Fostering Families Today Feature

Emancipation

In exiting foster care, some youth see freedom, others see an uncertain future. By Sara Tiano Joseph Jones was 2 years old when he entered the foster care system in Alameda County, California. He spent […]

Fostering Families Today Feature

Pandemic Parenting

When learning went online adoptive mom Helen Tracy had to prioritize advocating for her son’s education By Nadra Nittle As a parent and a teacher, Helen Tracy has unique insight into how to best meet […]

Book & Movie Reviews

Behavior with a Purpose

Thoughtful solutions to common problems of adoptive, foster and kinship youth By Rick Delaney, Ph.D., and Charley Joyce, LICSW Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota Publishing, 2020, ISBN: 978-1-7345612-0-3, 152 pages, $19.99 “Behavior with a […]

Book & Movie Reviews

Broken Places

A film by Roger Weisberg 55 minutes, https://brokenplacesfilm.com/ This newly released film follows several families from the late 1980s through 2018, detailing the challenges they face overcoming a variety of adversities, including growing up in […]