Jessie Anne Wallace

You Don't Know Jack reveals how little some communities know about the children placed in foster care. State workers, foster parents, and the community must work together. One child profiled is Jack and he is a scary child, one who is fixated on his basic needs. His primary need is to protect himself. The foster parents do not understand this, with results that may have been predicted but not expected.

The fallout from child abuse harms society.

Oregonians like to think that the nation would be a fine place if everyone followed its lead. The struggles with the State's children are ongoing and no real solution is in sight. The State is a poor parent and that is true of any government agency.