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It takes courage to start the fostering journey of changing a child’s life positively. Welcoming a child to your home, making adjustments to your daily routines, and adapting to the new people who come into your life can drain your energy levels. However, the benefits of choosing to allow a child into your home are … Read more5 Incredible Benefits of Foster Care

The desire to be a foster parent is a great one and there is a huge need for more foster parents. However, in order to become a foster parent, it is very important that you meet all the necessary requirements. This creates the best situation for both you and the children that you will foster. … Read more3 Important Foster Parent Requirements

Are you thinking about fostering a child? If so, then you’re probably being bombarded with advice from people who have never done so. As soon as a couple starts thinking about providing family foster care to a child, their parents, siblings, friends and everyone else starts to weigh in. And quite often, the advice that … Read moreWhat to Say to the Naysayers About Family Foster Care

August is just around the corner and is also Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month. It is an apt reminder to get your foster child’s eyes examined by your eye doctor (optometrist or ophthalmologist) before returning to school.  It is important to teach our children the importance of maintaining good eye health and safety of … Read moreGet Your Foster Child’s Eyes Examined Before School Starts

Every child needs to live in a safe home under the care of honest and well-meaning people. With thousands of kids out there looking for a comfortable home, you can become a foster parent for a certain period. However, it would be best to understand the requirements before you apply. Below are the requirements for … Read moreWhat are the Requirements for Becoming a Foster Parent?

When a child comes into the world, the parents want to give him/her the best life. However, things may change along the way, making the child’s living condition unbearable. In this case, you can take care of the child temporarily as a foster parent. Here is what you need to know about family foster care. … Read more4 Things You Need to Know About Family Foster Care 

If you’re a grandparent who is raising your grandchildren or who is highly involved in the lives of children as a volunteer, then you should consider foster parenting.  You have decades of wisdom and life skills that you can pass on to kids who haven’t been taught those skills by their parents.  You have the … Read moreWhy Grandparents Make Great Foster Parents