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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...