Fostering Families
Building and maintaining constructive, positive relationships with your foster child’s biological family requires hard work, patience, grace, and understanding. But the long-term results will be worth it. Your head tells you that cultivating these connections is the...
Navigating Those Painful Goodbyes
Part of foster care is the inevitable reality that you’ll have to say goodbye to a child you have cared for. It’s never easy. Never. Whether the child has been in your care for a weekend, a month, several months, or even years, these farewells are usually some...
10 Reasons YOU Want to Be a Foster Parent
In the frenetic pace of your life, do you ever reflect on what attracted you to become a foster parent in the first place? Maybe you’ve had a fire in your belly about fostering since you were a teenager…or a television commercial, social media post, or talk show...
Pulling Out the Welcome Mat for Your Foster Child
Making Your Foster Child Feel at Home First impressions matter! As you prepare to make your new foster child feel at home, remember it’s the little things you do that can make all the difference. The Initial Meeting: When he arrives at your house, come out smiling...
2022 Resolutions for Foster Parents
We’ve assembled some popular New Year’s resolutions and aligned them with foster parenting. Hope they help you and your child move confidently into 2022! This New Year is a blank canvas. Use these ideas to paint an inspiring picture on it. Volunteer. You’ve already...
Snowflakes and Foster Kids
The next time a snowflake lands on your face, consider the many ways it’s just like your foster child. You don’t have to take a deep dive to come up with the basics. That they’re both delicate and fragile. Or that they’re simply beautiful. And they’re unique, one of a...
Help Your Foster Kids Make Some Great Memories This Thanksgiving!
Foster parents are on a never-ending quest to get inside the mind of their precious kids. You long to get a handle on what they’re thinking and how they’re feeling. Our special holidays in November and December provide ample opportunities to explore what makes them...
Caring for Your Opiate-Exposed Foster Child
The Newborn and Withdrawal Fostering an opiate-exposed baby is a frightening prospect for many to consider. Opiate exposure during pregnancy can cause the baby to become drug dependent; a baby born dependent that experiences withdrawal is usually diagnosed with...
Supporting Your Foster Child at School
Even if you’ve never heard of an IEP or a 504 (or any other education jargon), you might be intimated about supporting your foster child at school this year. But learning how to be this child’s advocate in school is an extension of the care you’re already offering....Gallery
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