Every foster parent brings unique strengths and experience to their role. Every child has different needs, so it is a great thing that many different types o...

As I was reading through speeches and sermons of Martin Luther King Jr , I was struck by how much of what he said is relevant to us as foster parents. First,...

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said this when he was giving a speech in Montgom...

Foster parents are used to dealing with the ugly realities of this life, but we may not think about the fact that removing children from unsafe home situatio...

Foster children’s families may have made some poor choices, but they usually truly love their children and worry about their wellbeing. Like any parent, they...

Respite care can be a great support for foster parents, especially treatment foster parents, especially when the kids have a good experience. Because foster ...

Laundry: one of the unending struggles of parenthood. All parents have pondered the mystery of how such small people can produce so much laundry. Much to my ...

I always say that anything can happen in foster care, and yet I am still surprised in big and small ways. This week was one of those weeks that brought big s...

Stranger Danger is a basic concept that parents teach their kids in order to keep them safe. Unfortunately, the concept of stranger danger, like many things,...

Last week, our little guy came home from a visit and had explosive gastrointestinal distress (I will spare you the horrifying details) because his father fed...

Our little guy loves Daniel Tiger . We don’t let him have much screen time , but it’s the main thing he does watch. In general, I love the show too because i...

Respite care can be a great way for foster parents to get some time for self-care , but preparing for your children to stay with a stranger can be very stres...

As foster parents, we can control what we post online and monitor our kids’ social media use, but there are so many other people and organizations in our liv...

As a naïve young teen in the early days of online chat rooms, I blindly wandered into the treacherous waters of the internet and neither I nor my parents had...

When I scroll through my facebook newsfeed, it’s filled with adorable photos of my friends’ children. My kids are incredibly cute, the only photos of adorabl...

You only need to read a handful of foster care blogs to realize that agency and government support for foster parents varies drastically. It also becomes cle...

One of the reasons former and current foster parents say they quit or have considered quitting foster care is that they don’t feel supported. Foster parentin...

Foster kids are still kids. It seems like this should go without saying, but sadly, that is not always the case. Yes, foster kids have experienced trauma of ...

Compassion fatigue is something all foster parents should know about because it is an all-too-common pitfall for those caring for people who have experienced...

“That will never happen to us.” This is what I thought when a veteran foster parent shared about the impact foster parenting has had on her friendships. She ...