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Breaking Through the Clouds: Dealing with Reunification Anxiety One of the primary goals of being a foster parent is to provide a safe and nurturing home and help a child […]

Family Connections We focused on family connections for this issue of Partners, because, in the world of adoption and foster care, the thoughts, feelings, and associated meanings about family and [...]

Encouraging and Supporting Tweens and Teens in Care Youth in foster care often feel different from their peers, and as they grow into the tween and teen years, chances are […]

Parenting Strategies for Teens and Tweens that Enhance Development Adolescence doesn’t discriminate between birth children, youth in foster care, or someone who was adopted. When it comes to [...]

Changing Schools–How Foster Parents Can Empower Children in Care Children who come into care face a lot of changes: new home, new parents, new siblings, and a new neighborhood. When […]

Adoption in the Classroom It’s that time of year: school’s in session, the air is getting crisp, summer activities are at an end, and homework and after-school activities are taking their […]

Self-Care When parents are asked why they became foster parents, the overwhelming response is, “to help children in need.” Parents who provide respite care have a similar motivation, and it […]

Keeping Your Buckets Full: Taking Care of Yourself in Good Times and Bad We have all been there. We are going along with our daily lives and everything feels good and […]

Adoption, Foster Care, Family . . . How Do We Use the Internet and Social Media? We live in a changing world. We don’t do research via books – we […]

Social Media: The Changing Face of Connections So much has – and continues to – change about the way we connect with friends and family members. What used to be […]