Foster Care: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going!
Loving others comes at a cost, but it’s so worth it! It’s complicated, messy, and sometimes just plain messed up. Foster care can cause even the most gung-ho enthusiast to spiral into a burned-out skeptic. Tangling with endless trauma-induced behaviors, paper work,...
Back to School Tips for Foster Families
Returning to school can be a stressful experience for children. For kids in foster care, these stressors can be especially acute, since many are already navigating unfamiliar living situations. Here are several helpful parenting tips to help you coach your foster kids...
Managing Meltdowns
For many foster parents, meltdown management is the most difficult and even traumatic facet of caregiving. A child’s intense response to what they perceive as an overwhelming circumstance often results in a complete loss of behavioral control, leading to an...
6 Movies to Spark Good Foster Care Discussions This Summer
If you’re looking for a fun activity for your next staycation or during a road trip, consider watching these movies about foster care and adoption. Whether you’re looking for movies about adoption or foster care to watch on your own, or something family-friendly for...
Planning a Family Trip with Your Foster Child
Planning a family trip with a foster child requires planning, but it can be a great bonding and trust-building opportunity. If a foster child has just joined your family, you’re probably excited—and maybe a little uneasy—about taking your very first family vacation...
Strengthening Minds & Uplifting Families in Foster Care
May is National Foster Care Month and this year’s focus is on supporting the mental health needs of children and youth in foster care. Studies suggest that among the 391,000 children and youth in foster care, up to 80 percent exhibit a serious behavioral or mental...
Self-Care for Foster Parents
Parenting foster children who have come to your home from trauma, neglect or abuse is likely the hardest work you will ever do. It requires you to have a wide variety of tools in your parenting toolbox, including self-care strategies. Without healthy, meaningful...
A Dozen Things I Wish I’d Known Before Fostering
Foster parenting can be a rich, rewarding journey—for you and your spouse, for your biological family, and for your foster child. To help you avoid unexpected pitfalls and disappointment that can surface as you embark on this adventure, here’s a rundown of some basic...
Five Things Every Child Needs to Hear
Our words have power Kind words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. –Proverbs 16:24 A person’s words can be life-giving water; words of true wisdom are as refreshing as a bubbling brook. –Proverbs 18:4 “Kind words can be short and easy to...Gallery
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