Healthy Ways to Team Up with Birth Parents
To be the best foster parent, commit to believe the best of your foster child, yourself, and your child’s birth parents, and trust God to give you grace to navigate the labyrinth of unknowns you’ll encounter. “Love believes all things,” 1 Corinthians 13:7 tells us, so...
Tips for Fostering Children with Special Needs and Developmental Disabilities
You don’t need formal special education training to foster children who struggle with special needs or developmental delays. What you do need is a willing heart to learn about and understand how to help these kids thrive. You’ll also need an extra portion of grace and...
7 Pointers for Fostering Large Sibling Groups
You’ve completed your home study, and you’re all set to roll up your sleeves and foster … and then … you get a call about a sibling foursome in urgent need of placement. But you’re unsure, and doubts flood your mind. Are we ready? Can we really take on more than one...
When Parent Visits Disappoint
Whenever foster children experience visits with their biological parents, an avalanche of emotions and reactions will surface—or at least be present below the surface. While some of these visits go well and the child feels happiness, comfort, and hope when they’re...
9 Ways to Guide Your Foster Kids to Cybersafety
Since vicious cybercriminals are targeting kids online, and social media interactions have destructive power, foster parents play a key role in protecting the well-being of the children and teens in their care. Past pain and trauma make foster kids especially...
8 Trail Tips for Climbing “Trust Mountain” with Your Teen
One of your tallest, most foreboding mountains to scale in foster care is “Trust Mountain.” The hike up can be especially treacherous with teenagers! It takes grit, planning, patience, and a copious amount of tenacity to establish two-way trust with some kids. If it’s...
7 Tips for Foster Families on Halloween Night
A chance to dress up as your favorite cartoon character. Mass quantities of candy. Illuminating the smiling face of a pumpkin you’ve just carved. Decorating your yard with creepy ghosts, goblins, and spider webs. What’s not to love about Halloween? The truth? October...
Ten Things to Know Before Becoming a Foster Parent
All foster parents—and fostering situations—are not all created equal. Everyone’s different. But here are ten basic, practical tips that will help to give you a leg up from day one! Lavish extravagant love. It is way more important for a kid to know they are...
10 Ways to Help Your Foster Child Get Ready for the New School Year
The back-to-school season can be stressful for many children, especially those who struggle with anxiety about meeting new people and learning fresh routines. Because of past trauma, foster kids often have a tough time adjusting to a new school year, so you can really...Gallery
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