The number of children living without parents worldwide varies. Some estimate 120: regardless of the exact figure, it’s clear that there are many, many children who grow up without parents.million children, others at 150 million children. Susan Silverman knew from an early age that she wanted to adopt children, and ultimately she and her husband did. She wrote a book about the experience titled Casting Lots: Creating a Family in a Beautiful, Broken World and founded Just Adopt to promote more adoptions. Here is a link for information about an upcoming book signing event in Providence, Rhode Island.