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Monday's Child

Monday's Child: Brandon

Monday's Child: Brandon

Fifteen-year-old Brandon wants to build houses, but right now needs a place to call "home."

 Monday's Child: Ashley

Monday's Child: Ashley

Ashley says she plans to graduate from Auburn, with an eye toward veterinary medicine.

Monday's Child: Makayla

Monday's Child: Makayla

Makayla wants a single mom and brothers and sisters.

Monday's Child: Shianne

Monday's Child: Shianne

Shianne is a sweet and considerate young lady who could bring a lot of love to an adoptive home.

Monday's Child:  John

Monday's Child: John

John is an on-the-go kid who needs an active family.

Monday's Child: Montez

Monday's Child: Montez

Montez wants to keep it simple.  He just wants to be adopted by a family who will love him.

Monday's Child: C.T.

Monday's Child: C.T.

C. T. is turning thirteen.  He hopes that as he enters his teenage years he can find a "forever family."

Monday's Child: Lana

Monday's Child: Lana

Lana is a beautiful and intelligent young lady.  Originally from Russia,  she is still learning American ways.

Monday's Child: Adara

Monday's Child: Adara

This is the second time Adara has been on Monday's Child.  She hopes she gets adopted this time.

Monday's Child: Demarquis

Monday's Child: Demarquis

Marcus wants to attend college and become a successful businessman.  But right now he wants to be adopted.

Monday's Child: Stedman

Monday's Child: Stedman

Stedman has an amazing attitude about life.  The losses he has suffered could have left him angry and bitter.  Instead he's a happy kid.

Monday's Child: Richard

Monday's Child: Richard

Richard has lived in far too many temporary placements and wants very badly to be adopted.

Monday's Child: Talaya

Monday's Child: Talaya

Talaya is a beautiful child with a personality to match. She's very bright and kind hearted.  She does well in school and is determined to attend college and become a lawyer.

Monday's Child: Justin

Monday's Child: Justin

Justin, a quiet young man, is thoughtful and creative.

Monday's Child:  Tarris

Monday's Child: Tarris

Bright and ambitious, she plans to be an M.D.

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About the Monday's Child program

Monday's Child began on the first Monday of May in 1980 profiling special needs adoptable children in the hope that they might find permanent homes. In the more than one thousand Mondays since -- more than 900 children have been introduced.

In 1980 Mimi Brody of Knoxville's Council on Adoptable Children was about to give up. Two Knoxville television stations had said no to her idea for what she thought would be a unique program. She had seen a news segment in Atlanta where the stories of special children, who had little chance of being adopted, were told. She hoped a television station in Knoxville would do the same thing.

In short order, the idea became "Monday's Child", a regular news segment on the Monday evening newscast. Twenty five years later over 900 children, all of whom were children past the age of a typical adoption or with special needs, had been profiled.

Viewers responded beyond expectations. Over 600 have been adopted. So many children, in fact, that Williams now travels outside the state of Tennessee to find children to profile for the week segment.

"As long as there are children, as long as there are homes, and as long as we are here to bring them together, then I think the program is viable" states Williams

Williams, who retired in December of 2000, will continue doing the Monday's Child segment.

For additional information contact the Tennessee Department of Children's. Services at 1-615-741-6056 or click here to view Tennessee Department of Children's Services web site.