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Apr 24, 2019
3 min

3 Strengths That Will Help You As a Foster Parent

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

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

Back to Bullies: Foster Kids and Bullies at School

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 ...

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

The Benefits of Building Relationships: Part 1: Getting to Know Your Foster Child’s Family

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

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

Preparing Your Kids for Respite Care

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

Apr 24, 2019
2 min

Trauma-Induced Laundry

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

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

Foster Care: Expect the Unexpected

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 week...

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

Why It’s Hard to Teach Foster Kids About Stranger Danger

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

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

Cleaning up Other People’s Messes

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

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

Daniel Tiger and the Struggle of Uncertainty

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 th...

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

Things to Tell Your Respite Provider

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 strang...

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

Facebook and Foster Care Part II: Social Media and Foster Youths

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 ...

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

Facebook and Foster Care Part I: How to Maintain Confidentiality in the Digital Age

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

Apr 24, 2019
2 min

Seeking Support as a Foster Parent

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

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

The Importance of Being a Kid: Giving Children in Foster Care Back Their Childhoods

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 ex...

Apr 24, 2019
2 min

3 Ways To Help Prevent Foster Parent Burnout

1. Know Your Limits You need to establish your limits before you even have a child placed in your home. Children in foster care have expe...

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

5 Things To Say to Drive a Foster Parent Crazy (And What to Say Instead)

People are curious about foster care and often want to ask foster parents questions. We know this and are usually open to talking, but ma...

Apr 24, 2019
3 min

I Could Never Do That; I’d Get Too Attached Part II: Why The Grief and Loss are Worth It

You may be convinced that, as discussed in our previous post, children need attachment and it is good when foster parents get attached. E...

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