National Geographic produced a documentary a few years ago called “Stress: A Portrait of a Killer.” It’s available online and takes an hour to watch. […]
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Self-care for Relative Caregivers: One Family’s Storyby Tonia Jacobs Deese
If you are caring for a loved one’s child due to abuse or neglect, our child welfare system relies on you. One in four children […]
Read moreTaking Care of Yourself While Engaging in Shared Parentingby Donna Foster
By now you should know that I’m a big fan of shared parenting. In past issues of Fostering Perspectives I’ve worked hard to explain why […]
Read more“Self-care” CFT Meetings for Resource Parentsby Billy Poindexter
In this issue we’ve talked a lot about the stress that can come with being a foster, kinship, or adoptive parent, and about how important […]
Read moreWindow Painby Mark Maxwell, PhD
A broken porch window was a wake-up call our family needed My eyes immediately went to the broken window pane next to our front door. […]
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