This couple have provided foster care for the neediest children who need a home


Laura and Mark prepare adopted daughter Lilly for a walk in the neighborhood. The Huttons have been fostering children for over 20 years. They have three biological sons and adopted five former children including Lilly. — Photo: KENNETH K. LAM/Baltimore Sun/TNS

LAURA Hutton has taken in everyone from a baby born weighing a pound and a half (680g) to a pregnant teenager, children whose needs ranged from feeding tubes to mental health therapy.

With a background as a special education teacher, Hutton, 55, has become something of a go-to foster parent for children whose medical, emotional or behavioural issues can sometimes make them hard to place after they’ve been removed from their own homes.

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