All responses taken from our Facebook groups: Foster Parenting Toolbox and Kinship Parenting Group. Celebrating birthdays can be difficult for children in foster care. We asked current foster and kinship parents how they make birthdays […]
by Valarie Edwards May is National Foster Care Awareness Month. Established in 1988, National Foster Care Awareness Month celebrates those whose work and dedication enhances the lives of children and youth in foster care. This […]
In the last decade, a new era of social justice protests have taken place, none more controversial than professional athletes kneeling during the national anthem. Started by Colin Kaepernick to protest police brutality aimed at […]
By Kresta Stone The holiday season is upon us! It is a time for you and your family to enjoy time together, make special memories and celebrate. But what happens if your children celebrate one […]
By Alan Berks and Leah Cooper Illustrated by Becca Hart Wonderlust Productions, 2021, ISBN: 978-0-578-88139-3, $24.95, 274 pages Packaged in the unexpected format of a graphic novel “In My Heart: The Adoption Story Project” offers […]
By Chantel Ross Growing up in Ohio, Diamond Walker felt like Cinderella — out of place, unwanted, unloved and unheard. She entered foster care at age 9, after her mother never came home one evening. […]
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 […]
By Thalia Bernal There is no catch-them-all term for what it means to be in the foster care system. No word or single experience can explain it. We enter the foster care system at different […]
By Jennie Owens Forever Homes Publishing, 2019, ISBN: 978-108-1166519, 238 pages, $17.95 Adoptive mom Jennie Owens shares her journey through the adoption of three older children and the ensuing challenges of parenting children who’ve experienced […]
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 […]
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