
Homelessness, asthma force family to give up children
Homelessness, asthma force family to give up children
On a cold Monday in late October, Siretha Lattimore decided to turn her children over to state child protection workers.
The temperature in Detroit had dropped into the 40s overnight, too cold for 9-year-old Malik, who has asthma, to spend another night sleeping in the family’s car. His chronic breathing difficulties had worsened.