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...
Five Things Every Child Needs to Hear
Our words have power Kind words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. –Proverbs 16:24 A person’s words can be life-giving water; words of true wisdom are as refreshing as a bubbling brook. –Proverbs 18:4 “Kind words can be short and easy to...
A New Beginning for Struggling Families: How Foster Care Helps
Happy New Year! With 2022 in the rear view mirror, it’s time to crack open a shiny, new calendar and think “new beginnings.” It’s time for a fresh start, maybe even a “do-over.” Collaborating with birth parents, adoptive and foster families, government agencies, and...Gallery
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