The ABC’s of Youby Kathy and Red Grammer
https://www.fosteringperspectives.org/fp_vol1no1/articles_vol1no1/abcs_of_you.htm
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Parent to Parentby Karen Lashaw, foster parent
https://www.fosteringperspectives.org/fp_vol1no1/articles_vol1no1/parent_to_parent.htm
Read moreFoster Parent Association Focuses on Helping ChildrenBy John McMahon
https://www.fosteringperspectives.org/fp_vol1no1/articles_vol1no1/foster_parent_association.htm
Read moreMy Ongoing Journey as a Foster Dad – Or, learning to be the father my children need me to beby Bob DeMarco
If I had to sum up how I feel into one word, it would be impotent… It’s taken me some time to come to grips with it, but like it or not, that’s the word. It’s a Different Kind of Parenting Like some of you, I stepped into this world of fostering/adopting at my wife’s prodding and it took me
Read moreSocial Connections and Self-Care
You’ve heard this before, but it is worth repeating: no one can do the demanding work of parenting children involved with the foster care system without a robust support system. For resource parents this system should include informal supports, such as family and friends, as well as more formal supports such as social workers, therapists, or coaches. Indeed, social connections
Read moreSelf-care: Do it for Yourself, Your Family, and Your Kids
This article draws extensively from Chapter 8 of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s curriculum (2010) “Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: A Workshop for Resource Parents” If resource parents had a motto, it might be “children first.” Or perhaps “children and their families first.” Either would be fitting. Foster and adoptive parents and kinship caregivers do what they do because
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