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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 it teaches important social and emotional lessons and helps children learn to deal with their feelings in a healthy way. The team behind the show follows the rigorous process Fred Rogers utilized to communicate in a way children could understand and that would be inclusive. Every episode has a little song to help the child r

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 surprise, even something as commonplace laundry can be more challenging for foster families. Laundry During Respite Care Most recently, I rediscovered this fact when we were doing respite care for two young boys. I expected to have increased laundry with the increased number of children, but figured I would only have to d

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 surprises. Facing a Termination of Parental Rights Trial I mentioned in a former post that we had court this week and the Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) trial would begin unless our little guy’s father chose to surrender his parental rights. I fully expected a TPR trial because we were told that the father was not go

“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 said that her circle of friends changed a lot because some of her close friends prior to foster parenting weren’t supportive of foster parenting. While I was so sad to hear that she had that experience, I thought I knew our close friends well enough to say they would all be very supportive. Sadly, I was wrong; it did happ

When I was talking with a friend who is also a foster mom the other day, she said to me, “As important as what we do is as foster moms, I think what our husbands do is even more important.” In spite of the fact that we both are stay-at-home moms and spend much more time with our kids than our husbands, the significance of a positive male role model for children in foster care cannot be underestimated. We have welcomed four children into our home, and only one of them had a po

The children are obviously the main joy of foster care. Watching them grow, heal, and open up is the most rewarding part of being a foster parent, but there are many other joys that came as pleasant surprises along the way. 1. The difference you can make in a very short period of time We became foster parents to make a difference in children’s lives, but that takes time. I didn’t realize that we could have such a positive impact even children who were with us for a very short

You may be convinced that, as discussed in our previous post, children need attachment and it is good when foster parents get attached. Even so, the fear of heartbreak when a child leaves may still be a roadblock to becoming a foster parent. I cannot deny that this is a reality of foster care; I can only say is that it is worth it. It is better to have our hearts broken than have a child go without a family, even temporarily. Is Foster Parenting Worth the Heartbreak? Most peo