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When Will the Loss End?

December 31, 2022 Valarie Edwards 0

by Erin Brouchard One of the hardest parts of being a young adoptive parent was the misinformation I received about how long or how much my kids would experience loss and grief. My kids were […]

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Asked & Answered: Giving Season

December 20, 2022 Sarah St. Gelais 0

All responses taken from our Facebook groups: Foster Parenting Toolbox and Kinship Parenting Group. November and December, aka “giving season,” have historically been the months when people are most generous, and most willing to support […]

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Asked & Answered: Handling Food Insecurity

December 13, 2022 Sarah St. Gelais 0

All responses taken from our Facebook groups: Foster Parenting Toolbox and Kinship Parenting Group. For children who have experienced food scarcity and hunger, insecurity about food can be a long lasting concern. We asked current […]

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Asked & Answered: Reading and Screen Time (Part Seven)

December 6, 2022 Sarah St. Gelais 0

All responses taken from our Facebook groups: Foster Parenting Toolbox and Kinship Parenting Group. Reading is a great hobby to help children develop literacy, vocabulary and imagination. We asked current foster, kinship and adoptive parents […]

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University of Kentucky Seeks Teens for New Virtual Reality Peer Group

November 29, 2022 Valarie Edwards 0

The University of Kentucky’s College of Social Work is looking for teens, 14-17 and currently in foster care, who want to connect in virtual reality for peer support.   In a collaboration between Adoption Support for […]

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Asked & Answered: Navigating the Holidays

November 22, 2022 Sarah St. Gelais 0

All responses taken from our Facebook groups: Foster Parenting Toolbox and Kinship Parenting Group. The holiday season can be tough for children in foster care. They may spend the holidays separated from family, without their […]

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Asked & Answered: Reading and Screen Time (Part Six)

November 15, 2022 Sarah St. Gelais 0

All responses taken from our Facebook groups: Foster Parenting Toolbox and Kinship Parenting Group. Struggling to make reading a priority for your children? We asked current foster, kinship and adoptive parents how they make reading […]

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Asked & Answered: Siblings in Different Homes

November 8, 2022 Sarah St. Gelais 0

All responses taken from our Facebook groups: Foster Parenting Toolbox and Kinship Parenting Group. While agencies typically try to keep siblings together, sometimes they live with separate foster or adoptive families. We asked current foster, […]

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Asked & Answered: Halloween Candy

November 2, 2022 Sarah St. Gelais 0

All responses taken from our Facebook groups: Foster Parenting Toolbox and Kinship Parenting Group. Post-Halloween, many families find themselves drowning in candy, and debating the best way to use it. Should you let your kids […]

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Top 10 Tips for New Foster Families

November 1, 2022 Valarie Edwards 0

by Dionne Joseph The word “foster” has Germanic and Old English origins. It simply means to nourish. As a foster parent for more than six years, I believe foster parenting is about nourishing children and […]

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