Planning a Family Trip with Your Foster Child
Planning a family trip with a foster child requires planning, but it can be a great bonding and trust-building opportunity. If a foster child has just joined your family, you’re probably excited—and maybe a little uneasy—about taking your very first family vacation...
Strengthening Minds & Uplifting Families in Foster Care
May is National Foster Care Month and this year’s focus is on supporting the mental health needs of children and youth in foster care. Studies suggest that among the 391,000 children and youth in foster care, up to 80 percent exhibit a serious behavioral or mental...
Self-Care for Foster Parents
Parenting foster children who have come to your home from trauma, neglect or abuse is likely the hardest work you will ever do. It requires you to have a wide variety of tools in your parenting toolbox, including self-care strategies. Without healthy, meaningful...
A Dozen Things I Wish I’d Known Before Fostering
Foster parenting can be a rich, rewarding journey—for you and your spouse, for your biological family, and for your foster child. To help you avoid unexpected pitfalls and disappointment that can surface as you embark on this adventure, here’s a rundown of some basic...Gallery
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