foster parents
6 Tips To Build Relationship With Birth Parents
As a foster parent, many of us tend to join the journey to help children. Before getting licensed many parents tend to dream about spending holidays with foster kiddo or celebrating the child&#...
When Children Are Property
When birth parents experience the removal of their children by child protective services, they tend to have a few different reactions: Work the Plan – Work Hard They do everything in their power...
Overcoming Feelings of Rejection: Tip for Adoptees, Fosters, and Caregivers
Guest Blog by Rebecca Weibert I was adopted when I was about 8 weeks old. I was in foster care for those first weeks of my life. Suffice it to say; I don’t remember much of that time. I’ve always been...
How To Choose A Tutor For Your Child
Guest Blog by TutorDoctor.com At the start of a new school year, it’s all too easy to fret and worry about your child’s academic success. The good news is, you and your child don’t need to face...
Parenting in the Eye of the Storm
From the Cover of Parenting in the Eye of the Storm: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Navigating the Teen Years by Katie Naftzger: “Describing the essential skills you need to help your adop...
A Quick Tip to Boost Your Foster – Adoptive Family’s Trip to Universal Studios
Take the Trip from Fun to WOW We took our first trip to Universal Studios Orlando after all of our children had been adopted from foster care. I remember asking people how we could make this adoption ...
The BEST Fidgets for Surviving Amusement Parks with Kids
Amusement Parks – Bombarding The Senses Our family LOVES to go to amusement parks. We are a foster turned adoptive family that is always looking for an experience that will bring our fami...
To the End of June
FROM THE COVER: Who are the children of foster care? What, as a country, do we owe them? Cris Beam, a foster mother herself, spent five years immersed in the world of foster care looking into these qu...
3 Reminders as the School Year Finishes
Most school districts have or are in the process of finishing up the school year. It is an exciting time with end of the year programs, awards day, graduations and a host of other events. People are a...
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