Children with incarcerated parents often suffer in silence

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kayla Bowyer was 3 months old when her mother went to jail. Her 45-year-old grandmother took care of her, and Bowyer lived with “Grams” until she was 18.
Bowyer’s mom, Rose Bowyer, was a crack cocaine addict. She was locked up multiple times during her daughter’s childhood. Kayla Bowyer had a hard time with her mom’s absence.
“My grandmother told me that I would sit and cry, just stare out of the window and cry for hours whenever she wo