A judge was brought to tears as a new family filled six chairs in her Kansas City courtroom.

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In 2015, Phyllis and Eric Watson applied to be foster parents. The day after receiving their license to adopt, the Watsons got a phone call from a local adoption agency about four siblings seeking a home where they could stay together.

The children came from a home where the marriage failed early and substance abuse and neglect followed.

“We were thinking one foster child at a time. Maybe two? We weren’t thinking four at once,” Eric told the Kansas City Star.

Three days later, the Watsons accepted the challenge. Eric said…