Becoming a foster care parent can be a very enriching experience, but you may need some help in dealing with your new daily schedule. Use these 5 time management tips to help you meet the demands of a bigger family. Set Priorities Figure out your most urgent and important tasks, and build your schedule around … Read more5 Time Management Tips for Foster Care Parents
Most children love reading. Besides encouraging their interest in books, and creating a cozy activity for a child and caregiver to share, it can be therapeutic. Being in foster care is confusing and upsetting for children, especially when they are first separated from their parents. A well-written children’s book can help a child to understand … Read moreBest Books for Children in Foster Care
In a perfect world, every child would grow up in a loving, stable and nurturing environment. There are many complicated reasons why this often isn’t the case and children end up in foster care when their own parents cannot meet their needs. These children are now depending on the community to step forward and make … Read moreThe Incredible Rewards of Becoming a Foster Parent
Most people are hesitant to become a foster parent because, honestly, it seems hard. In some ways it is, but it is also completely worth it. Fostering a child is an amazing experience for not only the child in your care but also you as a foster parent. There are so many great things that … Read moreBecome a Foster Parent to Make a Difference
The decision to become a foster parent is sometimes weighed down by fears of being unable to do the best job possible. Fostering a child can have its difficulties, but knowing you’re able to impact the life of a child or teenager in a positive way is worth working through hard times. As a foster … Read moreYou’re Not Doing This Alone: Training and Resources for Foster Parents
Becoming a foster parent is a big step, and we here at TFI want to do all we can to make sure you are adequately prepared for this change in your family. The child or children coming into your home have gone through hardships, and if you are reading this you clearly have space in … Read moreFoster Care Training: First Steps
One of the main questions to consider when fostering a child is age-range. Many stories about troubled teens and the challenges that come with hormones and mood swings, cause people to choose younger children. This leaves many preteens and teens in youth shelters or bouncing from home to home, without proper mentorship and love that … Read moreConsider Fostering a Teenager
We are so glad you are interested in becoming a foster parent! Whether you are just starting the process or have been researching the idea for a while now, we are happy to help you get started. There are so many kids who would benefit from your love, care, and devotion that are just waiting … Read moreBecoming a Foster Parent: The 5 Primary Requirements
There are many families willing, and able to become foster parents in Nebraska and Oklahoma; the truth is many don’t know where to start. With this being the reality, many eligible foster parents prolong getting the valuable information needed to take the first steps to foster. This allows common myths about foster parenting to remain … Read moreTop Myths of Becoming a Foster Parent
So you are interested in becoming a foster parent, but now what? Choosing foster agencies is an important step that should not be taken lightly. Your foster agency will be the people who support you through this major life change, and you want to go into that decision with care and concern. Support When deciding … Read moreFoster Agencies: Choosing the Right One