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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...

Apr 24, 20221 min read

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day through Service

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said this when he was...

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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)...

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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...

Apr 24, 20223 min read

Facebook and Foster Care Part III: Social Media and Everyone Else

As foster parents, we can control what we post online and monitor our kids’ social media use, but there are so many other people and...

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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...

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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...

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The Best Support in Foster Care: Intercept Treatment Foster Care

You only need to read a handful of foster care blogs to realize that agency and government support for foster parents varies drastically....

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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...

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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...

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Compassion Fatigue: What Foster Parents Need to Know

Compassion fatigue is something all foster parents should know about because it is an all-too-common pitfall for those caring for people...

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The Foster Parent Shift: The Impact of Foster Parenting on Friendships

“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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

Apr 24, 20222 min read

I Could Never Do That; I’d Get Too Attached: Part I: Why Getting Attached is Good

The number one response I get when I share that I’m a foster parent is, “I could never do that; I’d get too attached.” People usually...

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Not so simple questions: small talk as a foster parent.

I have always wanted to be a mom, so I love talking about parenting in general and my kids in particular. Exchanging ideas and silly...

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The Home Study Process: an overview

An important part of the process of becoming a foster parent is the home study. A home study allows the licensing agency to assess the...

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How Rude! Responding to Inappropriate Questions and Comments as a Foster Parent

Sometimes people say incredibly intrusive things and seem to think that they have the right to know the most intimate details of your...

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What is Treatment Foster Care?

Treatment Foster Care or Therapeutic Foster Care allows children and youth with a higher level of medical and/or behavioral needs who...

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