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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Shared parenting in the context of adoptionOne family’s story
by Jonathan Rockoff • Shared parenting was their biggest fear about being foster and adoptive parents. But they overcame this fear in an inspiring and […]
Read moreShared parenting when there’s a concern about safety
by Amy Huntsman • Almost all foster parents I know want to do shared parenting because they know foster care is supposed to be a […]
Read moreA Birth Mother’s PerspectiveWorking together to help Darren return home
I visited Darren a lot while he was in foster care and worked hard to get him back. Even though I had two relapses, I […]
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 […]
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