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71Requirements to Become Foster Parents in Australia
Thinking of becoming foster parents? It’s a fulfilling occupation that is fulfilling a real need in the community. Here are some of the requirements to become foster parents in Australia. Taking on the...
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71Foster Care-Case Worker Management
Most case-workers who specialize in child protective services are heroes. They are thanklessly tasked with protecting every child in their care. In the American foster care system, there are very high...
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71Handling Your Adopted Child's Persistant Lies
Follow these suggestions and keep your cool when your child lies. Persistent lying in children is quite common and is part of normal development.
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66Foster Care
So, you have an interest in foster care? Do you know how to become a foster parent? Foster care involves taking care of children ages zero to eighteen years, who are Wards of the state, in which you reside. A...
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60Funny Socks: a story of comfort
I’m an older mom with a large family of ten children, and also a foster mom for the state. Sometimes the sheer amount of caring for others, makes us moms of big families neglect ourselves a...
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73Over-Drugging Foster Children
I was running through the internet looking for something to write about when I came across this topic. No research was necessary for me to write about this one because it hits home. Being a foster child...
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72Identity Theft and Foster Care
I entered into the foster care system when I was 8 years old. I never adopted out, but stayed there until I was 21. When I was 18, I moved into an apartment paid for by DCFS (also know as CPS) in some...
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51The History Connection
Everyone has a history, and our history shapes us and affects how we interact with others. For many children, their history has been very difficult. As helpers, we are often in a position of being recipients...
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68Foster Homes—Should that be an Option or a Compulsion?
Abuse of Law? Well, it happens everywhere whether we talk about developed, developing or third world countries. Legislators enact laws with some designated purpose which, unfortunately, gets defeated over a...
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67The Brown Eyed Girl, Hope
As I write about our short acquaintance, I almost shutter at the thought of reliving a nightmare through your eyes. When those big, brown, pondering eyes looked at me I felt your intense pain, your anxiety...
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