How parents can build trust: what 3 foster and adoptive families have found
How can you demonstrate your trustworthiness to a teen who has experienced foster care? Here’s advice from three sets of foster and adoptive parents.
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A “nerve-racking” choice on their minds for two decades, then taking the leap to adopt
Discover Nikki and Mike’s greatest joys and the biggest misconception about adoption from foster care.
Adoptive families highlight the need for adopting teens in new public service advertisements
Real parents and youth share about their adoption journeys—In. Their. Own. Words.
I know first-hand the importance of sibling relationships in foster care
I’m sharing my experience so that current foster families understand how important it is to keep siblings connected to each other.
Foster and adoptive mom of 15 years: “Teens are great!”
Melissa is the adoptive mother of three children and continues to foster many more. Here’s her advice.
Not your style? Think again. Trauma-responsive parenting really works.
Trauma-responsive parenting should be used for children with any type of trauma history. Here’s why.