foster kids

3 Ways To Tell If You’re Fighting Or Standing Up For Yourself – Chapter 4 – Kids’ Discussion

In this chapter we meet more of Draco Malfoy’s family; we meet his father. What did you think of Lucius Malfoy? Would you like to hang out with him for a day? How did you think he treated his so...

5 Ways Foster Children Are Like Dobby the House Elf – Chapter 2 – Parent Discussion

In Chapter 2 we are introduced to Dobby the house elf. This is Harry’s first encounter with a house elf, and he seems quite perplexed by this strange creature and its odd behaviors and responses...

We’re in This Together

Nature Vs. Nurture For a long time there has been the ongoing debate of nature versus nurture. It brings the questions of what naturally develops in a person and what develops as a result of the envir...

What’s The Story?

I tend to be an open book. It usually only takes a few conversations between you and I for me to start telling you a little bit about how I grew up and the events that happened along the way, both pos...

How An Adopted Girl Soothes Bad Thoughts

Turning My Frown Upside-Down Hi. Jasmine again. I want to tell you about how I control my thoughts [and my mood]. The first thing I do is I find a piece of paper, some pencils, and a nice place to sit...

Chapter 17 – Choosing the Best – Kid Discussion

We have made it through Harry Potter’s first big adventurous year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. What was your favorite part of this chapter? We can’t believe that Harry ac...

My Journey Through Foster Care

The Beginning… Hi. I am Jasmine and I want to tell you about what I have been through when I was a foster kid. I didn’t have a good childhood till I was 6. I was taken [away from my biolog...

If Only I Weren’t Here… – Chapter 2 – Kid Discussion

This discussion assumes that you have recently read Chapter 2 of The Sorcerer’s Stone Wondering How My Life Might Be Happier “Sometimes, when he (Harry Potter) strained his memory during l...