by Donna Foster • Tips to help you engage, motivate, and support birth parents as they learn to parent their children in healthy ways. Foster […]
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Creating a feeling of safetyEssays from Youth in Foster Care
In last issue’s writing contest we asked young people in foster care, “We all have times when, even though we are physically safe, we don’t […]
Read moreTalking to children and youth about shared parenting
by Donna Foster • One thing children and youth say about being in foster care is that adults talk about their lives and make plans […]
Read moreFoster care as a support to families, not a substitute for parents
The theme of this issue of Fostering Perspectives is “foster care as a support for families, not a substitute for parents.” Foster care is intended […]
Read moreHoliday Tips for Kinship Caregivers
by Gina Brown • Be it Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or whatever your family holiday tradition is, your first year as a kinship care provider may […]
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