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The Silcock Family is a family from Huntington Beach, California, USA, consisting of numerous adopted disabled boys. As of March 2008, the Silcock Family has 59 adopted sons.〔(The Silcock Family ). AllOurBoys.com.〕 The family is best known for being featured in an episode of the former Fox reality television series ''Nanny 911''. Because the family was so big, all three nannies were summoned to visit the family. California-based singer-songwriter Dave Nachmanoff, who is also the sideman to Al Stewart ("Year of the Cat", "Time Passages"), has recorded three CDs with the family, with the boys writing each song with him. == Biography == A diving accident in 1987 resulted in the father, Jim Silcock, becoming a quadriplegic with little mobility. His wife, Ann Belles, had been involved in foster parenting since she was 19 years old. The couple first encountered each other over the Internet. They met for the first time in January 1998 and then married four months later.〔(25 adopted boys find a home in one house ). USA Today.〕 The parents own a small business called "First Step Supported Living" which assists disabled persons to live in home more independently. Along with financial aid given to some of their boys and donations from the community. This is how the family is able to financially support itself.〔 The Silcocks work to adopt disabled boys who are of different ethnicities from them. They feel that these types of children are the most overlooked amongst adoption agencies and as such have the most trouble getting adopted elsewhere.〔 Ann Belles and Jim Silcock divorced in 2011.〔http://www.laguna-legal.com/blog/2011/06/04/Laguna-Beach-Legal-Assists-The-Silcock-Family-With-a-Friendly-Uncontested-Divorce.aspx〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Silcock Family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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