{"id":20738,"date":"2024-11-15T01:46:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T06:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=20738"},"modified":"2024-11-15T02:42:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T07:42:04","slug":"nine-kids-adopted-in-floridas-second-judicial-circuit-in-run-up-to-national-adoption-day","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/nine-kids-adopted-in-floridas-second-judicial-circuit-in-run-up-to-national-adoption-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine kids adopted in Florida&#8217;s Second Judicial Circuit in run-up to National Adoption Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20738-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/11\/adoptionday1114s.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/11\/adoptionday1114s.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2024\/11\/adoptionday1114s.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Thursday was a joyous day in Leon County Judge Barbara Hobbs\u2019s courtroom as she finalized the adoptions of nine children.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the kids were restless, but everyone else was riveted. Attorney Melanie Coats asked each family to introduce themselves and discuss their new relative.<\/p>\n<p>When it was Kayden Johnson\u2019s turn, his mother Lauren teared up describing him. She and her husband now have five children, two of them adopted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, this day does mean a lot to me,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I don\u2019t know if you saw me crying, and I\u2019m not a crier, but it definitely brought tears to my eyes. Because, like I said, with Kayden, he is our rose that grew from concrete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Johnson family wore matching red-and-white outfits. Lauren Johnson says she&#8217;s become an advocate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I am one to advocate for other families to look into fostering, adopting, being a volunteer &#8212; even being a respite person to give them a break during the weekend &#8212; and so, all the community can be involved and making sure our children are the next best generation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The group adoptions were part of the run-up to National Adoption Day, which is meant to call attention to the more than 100,000 kids nationwide in foster care. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2024 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20739,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nine kids adopted in Florida&#039;s Second Judicial Circuit in run-up to National Adoption Day - 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