Research has shown that LGBTQ+ youth are over- represented in the foster care system. This means that the percentage of youth in foster care who […]
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Writing Contest In the most recent Fostering Perspectives writing contest we gave young people in foster care the following prompt: “We want all young people […]
Read moreProfessional Parenting and Innovation in Foster Care
How did you become a parent for the first time?For me, I remember finding out I was pregnant with identical twin girls during an ultrasound […]
Read moreA reader asks…What are tips for new resource parents or things they should know to be successful?
To help answer this question, we recently spoke with Gaile Osborne with the Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina (FFA-NC). FFA-NC’s mission is to educate, […]
Read moreModeling and Teaching Emotional Coping Skills
Think of a skill you have that you are proud of. Now think about how and when you learned that skill. If it’s a skill […]
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