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79Worried? It's Ok! I've Got Your Back When You Hit Your Bottom!
The following words of wisdom are the ramblings of a female in the latter days of life, marriage, parenting, and the American Dream. There's a lot I don't know. I admit it. The older I get, the less I worry...
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78The Importance of Optimism, A Foster Parent's Story
I have a story to tell. As a foster parent of over 18 years, and after parenting over 250 kids and teaching classes for 13 years, plus counseling adoptive families and families in crisis, I've been inspired...
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68The Past Does not Equal the Future!
Do you often look at other people and wonder, how do they do it? How do they have such a wonderful life? All those exotic holidays, beautiful houses, drive lovely cars, have lots of money, a great job and all...
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66The Day I Had to Give Back My Foster Daughter
January 2, 2008, we handed our 26 month old foster baby, MiMi (my nickname for her, since that's how my son pronounced her name), who had lived with us for 20 months, back to CPS so they could transfer her...
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65On Becoming A Foster Parent
Foster Parenting Foster parenting is difficult, challenging and at the same time rewarding. Before becoming a foster parent, several things must be taken into consideration. For example, do you...
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68THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE OVER 500,000 CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE
"This is dedicated to the over 500,000 children in foster care." Those words were the opening lines of one of the most magnificent stage plays, actually a One Woman's Show, that I've ever seen, entitled...
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64Do You Have the Skills to Foster Parent?
The purpose of this hub is to help individuals and families make an informed decision about becoming foster families, adoptive families, or foster/adoptive families. Deciding to foster parent, or choosing...
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74Interrupting, Blocking, and Managing Acting Out Behavior
If you are a foster parent, you likely have had your share of children who act out. Though each child is different and their reasons for acting out are different, the process of acting out essentially is the...
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71Depressed Children in Foster Care
Depressed children in foster care are very vulnerable. What if someone took you from your home, put you on a plane, and the next thing you know, you are in China, or Spain, or a unfamiliar place on this...
2 comments68A Differentated Stance With Foster Children
When a foster child joins your family, there is an implication that the child is important to you. After all, if the child were not important, you would not have taken them in as a foster child! In...
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