Foster Care

I am sick and lost my voice, so Chris is filling in for me :) Here are some considerations if the child in your care is scared of men. As always, feel free ...

A foster mother clearly shows favor her naturally born child over her adopted one during lunch time at a busy restaurant. WATCH MORE WWYD ON THE OFFICIAL Y...

Cara, an alumna of foster care, has a few things that she things every adult should know about what it's like. learn more at http://www.skookumkids.org Su...

Has this happened to you? Please share your experiences in the comments! Looking for more? I offer 1:1 DM support (plus checklists and templates) on Patreo...

Have any of these moments happened to you during a placement call? I know that workers often have difficult limitations, a ton of red tape, and many times f...

Foster care parents, social workers and former foster care children share their experiences in the system. They explain the role of foster care parents and g...

Want to become a foster parent? Here are some things that may disqualify you, submitted by followers 💛 Of course check with your agency or county to get the ...

Christina Abraham’s 21st birthday loomed with dread. The milestone meant she was aging out of the foster care system and needed to find her own place to live...

The Rainbow Room is working to get hundreds of Central Texas children in foster care ready for the coming school year. Read more: https://www.kvue.com/artic...

Kids in foster care can be triggered by the car for a variety of reasons: they are anticipating a visit with their parents, maybe they spent time living in t...

We were foster parents for 11 years and a majority of the children that came into our home had some kind of food issue, whether it was hoarding, food or feel...

Caring for a picky eater? Here are some considerations. Entering foster care is an incredibly overwhelming and traumatizing experience for kids. We may find ...

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Here is an example of walking a teen through your home for the first time. Of course, a lot depends on the teen and their needs. Feel free to share your expe...

Here are some things I dont love - what do you think? 😅🤷‍♀️ Looking for more? I offer 1:1 DM support (plus checklists and templates) on Patreon for as littl...

Do you know how this one will end? Has this happened to you?

Many first time foster parents spend months in anticipation, getting the room prepared awaiting the arrival of their first child in foster care. It’s import...

This isn't a moment to celebrate. It is a crisis in a family. Even if you are a foster to adopt family and planning to provide permanency, it's important t...

Before she was an inmate, Michelle Voorhees was a kid in foster care. Painting a vivid picture, Voorhees asks you to imagine the harrowing, disconcerting exp...

How do your calls go? Have you ever experienced this? Let me know your experiences in the comments! I offer a free placement call question list on my websit...

Foster parents, how are your kids doing? If they are sick right now, here are some considerations. Being sick can trigger a variety of responses in kids who...

With 400,000 children experiencing foster care, the need for stable foster homes has never been more urgent. But 50% of foster homes close within their first...

Sometimes kids in care will self-sabotage bigger days like trips, birthdays, or holidays. This can happen for a variety of reasons including anxiety, to gai...

In the US, youth in foster care are nearly twice as likely as war veterans to suffer from PTSD. Placed in foster care at just 11 months old, 2023 Audacious P...

We want to share with you 7 things we learned while fostering that we wish we had known before beginning our Foster Care journey. We were incredibly unprepa...

In today's video, I showcase some things that may come up on the first day with an older child. Every youth is different and will need something different ...

In this episode, I share some things that I find to be most useful in my foster home. (Affiliate links) SELF-SERVE FOOD STATION Cereal dispenser https://...

Foster care is designed to be a temporary place for children who have been abused, neglected, abandoned or have special needs until they're able to find perm...

Music artist: Burial, Album: 5: Five Years of Hyperdub compilation (2009), Hyperdub Clips from film: The Machinist, 2004, Director: Brad Anderson, Writer: Sc...

I was so focused on that checklist and home inspection… and I hadn’t parented before. So I did my best, but definitely have modified along the way! ☺️ Tell ...

Here are some things I do when a child returns home. There are sometimes some housekeeping items to wrap up with the child/case, and I also focus on self car...

“Safe” means something different to every foster child, especially depending on their age and past experiences. What do you do to help your foster child feel...

Fostering Kids: What No One Tells You About Foster Care // Are you ready to be a foster parent? Foster care is not for the faint of heart because foster care...

Los Angeles County's foster care system is the largest in the country. In this episode, Lisa Ling investigates what happens to a child after they've been rem...

For me, when a child is just entering care and coming into my home, our first month is packed with appointments. What does your first month look like? Let me...

YOU can help make a difference. www.fostercares.org A short film depicting the trauma and uneasiness faced by Foster Children who,usually out of safety conce...

Check out the ReMoved BOOK: https://listen.RemovedFilmAnthology.com/ Hear the real stories, written by the kids who've lived it. Watch Part 2 here: https:/...

There are over 400,000 kids in America’s foster system — and this man believes many of those cases are avoidable. Here’s how he plans to fix it, and keep saf...

Josie spent most of her life in foster care. Today she is adopted and with her forever family. The primary goal of foster care is family reunification. When ...