How to help an older child or teen adjust to your home
In this guest post, two child welfare experts offer nine tips for smoothing a child’s transition into your family.
Parenting
6 tips for foster parents preparing for reunification
The majority of children in foster care are reunified with their birth family, and foster parents must support that outcome. In this post, we offer suggestions for smoothing the transition.
Following her spirit
A Louisiana mom who works with kids in need adopts a daughter.
“More family than we expected”
When Terri and Paul Ross adopted two daughters, they also welcomed the girls’ grandmother into the family.
Won over by a hug
In this guest post, a woman who had planned on fostering writes about her path to parenthood.
“It’s OK to panic,” and other advice from an adoptive mother
Nicole Barlow wants people to know that she’s not a hero, she’s an average person who took a leap of faith when deciding to adopt five siblings.