{"id":258357,"date":"2021-12-07T12:41:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T18:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=258357"},"modified":"2021-12-06T17:56:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T23:56:21","slug":"sandra-bullock-adopted-daughters-foster-care-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sandra-bullock-adopted-daughters-foster-care-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Bullock opens up about adopted daughter’s foster care trauma: ‘Absolute survival’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During a recent episode of Red Table Talk<\/a> with Jada Pinkett Smith, her mother Adrienne, and her daughter Willow, actress Sandra Bullock shared her experiences in adopting her daughter Laila from the foster care system and the trauma her daughter experienced at a young age that will stay with her forever.<\/p>\n

Bullock had adopted her son Louis when he was just 10 days old. But Laila was two and a half when Bullock met her and she had already been in three foster placements. The little girl struggled with the idea that Bullock was now her mother and that she would be permanently living with her. She was ready to be abandoned by Bullock at any moment.<\/p>\n

“I would walk in and I wouldn’t be able to find her. She’d be in the closet with all of her clothes on,” said Bullock. “She’d be on a bookshelf. She’d be hiding. She’d always be ready to leave. She was always telling me she’s leaving. […] And I was like, Okay, well I’m gonna be right behind you.”<\/p>\n

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