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Fostering Kids: What No One Tells You About Foster Care

2020

Are you ready to be a foster parent? Foster care is not for the faint of heart because foster care children require extra love and care. The foster care system doesn't always prepare you for everything you need to know to get started. See more...

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The Foster Parenting Manual: A Practical Guide to Creating a Loving, Safe and Stable Home

The Foster Parenting Manual is a comprehensive guide offering proven, friendly advice for novice and experienced parents alike. Distilling many years’ experience into one book, John DeGarmo combines his own wisdom with that of fellow foster parents.

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John DeGarmo
2025
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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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Another Place at the Table

The startling and ultimately uplifting narrative of one woman’s thirteen-year experience as a foster parent.

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Kathy Harrison
2004
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Foster Parenting