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Adjusting Your Expectations about Foster Care

By Carol Lee

It’s hard to picture what foster parenting will really be like if you’ve never been a foster parent before. But, when foster parents say they’re “all in” when they aren’t, kids get hurt.

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Mom’s Viral Photo Captures the Heartbreak and Joy of Foster Parenting

A family brought back together and healed is a wonderful thing, but on the other side of that is a foster family left with a broken heart.

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Genevieve Shaw Brown
2021
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Top 3 Reasons I Needed a Break from Foster Parenting . . . and Why That’s Okay

The author feels strongly that foster parents who are able to recognize their limits before they reach them are better equipped to keep going.

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Sara
2021
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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. Self-care for foster parents is one of the most important tools you can have in that toolbox.

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What It’s Like to Be a Foster Mom on Mother’s Day

The author of this essay has cared for 16 kids in the last three years and yet, many people do not recognize her as a “real” mom.

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Manda Carpenter
2021
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What’s It Like Being a Foster Carer? Hear It First Hand from Justin and Lisa Dumigan

My wife and I are both full time Foster Carers with Kent Fostering and started our fostering journey when our children were babies.

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KentOnline.co.uk
2021
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6 Ways to Help Your Foster Child Adjust

The early stages of fostering a child will include a major adjustment period. After all, both your life and the life of the child will be changing significantly. The first few days tend to be the most difficult, but if you follow these tips, you can ease that transition.

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Ryan Bridges
2017
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How (and Why) to Become a Foster Parent

The licensing process – and the training, home visits and court dates – can be intimidating. Here’s what you need to know.

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Benjamin J. Dueholm
2020
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