The Barrett family
From Mentors to Parents
Billy Jack and Anne have always had a knack for challenges - it used to be for handling disobedient horses when they were working in the equestrian business as real life "horse whisperers." Now it is raising and adopting children deemed "unmanageable" and "un-adoptable" according to the Colorado Department of Human Services which claims that these are the children no one wants. Dusty (15), Daphne (14), AJ (13), and Jennifer (14) were four kids who had gone from one foster home to another and suffered mental and behavioral problems stemming from abuse. But Anne and Billy Jack really thought they could work with these kids as they had with hundreds of horses in the past. They became mentors, and soon after, parents. With unending amounts of love, patience and discipline - Dusty, Daphne, AJ and Jennifer have become healthy and productive members of the Barrett family. ld has reached the limit for the amount of children allowed per bedroom. |
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A Growing House
of Teenagers
But now with growing teenagers, in addition to the Barretts' two biological kids, Rebecca (13) and Clara (11), the house is getting too tight for 8 people. In addition, Anne home-schools the four adopted children. Billy Jack and Anne would like to take in more kids in need but can't because of space and the Colorado law which states that the household has reached the limit for the amount of children allowed per bedroom.the househo
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