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Jennifer Friesen holds one of her foster children who has FASD while adopted daughter Ashley, who also has FASD, looks on.
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Home is an oasis of hope
Meet the Friesens, proof not all foster homes fail and not every kid with FASD falls through the cracks.
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Foster families' burden
When a child is born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, odds are great he will be in foster care by his third birthday.
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Warning lost on many moms
The number of Winnipeg women who say they drank while pregnant is on the rise, with especially alarming rates in Point Douglas and Transcona.
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In the wrong setting, bad goes to worse
He was born with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and at two months old, became a permanent ward of the province.
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Only her closest friends know why it's tough
When Ashley Friesen was a little girl, she'd wake up a dozen times a night and panic if her daily routine was disrupted.
