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Book Review: “Here and There, Loving You Always”

July 1, 2021 Editorial Assistant 0

“Here and There, Loving You Always” By Beverly Reynolds Higgins Publishing, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-941580-67-7, $26.43, 54 pages “Here and There, Loving You Always” is written from a birth mother’s perspective about her infant son, whom […]

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Book Review: “It’s Okay to Wonder” & “Braver Than Me”

May 1, 2021 Editorial Assistant 0

“It’s Okay to Wonder” & “Braver Than Me” By Rhonda Wagner, Illustrated by Jim Lutz Lucid Books, 2019 & 2020, ISBN: 978-1-63296-343-7, 34 pages, $12.99 Learning to share your parents can be difficult for children […]

Fostering Families Today Feature

The Importance of Mentors

May 1, 2021 Editorial Assistant 0

By Jessica Castillo “Pass on what you have learned.” — Yoda to Luke Skywalker, “Return of the Jedi” One of the most recognized and quoted mentors in cinema, Star Wars’ Jedi master Yoda is the […]

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Overcoming a stigma of ‘angry dads’

May 1, 2021 Editorial Assistant 0

By Jeremiah Donier This new column focuses on the perspective of parents whose children enter the foster care system. Jeremiah Donier is a dad who successfully worked through a plan for reunification. Now, he serves […]

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Book Review: “Walk in a Manner Worthy”

May 1, 2021 Editorial Assistant 0

Walk in a Manner Worthy A Voice in the Foster and Adoptive Care Wilderness By M. Kim Combes, E.Ed. 2020, ISBN: 979-8550480243, 152 pages, $14.99 With decades of experience as a therapist and foster and […]

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Multi-Sensory Education May Be the Answer to a Productive At-Home Learning Environment

March 10, 2021 Editorial Assistant 0

By Jenna Sherman With more kids home than ever before, parents and teachers are learning how to engage students and increase their success in the classroom. Multi-sensory education is creative and beneficial in many key […]

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Book Review: “The Black Foster Youth Handbook”

March 1, 2021 Editorial Assistant 0

The Black Foster Youth Handbook 50+ Lessons I Learned to Successfully Age-Out of Foster Care and Holistically Heal By Angela Quijada-Banks When Angela Quijada-Banks entered foster care at age 16, she was looking for a […]

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How to Prepare College-Bound Young People

March 1, 2021 Editorial Assistant 0

What is the experience for youth in foster care wanting to attend college? And what resources do they have? By Jessica Castillo I remember sitting on the edge of my bed while staring blankly at […]

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Former foster youth Kodi Baughman shares how the various men in his life impacted him

March 1, 2021 Editorial Assistant 0

By Kodi Baughman Some of the earliest childhood memories I have involving my father include talking to him — a stranger — through a phone call. I did not truly understand the value or importance […]

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Book Review: “Redefining Normal”

March 1, 2021 Editorial Assistant 0

Redefining Normal How two foster kids beat the odds and discovered healing, happiness and love By Justin and Alexis Black Justin & Alexis Black, 2020, ISBN: 978-1-7345731-3-8, 285 pages, $16.99 Only 2% of the population […]

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Building good credit history can seem like a low p Building good credit history can seem like a low priority for young people in foster care – until no credit or bad credit prevents them from renting an apartment or buying a house or car. Read our tips for helping young people build credit at the link in our bio.
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March 2023 is National Social Worker Appreciation March 2023 is National Social Worker Appreciation Month. On March 30, 2023, Fostering Families Today will host a webinar celebrating social workers, case workers and agencies who are going above and beyond to support resource families.

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Cold and flu season is in full swing, and you may Cold and flu season is in full swing, and you may be struggling to get sick children to take the medicine they need. We asked current foster, adoptive and kinship parents what tricks they use to help their children. Read what they said at the link in our bio.
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Do you know of a social worker/case worker/agency that deserves to be recognized?  If so, we invite them and you to join us as we shine a spotlight on their hard work and dedication. Email us at info@fosteringmediaconnections.org!
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