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What Foster Parents Must Know About Instant Family
What Foster Parents Must Know About Instant Family Instant Family is a movie specifically about foster parenting – I absolutely LOVED it! WARNING: Instant Family is NOT a family movie! When I mention...
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Can I Really Help My Adopted Child? Or Are Genes More Important Than...
Can I Really Help My Adopted Child? Or Are Genes More Important Than Environment? We have all heard that “know it all” parent say under their breath, “If that were my child they wouldn’t act like...
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Changing the What-If’s for Emergency Foster Care Placements
Changing the What-If’s for Emergency Foster Care Placements Many times, children may immediately be removed from their parents if the situation is dangerous. What this means for a foster parent is that...
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This Foster Youth Aged Out to a Life of Crime and Addiction
This Foster Youth Aged Out to a Life of Crime and Addiction One in five youth aging out of foster care will become homeless immediately. [1] Up to half of youth aging out of foster care will become...
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How Foster Parents Unknowingly Cause Anger Outbursts
How Foster Parents Unknowingly Cause Anger Outbursts Parenting an angry foster child can be frustrating, confusing, and sometimes quite overwhelming. Even the smallest things can cause an angry...
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Foster to Adopt Stories – Adopting Siblings
Foster to Adopt Stories – Adopting Siblings Many children in foster care that are waiting for adoption are sibling sets. By adopting siblings from foster care, Jeremy and his wife, Sarah, ensured that...
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RAD in Foster Care – How Hard It Can Be!
RAD in Foster Care – How Hard It Can Be! Reactive Attachment Disorder – RAD – in foster care can happen when children fail to attach to their primary caregiver early in life. Janie was 42 and Joe was...
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Would You Adopt a Special Needs Child in Foster Care?
Would You Adopt a Special Needs Child in Foster Care? We are The Burdick Family. We have fostered 12 years and have adopted six children who would otherwise have gone into foster care or could not...
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Is Foster Income Taxable? What Foster Parents Should Know About Income Tax
Is Foster Income Taxable? What Foster Parents Should Know About Income Tax IS FOSTER INCOME TAXABLE? Payments received for providing foster care in your home are NOT considered taxable income so you do...
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10 Tips for Foster Care Visitation Online
10 Tips for Foster Care Visitation Online Sometimes children in foster care cannot have face-to-face visitation with parents. During those times, video conferencing is a convenient option. You will...
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