated

from everybody.

You know?

And end up in an institution,

dealing with whatever.

BRADLEY:
The state.

So, we have to be in

the best position

so that Quran can receive

the best quality of life

possible.

DORIS:
Mm-hmm.

BRADLEY:
Not what we ask him

to do.

-What does he like to do?

-What does he like to do?

BRADLEY:
It's just that,

you know,

who can we depend on outside

of ourselves...

DORIS:
Mm-hmm.

BRADLEY:
What can we do to get

through this next level,

you know what I'm saying?

WOMAN:
Robert was

being neglected

by my sister.

She couldn't...

She couldn't handle it.

Because of addiction.

Drugs.

He was living with my mother,

and my sister was there

with my mother, too,

but my sister had went

to jail.

And when she went to jail,

my mother could no longer care

for Robert.

And Robert was undernourished.

And he was really really in a

bad shape.

And Robert was undernourished.

And he was really really in a

bad shape.

And I went in and I took Robert.

Robert was weighing like

86 pounds when I got him.

Um...

He had a very, very peculiar

smell on him.

He was eating...

eating his flesh.

[Linda sniffles]

And now Robert no longer

eats his skin...

[Laughter]

He eats his food.

And he weighs 125 pounds,

I believe now.

Yeah, and he's doing

wonderful.

My concern is

what's going to happen

after he gets out

of school.

You know, he just needs

some outlet

so he can and so he can be

around

the peoples that he can

relate to.

His case manager hasn't

called me once

and say, "We have a program

for Robert.

You know, go and see if you can

get him in there

or take these steps

to get in there."

Nothing.

Nothing.

And I gave up.

It's like

I'm not reaching out anymore.

I just stopped reaching out.

WOMAN:
They don't call this

a foster home,

but they call it a, um...

therapeutic home.

If you don't have

a special need,

then you wouldn't be part of

the program that we're in.

MAN:
How many kids

have been here? 10?

Out of all of the children

that we mentor,

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