One of Maureen Walls’ foster children holds her baby doll while her sister gets her hair braided. Walls has fostered a dozen children in her home since 2002 — all of them girls. “I just do better with girls,” Walls said, laughing as she tried to get one of the girls to sit still for her turn to get her hair braided. “You know they say ‘girls rule,’” Walls said. “And boys drool,” the little girls said giggling. Staff photo by C.E. Branham